@sny: Exactly my thought!
Something is 'wrong' with the pricing, honestly, especially if we compare
the whole thing to others. Perhaps Sony / SL do follow a certain strategy
here? Most likely.
Extreme Pilot
@sny: Exactly my thought!
Something is 'wrong' with the pricing, honestly, especially if we compare
the whole thing to others. Perhaps Sony / SL do follow a certain strategy
here? Most likely.
Vector Pilot
well, its not necessarily a matter of something being "wrong." I mean if we allow a sales number of 400,000 copies for Wipeout HD, thats 8 million dollars. With no overhead in terms of having to produce and ship a hard copy of the game and no middlemen like Walmart to have to deal with, thats a pretty respectable take. They'll sell a few more copies of the base game now at the sale price, and hopefully a shedload of the add-on at 10 bucks to make a few more million in income. I'm sure the devs are smart enough to price it such that they can pay the bills and still have a bit left over...
I agree that $9.99 is a very reasonable price for FURY and I can't wait to get mine. I don't know where the notion that DLC is usually $5 or less comes from. BSI for Burnout was $19.99 no? Both the recent add-ons for Pacific Rift were $9.99. FURY is way more than just a pack of skins or something...in fact I'd say its way more than the Island for Burnout. So yeah, reasonable for anyone and really almost a gift if you're a fan. I was really expecting it to be $19.99, or at the very least $14.99.
edit - actually the Island was $12.99...but my point still stands.
Last edited by Z_Zoquis; 18th July 2009 at 12:41 PM.
Rapier Pilot
Well, i paid 10€ for a Metal Gear Online Expansion, which i didn't use all i wanted, because the maps included were used by expert people in that game, and i was killed everytime i got into some of these maps. Anyway, this gene expansion for 10€ (one year ago, now it's cheaper) had 3 maps only and one new game mode (i don't know exactly but i think it's free now) and 2 MGS characters who you will be lucky if you control them in an online match.
We all know yet what includes Fury, so i will not repeat again, but 10€ is the best price for the expansion with all that content.
Less days to thursday!
Extreme Pilot
Isn't that dandy then. I had £3 left on my account when I bought HD. Only have to top it by a fiver and now i have the expansion. I'm loving the pricing guys, great job. all in all the full set comes to £20 quid. Bargain in my books.
Extreme Pilot
@Cyberio: MGO is worth every penny. Its depth and variety is unmatched.
Yeah, it's a tough game, like WipEout HD, but I always get something out of it.
There was not even 1 second were I got bored of MGO. And I play this game
since day 1.
For sure. But I would spend a bit more just to ensure that the game will beOriginally Posted by Z_Zoquis
... I'm sure the devs are smart enough to price it such that they can pay the bills and still have a bit left over...
supported in *great* detail over the next month. Further, I want to be
assured (somehow) that they start working, at full force, on something
new after Fury is out the door (after vacation, of course). One can never
have enough money to rightfully accomplish all the things mentioned.
I imagine a Velocity DLC for WipEout HD where speed is the one and only
priority.
Btw; Welcome on board!
Perhaps you wanna introduce yourself over in the The Pilots Lounge.
Veteran Pilot
It's an ABSOLUTE bargain.
NO other down loadable game has such "REPLAY' value even remotely close to this on ANY console.
I rarely call people idiots,but those that think this DLC is overpriced certainly
are.
This is going to get played and played and played again.
It might get those that just like destroying things [FPS fans] getting their jollies out of a racer
Vector Pilot
done.Btw; Welcome on board!
Perhaps you wanna introduce yourself over in the The Pilots Lounge.
Zone Pilot
You should've just kept going on automatching, then you would have got some more practice.
Guys, I'm psyched about this release date, I might just put Oblivion and LittleBigPlanet down. :radar
Veteran Pilot
Excellent news, I'll be adding some funds to ones wallet very shortly, EIGHT QUID?!?
Is anyone familiar with that Burger King Advert where the guy goes in and makes his order, pays, then gets so much change back he feels like he just robbed them? Followed by him exiting through the nearest window? Yeah...
