Peter Parka

Seriously! I think games on consoles are one of the biggest rip offs ever! Give it two or three years andyou can buy the console or game for a fraction of the price. I dont think they neccessarily get better either, yeah, the graphics ect do but the enjoyment dosent, some of the simplest games give me the most fun! What do you think?

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Valentin

Games are getting better. If we look at Bioware and their three most recent rpg franchises, you can see a definite improvement in each. Star Wars KotOR is one of the best games ever made, but their most recent effort, Mass Effect, just completely blows it away on every level.
As consoles get better, game developers can do new things. And i don't really think the price of games has gone up. An original Xbox game cost the same as a 360 game 6 years ago.

And £44 is not too big a price to pay for games. Xbox live allows you to do amazing things with games like TW 09. Paying for a gold membership increases the playability of most games a million fold. And then you have downloadable content that adds levels or missions to games.

dt3

I think it depends on how long you play the game. I know I've played Oblivion for over 130 hours, same with Call of Duty 4 and Rock Band. So at $60, that's less than $2 per hour of enjoyment per game. That's cheaper than going to a movie or bowling, and WAY cheaper than any professional sporting event or night out on the town.

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Peter Parka

But why pay that when in a couple of years you can buy that game for 3 pounds?

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SYN

really dont mind... i just download em either way if i really want em haha

Valentin

Because in a couple of years time, Tiger Woods 11 will be out. If you're prepared to wait untill something is old and out of date in order to get it for cheaper, then go for it.
That said, some games are absolutely timeless, and improvements in technology will never remove what makes games like Ocarina of Time, KotOR, Mario 64, Goldeneye, and Mass Effect special.

Peter Parka

I think you just proved my pont!

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Valentin

How? Those games are not great in spite of technological advancement. If i listed Pong, then maybe i'd see your point. In fact 3 are on the N64, of which games were notoriously pricey (due to using a cartridge)...And Mass Effect, the best game on that list, is on a next gen console. Waiting three years to play either one would actually make the first play through a little less special.

Zorak

Games are a rip off nowadays because they are so fucking short.

Bioshock is the last game I played that lasted a decent amount of time

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Valentin

What constitutes a decent amount of time? I consider anything aproaching 40 hours decent.

Zorak

I don't count the hours... I don't like completing things in a few days.

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Valentin

Only play a few hours each day then? It's not the games fault if you lock yourself in a room and play a game for 2 days straight. I pretty much did that with Mass Effect.

Zorak

No I don't have that luxury.

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Mystic

i voted no... reason being they have no thought to them...too bloody easy!...or just plain old boring!

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Valentin

I think that's true of a lot of the games that are released these days. But there are some really really good ones. I'd only be willing to buy about 10 percnent of all the games that are released.