[quote name='sassylaurie']Well, take a look at the way the industry is changing. Games are being released incomplete with DLC figured in. Online passes are becoming the standard. Full game d-loads ever increasing, and usually more expensive than physical copies.
Talk to all the people who purchase MMORPG subscriptions each month after purchasing the game. WoW and Everquest changed the industry forever, and now MMORPGs are coming to consoles.
At the same time, if you purchase Xbox Live gold for the life of the console, you are paying nearly double for the system.
These are all fueled by us as consumers, and while we keep supporting these business models, they will keep doing what works to keep the $ flowing.
All that being said, the MSRP of video games has only went up $10 in the past 20 years, even with all the costs of online servers and development increasing. Plus, I think GH:Metallica was the last time I paid MSRP for a game. They are commonly available with future credit on release day or within a couple weeks later for $40. Not a bad deal that way.[/QUOTE]
It's a shame to see all this happening, just wish we could go back to when the developers were devoted to making great games instead of making tons of money. But it's everything now, we gotta pay for things we never payed for before or gotta pay more money for stuff like the damn $6-7 for a pack of cigarettes or $10 for stingy dime sack of what people call "popcorn" I don't want that or any dro just gimme some weed I don't give a damn what it's called as long as it's $60 an ounce, but none the less it's all ridiculous and all the congress/legislative/etc. men and women of which are involved in our political downfall can go to hell for trying to take our rights away from us slowly while everyone turns a blind eye, argues & fights with each other and then bends over to take it in the *** by the long **** of the the government(Obama's gonna take our guns then our freedom don't let it happen!)
in panthro.