Extreme Pilot
Yeah, I know that-advert. xD
Venom Pilot
woohoo! fury!!
but i wont believe it until i see The "preparing for download" line on my tv screen
WipEout Creator
If you could buy a 1 bedroom flat in Grimsby for £20,000, would that mean a 4 bedroomed detached house in london for 200,000 was not cheap ?
Of course not.
It could not have arrived sooner (why do you think it could or should ???), its been in development months and the guys have been working round the clock on it busting their balls to get it done and fighting to include as much as possible and working late hours to cram as much in as they could, whilst also providing other patches in the meantime. Its come as early as possible, it was only finished and through master submission a week ago.
For what it is, £7.99 is cheap, as I said its not even 3 pints in a pub
If £7.99 isnt cheap because 1 song in rockband is a £0.99 then well . . . . I guess its individual perspective, in my book its beyond cheap, its an impulse dont even think twice price.
@blackwiggle, Paul and Zico werent testers... well ok Paul was about 167 years ago. zico is a coder, Paul is a dev manager
Last edited by Colin Berry; 18th July 2009 at 05:07 PM.
Extreme Pilot
Okay, two Tacos.
Yes?
Zone Pilot
My maths might be wrong here but,
If i have played HD for 354 hours and was £11.99 then that means it has cost me a little more than 3p per hour.
Fury being £7.99 and if i play it for the same time will cost even less.
Not a bad return in my book.
(someone check the maths please
Zone Pilot
Personally, I was expecting 20 bucks... just as much as the game first was... considering it seems to double the game's size! And I still would think it was worth it...
But hey... 10 bucks (U.S.)... CHEAP!
Vector Pilot
I think the basic point PLazarou seems to be making is that since FURY's price is more or less in line with other premium DLC available for other games, its off-base to refer to it as "cheap." I think on the surface he's right. But if you actually compare the content then the argument starts to fall apart. From what I can tell, FURY is essentially like a new version of Wipeout HD...almsot Wipeout HD 2. It pretty much doubles the original games content. I don't think any previously available add-on for a game has done that. If you compare it to Burnout Paradise, it's like getting the Party Pack, Legends car pack, Toy cars, and Big Surf Island in one add-on. By that reasoning I don't think its off-base to refer to FURY as cheap...
Extreme Pilot
I'm surprised at the low price for Fury though perhaps there is little choice given that the original release was only $20 USD.
IIRC the original WOHD is on sale in PSN this week, perhaps to draw some fence-sitters in before the release of the Fury DLC?
Discussions of video game prices are always weird for me, I am mostly interested in it for the insights it provides on the video game industry. So many factors-- the installed base of the console, development costs, expected sales at different price points, additional revenues from DLC. And it all "matters" to game fans because franchises need to be economically viable if they are to be supported into the future.
As a fan of Wipeout, I don't really care how much the game costs-- I would buy Fury at $50 or $100 because life is too damn short not to play the games that one wants to play! Of course, that pricing would no doubt be a tremendous mistake for the health of the franchise
Venom Pilot
I seem to have struck a nerve here - my apologies. I wasn't suggesting that you guys aren't working hard enough, I'm just being critical of the online release model you guys have adopted, i.e. making a less-than fully featured Wipeout title, albeit for less money and then offering DLC later down the line to bump it up to a more substantial product.
Personally, I would have preferred to wait for a full release, Blu-Ray or otherwise, with the content of HD and Fury - surely if you'd worked to that more traditional development model the game would have indeed arrived slightly sooner (as you wouldn't have had to release several patches up until this point as you mentioned)?
Zone Pilot
Many full priced blu-ray games have download contents later after their appearance on stores. Do you call those games "incomplete" too ?
I was already happy with HD as it's atm. Of course, like everybody, if i can have more ...
Downloadable games and contents seems to be the future in the video game industry, with advantages and regrets. We can't do nothing about that, just follow (or not) the movement.
Thanks anyway Colin, Paul and Zico for the good news
Last edited by leungbok; 18th July 2009 at 06:28 PM.
Venom Pilot
8£ for FURY is a bargain of a year!I was ready to pay any money, but I expected like 13.99£ minimum.
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