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how much do you think that ps3 games will cost
Most probably a little bit more than they are now, say, £44.99-£49.99 (Or whatever equivalent that is in your own currency).
Pumster
08-08-2003, 01:09 AM
I think PS3 games will probably be $50 US as well. Only Nintendo charged more for their Nintendo 64 games, ($60) but that was because you had to pay for a huge chunk of plastic. PSX and PS2 games have been $49.99 since they're just CDs. (Except recent Playstation releases, which have been $20-30.) Even Tomb Raider AoD, which was in development for three years, is only $50. Unless this leap in technology causes companies to all of a sudden seem under-staffed, then that would lead to a larger price. (And if an average PS3 game takes more then one year to produce, that won't help either.) More then likely, companies will try to keep the price down so you don't have to spend a small fortune whenever you want a new game.
The price of games has always seemed to stay the same for every generation. When the NES was out the games used to be £40, and the same goes for every other generation of console.
i think that games are generally overpriced. this is not really a problem with things that I am not intrested in becase they quickly drop in price, usually within 12 months a game will fall from £40 to about £20. what with the platnum releases etc. Even Nintendo have figured out that you cant charge a premium on old games.
but a new release at £40 or more 45 in some cases, i had seen the socom with a head set that proberbly had the production value of about £3 go for a £50 package in some shops. and lets sot forget that 25% of the price of a game goes directly in the pocket of Sony (they make far more mony from this than their little black box itself) for providing the operating system. (that is why PC game are roughly 10 quid cheaper) Imagine if 25% of the cost of your movie ticket went to Lumier family in france, or the Panflex company for building the camara. Or Sony/Philips for inventing the DVD. or indeed if America had had to pay the English 5cents everytime they used the English Launquage.
It might be an idea that combine of companys started thinking about building universal console simular to the CD or DVD system that anyone can create media for. maybe that is the real future of the console?
game costs are rarely cost more than 5million dollars to make, compare that to a new movie that costs around 75million dollars to make and will rarely cost more than £20.
sure: I'm simplthying the situation, but i done think that games retailers will be able to get the avarge game far past the £40 price range without a consummer backlash.
no matter how much noney they poor into the production of a console or individual game. they are dooing this because (like film) the audiance is widening. the gamers that are now in their twentys will want to keep gaming in to there 30's.
I'm no econimist, but i feel that the price of games should be going down, that is if the industry wants to see the kind of casual buying that the movie and music industry enjoys.
The difference with movies is that they can usually make that money back through the cinemas, and then through VHS/DVD releases.
The movie theatre is a real good case, but not really as much as it once was. (Sorry If I am going off-thread with this film stuff, but I feel that it pertains to the economics of games). A blockbuster film that costs under a hundred million dollars to make will roughly spend the same again in promotion. it is very rare that a successful film will do much more than break even. The profit is really made in the DVD sales, and TV licences.
You can see that the importance, or weight has really shifted from theatre to the home. remember all those strikes in Hollywood, that was about pay scales based solely on theatre takings and not the lucrative video markets. (Again I am over simplifying that whole issue). It was the whole life after cinematic death with video that fuled the whole hundreds of millions of dollars filmmaking. (With films like Terminator 2) The time between a film playing at the cinema and being released on DVD has fallen so much that it would seem the advertising for a film is only the preamble to generate awareness for when the DVD packages hit the stores (think of Lord of the Rings). In many case some of the most successful films didnt even have mush of a life on the big screen (such as The Shawshank Redemption).
Some computer games have a similar life to the movie theatre in terms of the Video Arcade (remember how you spent £10 on them while waiting to see a film you spent £5 to see). Especially with games like Tekken and Crazy Taxi. Yet that is being seen as far less important than the home market.
Sure there are differences between the game and film markets, but I feel that the similarities are stronger.
Is there a lot of difference between the quantites sold when it comes to VHS/DVD's and games?
I was thinking that perhaps because games sold a lot less than VHS/DVD's that they need to have the price higher to make it up.
overall quantities sure. but I think that Its really relative.
Films have markets: and Hollywood will try and make films that cross the widest demographic(s) that It can. Like Pearl Harbor, romance for middle age women, action for young men, history for all those baby boomers that are pushing sixty.
