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January 26th, 2004, 08:54 AM
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Re: Why does this game cost so much?
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$50 for this game. Vice City with GTA3 only costs $30 together at Best Buy right now. I realize this is a fairly small company but come on. I would gladly pat $25 for this game, but not fifty. email me when the price oges down.
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You can see it this way: Dominions 2 might save you a lot of money.
I got Dominions 2 preordered as a birthday present in October. I haven't bought a PC game for myself ever since (I bought KOTOR for a Christmas present for my girlfriend, but that doesn't count). With the few games I got as Christmas presents, and that I have yet to play, I think I've been saving a good amount of money with this game. Plus, it's also a game, you can even enjoy it  |
January 26th, 2004, 09:01 AM
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Re: Why does this game cost so much?
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Originally posted by Yhan Yhan:
$50 for this game. Vice City with GTA3 only costs $30 together at Best Buy right now. I realize this is a fairly small company but come on. I would gladly pat $25 for this game, but not fifty. email me when the price oges down.
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Simple. Dominions II is a niche-market game and has a much narrower marke-segment than for instance GTA3. Niche-products are almost always more expensive than similar mainstream products. This is both because the economics of scale are better for the mainstream products, and because the consumers in a niche-market are willing to pay more for something in the niche they're interested in.
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January 26th, 2004, 09:08 AM
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Private
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Re: Why does this game cost so much?
US$50 is well below the average shelf-price of a new-release PC game here in Australia, and for the best thing I've played in years I consider it a real bargain  |
January 26th, 2004, 11:00 AM
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National Security Advisor
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Re: Why does this game cost so much?
I wonder (a wee bit) how many hundred thousand copies of GTA III were sold before the price went down...
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January 26th, 2004, 12:23 PM
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Colonel
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Re: Why does this game cost so much?
Bah, Dom2 price will more likely RISE with time due to shortages, buy the game at once ! |
January 26th, 2004, 05:21 PM
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Private
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Re: Why does this game cost so much?
Let me think, I could pay $50 for many hours of interesting gameplay, or $30 to put two games that are the same as many games I've already got onto my shelf to collect dust, hmmm tricky !
You pay for what you get. $50 buys a lot of original design work & innovation. $30 for a pile of reworked graphics.
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January 26th, 2004, 06:47 PM
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Re: Why does this game cost so much?
What is GTA3?
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