Thanks.


When was the last time I spent $60 for a week of fun?
I don't know when was last time I spend $60 for a week of fun, but I do remember lot of times when I went hiking with my friends and we spend some time in the mountains, or go to my summerhouse and have fun there, and it cost me less than $60 per week.
Video games are not only source of entertainment.
Also, books costs way less than $60.
But when it comes to video games, I still have to get my hands on Minecraft and check it out, and in case it is good as I hope it to be, it will give me much more hours of fun for way less money than $60.

So when you went hiking, did you have shoes, cloths, food, shelter, supplies?

I agree that there are plenty of other forms of entertainment, but that is not what this topic is about, its about the entertainment value of video games. The fact that you can get a solid weeks worth of fun out of $60 is just a good investment, plain and simple, I don't see how people can't see that. Now thats not to say that all video games are worth $60, but as I said, I am choosy when it comes to games, be wise with your money and you will rarely be disappointed.

Should we factor in the cost of personal attire, food and snacks, and all that garbage into the favored "well movies are more expensive so $60 is cheap" argument too?

It does... when you first enter Markarth and witness that murder, some dude will give you a note... follow the note and he will give you a quest, play out that quest and you'll end up in prison where you will meet Madanach (the lost king of the Forsworn), who will recruit you into his fold, orchestrate a prison break, and fight to retake Markarth, at which point he will take credit for your crimes and your bounty will be erased...

... of course, I don't know how that questline actually ends since I decided to kill Madanach during the prison break, had the Forsworn turn on me, and put them all down, thinking I could then talk to the Jarl of Markarth and everything would be cool, but NOOOOO... instead I broke the quest and they never took credit for my crimes, so I was unable to enter Markarth until the Civil War was over, and my name was cleared by the Stormcloaks... of course, then I went and got a tresspassing bounty on my head during a theive's guild quest, and now the gaurds are glitched, not accepting payment, saying I'm a murderer and that I need to go to jail, but won't ever actually take me to jail (sicne I'm sure the jail is glitched due to the above mishap), making doing anything in Markarth a pain in the ass. Of course thats all beside the point, and is totally my fault, but still... my point is that you CAN get in good with the Forsworn and help them retake Markarth (at least I assume thats how the questline would have progressed had I not mucked it up).

When hiking those are necessities IMO. I guess you could go hiking naked, I wouldn't recommend it though.

Last I checked, you didn't have to wear clothes, eat, or drink anything when watching a movie. Hell, just last night, I was laying on my couch nekkid watching TV with NO SNACKS!!! WOAH!!! No way!!! That said, to go hiking, you need to be dressed (its the law), so you at least need shorts (and a shirt if you're a woman)... everything else is optional, but don't complain if you die from dehydration while you're out there without the proper supplies.

If it has no bugs? Then yes I would pay more for a Bethesda game.

A Bethesda game without any bugs? That hasn't happened since they stopped making sports games.
Even Battlespire and Redguard had their share of bugs and they were the least buggy TES games.

No. And in fact after Skyrim I am really questioning Bethesda, I mean really not only did they release an uber buggy game but a watered down "Ye Olde Fallout".

Where is the, "No, I plan on waiting for future Bethesda games to be on sale before buying" option?

Right next to the like button.... :tops:

Can't tell if serious............... :huh:

I've noticed quite a few people saying that games are awfully cheap nowerdays. This may be the case, but it would depend on your current financial position. ￡40 a pop for a new game may be quite alot for someone who may only have that amount of money clear just for basic things. Paying that amount for games when the majority nowerdays are buggy, broken and often become unplayable is not a worthwile investment.

If the price of games goes up... my interest in them goes down. I already feel like I spend too much money on them and I buy maybe one or two games every other month. And the people who said "any amount they want to charge" are clearly [censored] insane.

I would pay a large sum of money to play the next TES game

Why would you be purchasing games if you cannot afford the basics?

This made me laugh haha.

I haven't read the thread but personally I'd pay a monthly subscription if they could add enough monthly content to justify it. I only unsubbed from WoW because Blizzard stopped meeting its side of the bargain on new content; I've got no problem with paying for an extended game, and even at launch Skyrim has enough content to justify a serious premium compared with most games.

Thing is:fans like me can't support game development on our own, and Bethesda would see a big dip in overall development revenue if they started cranking up retail prices, because they'd lose out on casual players.

As a form of entertainment games are quite cheap and given the thousands of hours I've got out of MW and Oblivion I don't regret the amount I spent on them. That said I wouldn't want to pay more unless something more was being offered.

Yes, the Supreme Court can set a Precedent that is for all intensive purposes "law", the way precedents work is a court must follow it if it is from a higher court, but can dispute it if it is from an equal or lower court, such things are "binding precedents" when they must be followed

regardless, since there is no precedent on such matters one must defer to software law

:facepalm: Nobody here is talking about watching movies at home.

id gladly pay 70 aud

High quality games like TES series are worth over 60 bucks, but some games honestly just shouldn't be priced that high because they aren't good games, and simply don't have the same amount of content. COD games should only be like 20 bucks now.

I'm still expecting some free DLC for the PS3 copy I bought and traded in for the 360. Pay more? My day one purchase has me frustrated over the bugs, the fact that they didn't optimize it for the PS3 and the current mess that it is in. Try this question: how much will I pay for the next TES? Here's my answer: $10 used, unless pre-order bonuses are CE content worth $50. Like a First4figures deadra statue.

Bethesda is doing all it can to listen to fan feedback on content for their games, but over 2 decades it has learned nothing about corporate reputation and technical competance. Why should I pay more to reward sloth or plain indifference?

It absolutely isn't. 40 Euro is very high prize even for a physical copy but for Steam version it's something I can't even think about. I bought a physical copy with 35 Euro and it felt like the highest prize I can ever spend for a game.