But and film like the Matrix will have massive penetration only within its 'demographic'because its market is focused (roughly the 15 to 29 year old males) [sure your girlfriend may say she loves it, but did she buy it? she probably watches your copy]. You could say that a computer games share this demographic with film buyers.
I take your point that it is unfair to compare games with the film industry as a whole but it is possible to draw a comparison with this market demographic. The Matrix was made for it for 60million or whatever. And you bought it on DVD for 20quid (or similar)
Metal Gear cost 5million and I bought it for 40quid. And Im sure that the advertising budget was lower.
i know that i puting myself out on a limb here, but the Matrix sells roughly 28 units for every 1 Metal Gear in a unit to expense ratio.
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Im not sure of the details but I know that Nintendo received a large fine from a European monopolies commission for over pricing and price fixing. So Im definitely not simply taking a poke at Sony. And I know that sony have to recoup that billion dollars or whatever that they have sunk into the PS3s research and development.
http://www.ananova.com/business/story/sm_699792.html?menu=
But the sheer fact that they have sunk so much money into this product signals that they expect that more people than a couple of twenty year olds who like the Matrix to buy it.
in short.
20quid for the programer, 7quid for sony, 3quid for production.
bottom line: I think a new game should cost 30quid.
ibrooklyn
08-28-2003, 12:20 PM
im pretty sure that the games will stay the same price, and some WILL be lover, did you guys ever hear this before.......i think that the guy who created MGS said that he wanted to make these new games that will be very cheap and will self destruct after you would beat them, they wanted to do that on the PS2 and they can, but its a lil too expensive to do things like that now, maybe in a few years, and i might be wrong about the MGS creator but im 100% sure that ive seen the interview with some game developer, its just ive read that so long ago i cnt remeber which guy exactly :(
stanDarsh
08-29-2003, 03:34 AM
Ive heard about that self destructing technology before, and i think it's pathetic. I also think piracy will go up if they do implement self destructing technology into dvds cds and such.
Swordmaster Jehuty
09-03-2003, 03:19 PM
Off course not 30-40$! Most new games in Europa and my country (the Netherlands) cost about 65 Euro's and that is 71$. I expect that the games of the PS2 would lower the next 2 years, especially the last few months before the release of the PS3. And the PS3 games would cost about 60-70 euro's.
I don't know how much games cost in the US, but 40$ is a bit low.
Swordmaster Jehuty
09-06-2003, 09:37 AM
57.82 + 12.18 for the stores= 70
Are all of the new games over there 70?
Swordmaster Jehuty
09-07-2003, 11:26 AM
Most of the new ones are 69.95, but those are the most expensive ones.
Omega Blue
09-07-2003, 12:52 PM
games haven't seemed to go up any here in my part of the US still all seem to be $49.95 for Ps2 games.
Swordmaster Jehuty
09-07-2003, 04:43 PM
Maybe the games in the US are cheaper because there are a lot more people living in the US (I'm not sure of that though) than in Europe, especially in the Netherlands.
Ramzy
09-20-2003, 08:48 PM
Once again, nobody knows for sure.
That's why we're discussing it, because we don't know, and have nothing better to do!
J Master
09-20-2003, 11:50 PM
the ps3 games will cost 40-$50 because that how it has been 4 the past of yrs of games except 4 the nintendo64 those games cost like $60 cause those dum@$$ cartriges
It hasn't just been the last 4 years. Games have been that price for as long as I can remember.
Webmaster
11-02-2003, 07:24 PM
I thinking it would be around the same price as the PS2 when it came out around $300.00. Anyway I think that would be a reasonable price for it with all that technology. So I would buy it if it was that little money for such a high tech game console. :wink:
Ibanez32
11-02-2003, 10:08 PM
57.82 + 12.18 for the stores= Major Rip off.
i'll never complain about games prices again. As DVD's have been available for some time now surely production cost must go down.
Yogarine
11-02-2003, 10:13 PM
So why are games so expensive in Holland...?
And it's not true that games have been the same price all the time. At least not in the Netherlands... SNES games used to be about Fl. 120,- (about 55,-). New PS1 games used to be Fl. 120,- to Fl. 130,- (55,- to 60,-).
New PS2 games however used to cost Fl. 150,- (67,-) and now most new PS2 games cost about 70,-...
