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Re: Morning Consolidation

Jan 10, 2013, 15:11

killer_roach

Beamer wrote on Jan 10, 2013, 15:06: No way could Microsoft manage the sales that make Steam so awesome There's an understatement. To Microsoft, "sale" is a four-letter word. Verno wrote on Jan 10, 2013, 14:59: I didn't mean $60 games were unreasonable or didn't sell, just saying that a high asking price (continually rising with season passes and DLC) combined with a high price of entry might be a stumbling block given how many other expensive gadgets are competing for consumer wallets. I'd agree - that sort of a pricing mechanic pretty much only works at the very high end of the food chain, and only for certain buyers (as even still most people won't buy any DLC, much less all of it). I think we're starting to see more of a shift toward lower entry price with continuing DLC for quite a few games (including possibly subscriptions) as digital distribution catches on, but even still there's going to be a non-trivial market for standalone titles.

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Comment [quote="killer_roach"Jan 10, 2013, 15:11][quote="Beamer"Jan 10, 2013, 15:06]No way could Microsoft manage the sales that make Steam so awesome[/quote] There's an understatement. To Microsoft, "sale" is a four-letter word. [quote="Verno"Jan 10, 2013, 14:59]I didn't mean $60 games were unreasonable or didn't sell, just saying that a high asking price (continually rising with season passes and DLC) combined with a high price of entry might be a stumbling block given how many other expensive gadgets are competing for consumer wallets. [/quote] I'd agree - that sort of a pricing mechanic pretty much only works at the very high end of the food chain, and only for certain buyers (as even still most people won't buy any DLC, much less all of it). I think we're starting to see more of a shift toward lower entry price with continuing DLC for quite a few games (including possibly subscriptions) as digital distribution catches on, but even still there's going to be a non-trivial market for standalone titles. [/quote]

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