Quote Originally Posted by Rob2600 View Post
In the Duck Tales thread, a couple of "hardcore" gamers said $15 is too expensive for a new video game. I can't believe we've gotten to the point where "hardcore" gamers feel like $15 is too expensive.

And people say "casual" gamers are ruining the industry? At least they support developers and pay full price for games (Madden, COD, Halo, etc.).

"Hardcore" gamers demand more and more, nitpick everything to death, and wait until games hit the $5 bargain bin before buying them. I've realized many "hardcore" gamers today are very cheap people with entitlement issues. Is this good for the industry??
I think you're overreacting and frankly, if the game is good, it will probably sell well at $15. Having said that, I'm one of those people that waits for games to fall in price before I buy them on modern consoles and with digital stuff especially, I tend to be very cheap. I don't think gamers who share my practices are hurting the industry. The industry is well aware of us and does things like create expensive collector's editions and launch copy DLC or other upgrades. Sometimes that stuff works in getting me to pay full price and sometimes it doesn't. Steam, Microsoft and Sony all do regular digital sales on their respective stores to capture revenue from gamers who share my practices and they seem to be doing pretty well, as do most of the publishers that participate in those sales.

In any event, $15 might be too much for a new video game depending on how extensive the remake is and how good the game is. None of us really know until it's finished. There are lots of great games that launch for $5 or $10 out of the gate, so it's not like price and quality are mutually exclusive.