Strangely enough, GameCube games are the cheapest in Holland, they're always 60,-.
So how come games are so much more expensive in the Netherlands?
GodZeRo
11-06-2003, 06:30 PM
the ps3 games will cost 40-$50 because that how it has been 4 the past of yrs of games except 4 the nintendo64 those games cost like $60 cause those dum@$$ cartriges
I remember going to the store to pick up *whatever game* for my ps1, the cost $50, when I'd look over the N64 games they were $70-$75. No wonder the N64 died, Nintendo took a lot of heat for that, thankfully they wised up in time for the GC.
solidus
11-06-2003, 06:52 PM
I live in Belgium and the new games cost around 62.00 euro's except for games like eye-toy and Time Crisis are about 75 euro's. Always tought it was standart unil i copared it with the U.S. and other.
Your lucky you don't live here.
But i don't have a problem paying for it, i only buy top-games that are worth the price.
Think the Ps3 games are going to cost the same
Sony_Freak237
11-06-2003, 10:52 PM
most games here are $59.99CND(about $44.99US) when they come out, except for socom w/headset $79.99CND(about $59.99).
from what i remember (in the UK) the price of a nintendo cartridge never went down. where ass there where so many diffrent price gaps for the PS(1 and 2). and i am sure that things will stay the small for the ps3
i.e. New game = £40-£45
i'm sure it was simular for euros or dollars
6 months old = £35-£25
Platnum release = £20 (or less)
most new games i see on sale on the internet for about £30 (give or take about £3) (i shop at www.play.com) which i think is fair... so i feel that most shops will be droping their prices.
media for some reason dosent change it's price much. a new pre-recorded VHS video film was about £10 in 1985, and it seemed to be about the same price now as they are making way for DVD.
Maybe the games in the US are cheaper because there are a lot more people living in the US (I'm not sure of that though) than in Europe, especially in the Netherlands.
on the whole more people live in europe than north america. (i think europe has about 15 percent more people than the US, but that is totally of the top of my head)
the price may have more to do with splintered markets... europe has so many diffrent lanquages. that and europe has a greater culture of taxation...which makes everything (but helth-care).
okolo22000
11-08-2003, 03:19 AM
I would guess $49.99.
Yogarine
11-09-2003, 09:53 AM
The price may have more to do with splintered markets... Europe has so many diffrent lanquages. That and Europe has a greater culture of taxation... which makes everything (but health-care).
I guess you're right. VAT here in the Netherlands is 19%... Though the number of games that are actually translated (except for some EA games) is quite scarce... Not as much as in Germany/France/Spain. (Why don't people in those countries simply learn some English...? :P)
niblets
02-26-2004, 11:23 AM
I say that £40 is a good price for games but they know that people will pay any amount for a good game so that may price games at £45 or £50 pounds.
ultimategamer2004
03-10-2004, 09:04 PM
I think £40-£50 for new games but obiviously they will get cheaper when they get older.
KlawHammer
03-11-2004, 08:24 AM
By my calculations since GST is 12.5% in New Zealand and games usually cost $30-$70with GST, i suppose that means they'll cost us $37.50 - $87.50. Damn thats cheap.
stanDarsh
03-11-2004, 10:58 AM
Dayum! I'm buying my games from new zealand from now on! Im sick of paying 99-109 Australian Dollars for new games!
GT4 RULZ
03-12-2004, 10:36 AM
i am with you standarsh
I think we should take into consideration what medium Sony decided to use as well, if they just go with DVD then I'm guessing that games will be no more than £44.99. If they decide to use Blu - ray or HD-DVD then prices could rise slightly.
I read an article stating that they have found a way to lower production costs of Blu - ray discs so that it comes to within 10% of the price as a standard DVD... Would you believe that I don't have a link to the article because I can't find it though, typical... :roll:
[ark]
03-28-2004, 03:50 AM
games r not more expensive in different countries! lol its just because of the currency...in the end they r the same profit
games r way overpriced and thats because companies dont make money off of the systems (systems should cost hundreds more)
a PS2 game only costs about $17 to make the disc.... maybe even lower i havent look into to it for a while
gamingmonkey2004
03-28-2004, 03:53 AM
yup he is partly right...the part about being hundreds more is wrong but yes they do lose money on the console but gain them back on the games
stanDarsh
03-28-2004, 04:42 AM
]games r not more expensive in different countries! lol its just because of the currency...in the end they r the same profit
You'd think that'd be the case, yet it is cheaper for me to import games from overseas.
