🚀 go-pugleaf

>        You know, I wonder....since CD's are so cheap, do you think
>        that we will be seeing cheaper release prices?  Probably not.
>        The market will price itself into a slump if it keeps the prices
>        up like it does.  I mean, $39 for a game of moderate complexity
>        is fine.  But I wonder if the new generation of Origin games are
>        going to be chock full of FMV and hasbeen actors, and on top of
>        that $60-70 a piece.  I certainly think that some might be worth
>        it, but I don't forsee EVERY game to be of that pricerange....some
>        aren't that big...but then again...if someone buys it, the pricing
>        doesn't change.  Consumers drive the market.  I will probably 
>        wait for the cheap bins, like I did with the last couple of Ultimas.
>        There aren't enough of us cheapskates to drive the prices down
>        that much :) Besides, I am more interested in getting the new OS/2

Exactly!!  I, as an individual who actually PAYS for software instead of 
just pirating it, had been hoping that through CDs there would be less
copying going on and (hopefully) the software companies would be willing
to charge lower prices.  Whether or not this will happen I don't know...
I just came back from a computer store where I had a quick chat with the 
owner, and he seems to believe that in about a year CD games will be down to 
about $30 a piece.  

I personally DO NOT play games very much as they are simply too expensive....
I mean if I can finish it in 2 or 3 days it is certainly not worth $70,$80, $
90.  And if it is extremely repetative (Arena: The Elder Scrolls!!!) it's
not worth the money.   I don't feel like taking a risk on a game and 
if I rent it I probably will end up keeping a copy or deleting it, and 
then regret my decision, which is a situation I don't want to put 
myself in.  

Games are just so temporary!! Think about it.. for hte price of ONE game I 
could buy a 14.4k modem now (I just did :) )  and use that thing for the 
next 3 years, downloading software, calling boards, playing online games, 
talking to people, it's great!!  Or for twice the price, I could buy a CD 
player, ..... a sound card.... things that will be with me for the next 5 
years or so!  Whereas a game will last me perhaps 2 weeks, with hint books 
even less.  Granted, Ultima might take longer, EOB, M&M, Wizardry might keep 
you stuck at one spot for a week or more, how many games actually give you 
more than a couple weeks of real fun and advancement????????

Unfortunately.. there aren't many cheap bins out here, and (Arg), most cheap 
bins only seem to knock $10 off of 2 or 3 year old games!!!!!!

Like you said.. there just aren't enough of us conservative spenders... 
Money is power, I don't want to give mine away to those out-of-touch (IMHO)
software companies!!!!  Think about it! If software was priced at $20 or $30 
a game, there would be so many more people willing to buy it!!  I would 
imagine (perhaps not immediately) that software companies would make 
quite a bit more revenue this way...... 
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Philip Armstrong <paar...@wheel.watstar.uwaterloo.ca>
"The Slicer"     <paar...@novice.uwaterloo.ca>
University of Waterloo
Year 1 Comp Eng