Giving the game away???

AVGWarhawk · 11-02-07, 12:10 PM

I paid $49.99 knowing full well that the game would drop in price like all games do months after release. I have every IL2 release that I paid anywhere from 49.99 to 29.99 each. Now I can get all the discs and the 1946 add plus the patches for $19.99. No one to blame but myself. I always know the price drops like a rock months after release. -shrug-

MorganThePirate · 11-02-07, 12:16 PM

Very good information. Next time I may wait ten months to buy the game......ha,ha,ha,ha.........

mookiemookie · 11-02-07, 12:22 PM

Prices on Amazon:

Half Life 2 - $17.99
Oblivion - $29.99
Company of Heroes - $27.99

Would you say those games are crummy? Do you think they lowered the price on them because they weren't selling? I think it's very clear that price =/= quality. Our OP here is pretty clueless in terms of sales and marketing economics.

I knew full well that the price drops were going to happen, but guess what? I spent $20 more than the price is now, but the fun I've had with the game since it's release has been well worth that extra I paid to have it then. I could have gone to the movies twice and seen 4 hrs of film, or spent that same extra $20 and had countless hours of fun with the game as I have.

I think I got a deal.

Peto · 11-02-07, 12:29 PM

Oblivion. I waited months for that one to price drop. Then I figured since it's price held it must be really good (and I was right). So I bought it and about 4 weeks later (just after my check cleared) the price dropped

. SH4 has been worth every cent and still gets more system time than Oblivion.

SteamWake · 11-02-07, 01:56 PM

Oblivion was okay, not exactly groundbreaking IMO.

I 'finished' it in a few days and never really got interested in trying it again.

But yea it is not unusual for prices to drop on software. The prices set always seemed arbitrary anyhow. Havent you noticed that no matter the production studio, amount of content, most 'premium' games are 49.99 regardless of how much it actually cost to produce it.

11-02-07, 12:10 PM	#1
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,286 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I paid $49.99 knowing full well that the game would drop in price like all games do months after release. I have every IL2 release that I paid anywhere from 49.99 to 29.99 each. Now I can get all the discs and the 1946 add plus the patches for $19.99. No one to blame but myself. I always know the price drops like a rock months after release. -shrug- __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

11-02-07, 12:16 PM	#2
MorganThePirate Mate Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: On battle stations in sunny AZ Posts: 54 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	Cap'n Spanky Very good information. Next time I may wait ten months to buy the game......ha,ha,ha,ha.........

11-02-07, 12:22 PM	#3
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	Prices on Amazon: Half Life 2 - $17.99 Oblivion - $29.99 Company of Heroes - $27.99 Would you say those games are crummy? Do you think they lowered the price on them because they weren't selling? I think it's very clear that price =/= quality. Our OP here is pretty clueless in terms of sales and marketing economics. I knew full well that the price drops were going to happen, but guess what? I spent $20 more than the price is now, but the fun I've had with the game since it's release has been well worth that extra I paid to have it then. I could have gone to the movies twice and seen 4 hrs of film, or spent that same extra $20 and had countless hours of fun with the game as I have. I think I got a deal. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

11-02-07, 12:29 PM	#4
Peto Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The details of my life are quite inconsequential Posts: 1,049 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Oblivion. I waited months for that one to price drop. Then I figured since it's price held it must be really good (and I was right). So I bought it and about 4 weeks later (just after my check cleared) the price dropped . SH4 has been worth every cent and still gets more system time than Oblivion.

11-02-07, 01:56 PM	#5
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Oblivion was okay, not exactly groundbreaking IMO. I 'finished' it in a few days and never really got interested in trying it again. But yea it is not unusual for prices to drop on software. The prices set always seemed arbitrary anyhow. Havent you noticed that no matter the production studio, amount of content, most 'premium' games are 49.99 regardless of how much it actually cost to produce it.