New release games generally cost $99-109 in Australia. Yet If I order my games from www.lik-sang.com I can get them for $77 Australian Dollars which includes free shipping, and not to mention I'd also get the games months earlier than I would in Australia anyway!
So how much do I save? $20-30 Australian dollars!
gamingmonkey2004
03-28-2004, 07:07 PM
well then Austrailia is corrupted or something cause the games are the same price everywhere you just have to convert the price from yen or w/e to your currency...but what you said is interesting to say the least
KlawHammer
03-30-2004, 04:28 AM
In New Zealand we pay like NZ$79-$129 for a new game bro - it sucks big time. I get my games by importing them from Japan - yes i have NTSC support on my PAL PS2....
stanDarsh
03-30-2004, 04:53 AM
In New Zealand we pay like NZ$79-$129 for a new game bro - it sucks big time. I get my games by importing them from Japan - yes i have NTSC support on my PAL PS2....
I have PAL support on my japanese NTSC PS2 hehe, so importing is something I used to do quite often (not so much anymore since it also plays PAL ps2 games )
But you'd agree prices are too high to begin with? $129 NZ for a game? thats crazy!
KlawHammer
04-01-2004, 06:49 AM
Yes i know, know you know how i feel.....
shaudeus
04-04-2004, 07:34 PM
if they use bdrom i could see a small price hike to acct for this maybe 55-60 dollars US
KlawHammer
04-06-2004, 11:59 AM
i think they should use this "bd-ROM" you refer to
Mr.Slik
04-22-2004, 07:38 PM
I bet the price will be something like $60-70. The price will likely stay the same.
KlawHammer
04-23-2004, 01:38 AM
Not very likely - i bet BD-ROM is expensive to make.
By the way does anyone know why the Dreamcast used GD-ROM discs?And what exactly does "GD" stand for?
The GD in GD-ROM stands for Gigabyte Disk. They were developed by Yahama.
I think that Sega used GD-ROMs for Dreamcast games for anti-piracy measures. I'm thinking this because:
There are 3 different layers on a GD-ROM disk. The inner layer holds about 35MB of data, which is accessible by normal CD readers. The outer layer holds about 1GB of data, and can be accessed by normal CD readers. The 3rd layer is inbetween the two other layers, and acts almost as a wall.
Normal CD readers can read the first layer, but can't get past the black section. Even if it was to get past that layer, it would not be able to read the high capacity layer.
Apparently, there is no way to make backups of GD-ROMs onto CD-R using a normal CD-Rewriter. Mainly because:
A CD-R will never hold more than 99 minutes of data, so it can never hold the amount that can be put onto a GD-ROM.
GD-R media does exist, but they were only sold to Dreamcast developers. As far as I'm aware, they aren't sold to the general public.
Using DVD-R or DVD+RW isn't an option, as the Dreamcast can't read DVD-R or DVD+RW media.
Makaveli_786
04-23-2004, 11:57 PM
I think we should take into consideration what medium Sony decided to use as well, if they just go with DVD then I'm guessing that games will be no more than £44.99. If they decide to use Blu - ray or HD-DVD then prices could rise slightly.
I read an article stating that they have found a way to lower production costs of Blu - ray discs so that it comes to within 10% of the price as a standard DVD... Would you believe that I don't have a link to the article because I can't find it though, typical... :roll:
Those are the 90 percent paper 10 percent poly-carbonate CD's right?
Shit those discs cost next to nothing to produce and are a 100 times harder to scratch.
The latest press release from Sony stated that they had produced a 25GB CD using the Blu-Ray technology, which is made from 51% paper.
KlawHammer
04-24-2004, 01:19 AM
So the DC hasnt suffered any piracy problems then. Amazing if Sony did something similar then we would have less pirates.
I think that Sega still have the rights to GD-ROM, so Yamaha still haven't been able to distribute the GD media to the public.
If Sony could do the same kind of thing with Blu-Ray, then they could finally sort out the piracy problem.
