usually PC games cost 10 bucks less than console games which usually sell for $60.

So how do you explain how cheap are, say, computers today, compared to what they cost 10 years ago?

Well, I already pre ordered it at Gamestop and it was 60 so...gonna say 60.

THIS!

$59.99 plus tax and if you order now, we will make you pay for shipping and handling=]

I would get it if its 100$

ah having a pay check is so awesome

no really I don't care if its 60 it will still be 70 here because our country svcks ass.

I bet it'll land on the regular 3-400 range and 5-600 for the console

As others have said, the costs associated with download distribution are astronomically less than retail distribution. I would not pay for a download game if it's not even a savings over a physical retail box.

it is 59.99 but total with tax almost $65 depeding on where u live like in CA it is close to $65 with tax and everything.
on PC I am leaning towards $50-65 those to ranges

its going to be over $60 with taxes. If I remember correctly the total with taxes is about $64.95 or something around there. With California's taxes anyway.

Maybe you only speak for PC, but back in the N64 days, those stupid carts were around 80$, before Tax.


With California Sales tax of around 8%, it should be about 65$ with enough change leftover to get 1 taco from Del Taco on Tuesday!

I voted for over 60 because of taxes. Unfortunately, $60 is about the average for a new xbox/PS3 game, unless it's not very popular (which we all know Skyrim will be in fairly high demand...) But I won't hesitate to buy it, unless I don't happen to have the money right away. Aw, who am I kidding? I'll go into debt to buy it! (jk) :tes:

I'm not sure why you'd make a poll over this.

In the U.S. specifically the standard game, if you decide not to buy the collector's edition or whatever, will follow this gens pricing. As in $59.99 before state specific taxes.

This applies to generally all new games across the board. Especially AAA titles like Skyrim compared to a budget title like Deadly Premonition that came out at a low price.


Could they sell it for cheaper? Yes but then your missing the point. This is a whole entertainment business employing hundreds of people, many of them having families. Then there's the stockholders who make game development possible in the first place. Last but not least it's a business. Humans rarely do anything without expecting a gain and this applies most to business. They expect to make profits. And that's not because the U.S. Is a government restricted capitalist country.

Try doing whatever your job is and refuse totake your pay. You'll be living on the streets in no time. Always about the money.

I bring this up because of the inevitable discussion of why the price is what it is because people forget Games are being produced due to the thriving Entertainment Industry.

Skyrims price is fine, and in the U.S. The standalone game will be 59.99 before taxes.

I however hope games like COD Black Ops that rake in way more money than the developer and publishers provide in terms of content in the disc step down to the 30-40 dollar range.

Fun tidbit: Activision was once the first "indie" 3rd party game publisher and a small one at that although now a mammoth and a subsidiary of Vivendi. Any company or dev studios future can mirror them. Companies aren't faceless. Their just hordes of humans. And we know how humans are.

Turned into a lesson but it was just incase and just to reflect why the price is what it is and to remind people companies DO expect a profit on these disks. Otherwise it would be meaningless. As if they'd do this for the satisfaction of amusing a bunch of fairly overweight people with entertainment as they live, in Josh E. Sawyer's words," an unsustainable high consumption lifestyle." And that doesn't only apply to Americans. Just as you do your job for, among other things, the money for your various expenses and financial commitments to others such as parents or siblings.

Valve's experiments have hinted that cheaper games may actually end up bringing in more money - in the time they sold l4d for a few dollars they actually made more money than in their launch week. It's hard to say how much of that was due to it being on sale, rather than specifically the low price, but it certainly bears thinking about. Lower price does not necessarily mean lower profits.

about 67 dollars with tax..same as every other video game ever

The pricing model is difficult - too high and sales go down, too low and profit is hurt. In the US, new AAA games go for 59.95 - 64.95 but if you wait a week (or 3 :wink_smile: ) you can pick up games for much lower. In my area there are more than 5 different retail outlets that will have sales on games, or you can always shop on-line and find deals. Most people on the forum are the pre-order or day of release type buyer, so full price is what they pay. (and gamesas thanks you....)

JimC

It appears that it will be 60 for PC, which is BS because pc gamers have always gotten a break for a huge number of reasons. Taking that away from us is lame.

Did 17 people just vote not 60 or over 60... wow

Of course itll be 60, you think this game isnt 60$ quiality when practically 80% of new releases start at 60...

I really hope that they change that before release day. Especially if PC users are forced to buy a download/nonphysical version.

Just another $120-$130 AUD Collectors Edition.

I hate buying games in this country.

Don't buy games retail in Aus. Ever. Steam or any other digital seller sells for far less. Like $80 vs $120.

Yeah the only time I ever do get them retail is for Release day CE editions (console games). I like the goodies that come with them >.<
Otherwise OzGameShop ftw, $60 brand new with free shipping.

11403 Forint or 523035 Rupiah.

$50 (49.99USD) is the right price for a game, especially considering the economy these days,
It will probably be 60, and I will complain. I'll pay it, because I love gamesas, but I'll [censored] about it like crazy. Any other developer and I wouldn't pay that much.

I can see Skyrim as being worth $60. I can also see it as being the only game this year worth that much.

Also, prices that high encourage piracy. I do not condone stealing from Bethesda.

i think prices that high encourage waiting.