KlawHammer
04-24-2004, 01:26 AM
Yes true they'll be no backups of any sort.
threepac3
04-25-2004, 12:43 PM
it will proabably be 49.99 like in ps2, i remember Nintendo and i think Genesis games costing $60+ that really sucked.
stanDarsh
04-25-2004, 04:58 PM
The GD in GD-ROM stands for Gigabyte Disk. They were developed by Yahama.
I think that Sega used GD-ROMs for Dreamcast games for anti-piracy measures. I'm thinking this because:
There are 3 different layers on a GD-ROM disk. The inner layer holds about 35MB of data, which is accessible by normal CD readers. The outer layer holds about 1GB of data, and can be accessed by normal CD readers. The 3rd layer is inbetween the two other layers, and acts almost as a wall.
Normal CD readers can read the first layer, but can't get past the black section. Even if it was to get past that layer, it would not be able to read the high capacity layer.
Apparently, there is no way to make backups of GD-ROMs onto CD-R using a normal CD-Rewriter. Mainly because:
A CD-R will never hold more than 99 minutes of data, so it can never hold the amount that can be put onto a GD-ROM.
GD-R media does exist, but they were only sold to Dreamcast developers. As far as I'm aware, they aren't sold to the general public.
Using DVD-R or DVD+RW isn't an option, as the Dreamcast can't read DVD-R or DVD+RW media.
Actually it was quite easy to copy GD-ROMs to CD-Rs, I know someone who used to do it!
I did write "apparently", because there was a small element of doubt in my mind. I remember my friend having a copy of Mortal Kombat Gold on CD-R now.
Just called my friend, and he said that he has quite a few copied games, but they all have some sort of error in them. So I'm guessing that that means that there was some sort of difficulty in copying GD-ROMs to CD-Rs.
Probably the fact that the layer with the highest capacity is high density?
jessy
04-30-2004, 01:55 AM
I think PS3 games will probably be $50 US as well. Only Nintendo charged more for their Nintendo 64 games, ($60) but that was because you had to pay for a huge chunk of plastic. PSX and PS2 games have been $49.99 since they're just CDs. (Except recent Playstation releases, which have been $20-30.) Even Tomb Raider AoD, which was in development for three years, is only $50. Unless this leap in technology causes companies to all of a sudden seem under-staffed, then that would lead to a larger price. (And if an average PS3 game takes more then one year to produce, that won't help either.) More then likely, companies will try to keep the price down so you don't have to spend a small fortune whenever you want a new game.
might be more, coz the media will change. and there would be more disks for one game...
so let us guess....the price will be over $65
What do you currently pay for games in the US anyway?
brownbeaner2
05-02-2004, 04:42 AM
$49.99 plus tax (might be off by a couple of cents) $54.14 taxes included this is what you pay for a AAA game.
At todays current rate that's £30.53.... I have one word. Bastard.
Our games normally cost £39.99, meaning that in America you would be paying $70.91... Quite a difference really. Of course we have titles that are charged at around £44.99 as well, which is $79.77.
Shafted is an understatment... :?
slayerx
05-02-2004, 12:14 PM
Agreed we willl always pay the higher prices for games which i belive starts at £45 or £40 but game tend to sell them for £37.99 or if you browse the net Game and Play.com sell slightly cheaper due to been internet based and having fewer overheads etc.
Its annoying i can import games for my US console cheaper and get them before they come out over hear :?
Swordmaster Jehuty
05-02-2004, 01:08 PM
Can someone tell me why the english don't want to have the euro as their currency??? $80 is a lot of money for a videogame. I recently bought R-Type Final for 50,- which is an AAA-game. Why is R-Type Final a lot cheaper than most other games???
slayerx
05-02-2004, 01:23 PM
R type was cheaper as its seen as a budget title as is Serious Sam and other games like Jungle storm so we get them for around £20 which is good :)
We will never have the EURO i hope never!!!!
Swordmaster Jehuty
05-02-2004, 02:53 PM
Why don't you want the euro??? Just give me a reason!!
slayerx
05-02-2004, 03:00 PM
Ok well from a Fiscal view i dont think it would be a wise move although the Euro is doing well i dont think a move to it would do anything to improve its current status in the Currency Market.
I dont wann get into a debate about it lets just say i studied enough at school to know its not good for the country right now.
At todays current rate that's £30.53.... I have one word. Bastard.
Our games normally cost £39.99, meaning that in America you would be paying $70.91... Quite a difference really. Of course we have titles that are charged at around £44.99 as well, which is $79.77.
Shafted is an understatment... :?
That's because the £ is doing so well against the $ at the moment. At the beginning of the year the numbers would've been a bit closer together.
And on the subject of the Euro, the reason why a lot of us don't want it is because a lot of people don't consider us as being a part of Europe. As we're an island, a lot of people think that we should stay independent.
slayerx
05-02-2004, 05:20 PM
Viva le revolution !!
The $ rates have been great for the past few months making importing games great for me but its started to stabalise again now
Yea, for a while it's been up above the $1.90 mark, but it's at $1.77 at the moment. Good timing for getting my import games I think.
brownbeaner2
05-02-2004, 09:47 PM
At todays current rate that's £30.53.... I have one word. Bastard.
Our games normally cost £39.99, meaning that in America you would be paying $70.91... Quite a difference really. Of course we have titles that are charged at around £44.99 as well, which is $79.77.
Shafted is an understatment... :?
actually we pay about the same 45.1944 EUR , $54.14 i used a currency
converter. http://www.xe.com
We don't use over here, we use the apparently mighty £:
£39.99 = $71.15
$49.99 = £28.10
At todays current rate that's £30.53.... I have one word. Bastard.
Our games normally cost £39.99, meaning that in America you would be paying $70.91... Quite a difference really. Of course we have titles that are charged at around £44.99 as well, which is $79.77.
Shafted is an understatment... :?
actually we pay about the same 45.1944 EUR , $54.14 i used a currency
converter. http://www.xe.com
I also used xe.com, and as Matt stated we use Sterling not the Euro. As far as I can remember our inflation rates are quite good at the minute and we would not have control over these, because the bank of Europe would. Something along those lines, it's been a long time sence I did that sort of stuff in Business studies. I'm doing Finance at the moment, great fun. :roll:
gamingmonkey2004
05-06-2004, 11:06 PM
how much do you have to pay for a game in Britain
EDIT: the newer games since now its only 39 in US
the legendary ice man
05-07-2004, 08:10 PM
In stores £39.99 or £44.99 for the better ones. If you have any intelligence you get them from Game, Dixons etc off the internet where they are about £32.99
KlawHammer
05-08-2004, 07:51 AM
EB games for me - or GPStore.co.nz the cheapest place for games in nz since they sell games $10 cheaper.
Yea, I noticed a few weeks ago that Dixons were pricing some new releases at £30. A shame that they're closing down 2/3 of their stores though.
ultimategamer2004
05-08-2004, 09:45 PM
Strange that i saw some games ne releases somwhere priced at £32.97 hitman cotracts it was the prices always come down.
the legendary ice man
05-09-2004, 12:30 PM
I think the prices are coming down now because people have started to realise games are cheaper on the internet.
I'd like to see PS3 games at about £25 - like the PS1 games were, but I think they will be around £50
ultimategamer2004
05-09-2004, 07:59 PM
the newer the console the higher games are priced look at ps1 games now they are very cheap.
Makaveli_786
05-09-2004, 09:50 PM
Basically theyll try to squeeze as much money as they can out of you, I think itll be around 40-50 pound.
slayerx
05-09-2004, 10:30 PM
I think 45 or 50 tops
snake_eater
05-12-2004, 11:59 PM
:lol: yeah this is my first post and all, but anyways i think it sucks, they should make games less as time goes on. but thats not gonna happen right now with the economy and all
Hey, welcome to PS3i. What kind of price do you think the games should be then?
ultimategamer2004
05-13-2004, 08:57 PM
I think £50 quid is a bit too high i think they should stay around what they are now.
KlawHammer
05-14-2004, 11:11 AM
NZ$70-$90 would be fine with me...
Word_Life619
06-11-2004, 07:58 AM
:idea: I think ps3 games will cost at least 60-80 dollers
Ragnorok
06-12-2004, 03:57 AM
I have a strange gut conjecture that the games will be $60. It may be on the cost correlation; PS1: $40 PS2: $50 PS3: $60(?)(USA), this is perhaps more likely my guess because blue disk are simply not very cheap.
Omega Blue
06-12-2004, 05:57 AM
I have a strange gut conjecture that the games will be $60. It may be on the cost correlation; PS1: $40 PS2: $50 PS3: $60(?)(USA), this is perhaps more likely my guess because blue disk are simply not very cheap.
most of the AAA titles for the Ps1 were 50$, Blu-Ray PLAYERS are expensive, Blu-Ray DISC aren't. infact they're trying to develope a new way to make them even cheaper.
Makaveli_786
06-12-2004, 02:01 PM
I have a strange gut conjecture that the games will be $60. It may be on the cost correlation; PS1: $40 PS2: $50 PS3: $60(?)(USA), this is perhaps more likely my guess because blue disk are simply not very cheap.
most of the AAA titles for the Ps1 were 50$, Blu-Ray PLAYERS are expensive, Blu-Ray DISC aren't. infact they're trying to develope a new way to make them even cheaper.
Blu-ray players are expensive?
Who the hell told you that, link it.
Ragnorok
06-12-2004, 04:26 PM
Ah, ok omega, i wasn't completely aware of that. And i've certainly heard the players were expensive makaveli.
ssssss
06-12-2004, 05:08 PM
I have a strange gut conjecture that the games will be $60. It may be on the cost correlation; PS1: $40 PS2: $50 PS3: $60(?)(USA), this is perhaps more likely my guess because blue disk are simply not very cheap.
most of the AAA titles for the Ps1 were 50$, Blu-Ray PLAYERS are expensive, Blu-Ray DISC aren't. infact they're trying to develope a new way to make them even cheaper.
Blu-ray players are expensive?
Who the hell told you that, link it.
so makevali can you tell me what will a standard BD-Ray disc player will cost[having compatability of other standard discs like DVDs]
Makaveli_786
06-12-2004, 05:20 PM
Theres only one on the market and its kicking 3000 dollars, the first DVD player was 10 grand.
It costs a third of DVD players at launch, theyr not expensive at all, in fact you can get DVD recorders in Japan that cost more.
EDIT: TO sssss..
Blu-ray DVD at launch cost a third of what normal DVD's cost, the technology is pretty cheap and when it takes off no doubt will become cheaper, how much it will cost on depends when you buy the technology but theres no doubt it will fall in price over time.
As for the tri-head laser question, well they were manufactured to be on the cheaper side, it was a hybrid idea to introduce people to blu-ray technology but also give them CD's and DVD's which theyr so comfortable, this technology is aimed at a wide range of consumers and therefore wont cost too much.
ssssss
06-12-2004, 05:25 PM
Thanks.
The new members registered on this forum seems to be smarter. 8)
KlawHammer
06-15-2004, 11:31 AM
I have a strange gut conjecture that the games will be $60. It may be on the cost correlation; PS1: $40 PS2: $50 PS3: $60(?)(USA), this is perhaps more likely my guess because blue disk are simply not very cheap.
most of the AAA titles for the Ps1 were 50$, Blu-Ray PLAYERS are expensive, Blu-Ray DISC aren't. infact they're trying to develope a new way to make them even cheaper.
Blu-ray players are expensive?
Who the hell told you that, link it.
Flip, ofcourse they're expensive.
The disks cost some ridiculous amount at the moment don't they?
Ragnorok
06-17-2004, 03:58 AM
I read BD's will cost $23 dollars.
Sk Manga
06-17-2004, 04:31 AM
theyre like mad cheap and shit, made outta paper, and hard to scratch
<3
Makaveli_786
06-17-2004, 05:48 PM
Discs are 30 quid AT THE MOMENT...
Topan and Sony made a disc which is 50% paper, they cost about a tenth of the cost of a DVD disc to make.
The reason discs are expensive is because their in select production, when DVD's first became available there were 40 quid, now you can get them 50p each but they cant get much cheaper because of production costs.
When bluray is standard like DVD's are everything will fall in price to a lot lower than DVD discs.
When DVD players first came on the market they cost 10 thousand pound, the first Bluray player on the market costs less than a third of that at 3000.
The fact that BD-DVD started at a lower price than DVD's signifies it will also end up costing less than DVD's.
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