High production values = Greater cost

[Guest Vitamin X]

More people will buy games for full price, play them/beat them/get tired of them and sell them back on EBay or whatever to get some of their money back.

*ding**ding**ding**ding*

 

For most games, the most important thing to me is replay value and how long it takes to beat the game. If it's something I could foresee myself playing over and over and over and over again (like the Sims, for instance, or any sports game) or if it's something it'll take me a long time to beat, like a good RPG or platformer, I'll buy it but if it's too high in price, I can wait. There's a ton of great games I haven't even started on (I JUST bought Morrowind: GOTY edition yesterday, while still looking at eventually beating Crimson Skies, Ninja Gaiden, Prince of Persia, and the first Halo) since I usually focus my attention to getting better at one game at a time, and I'm trying to improve my winning streak on ESPN NFL2k5 at the moment.

 

Like some people in this thread have mentioned, this will affect hardcore gamers worst, the ones that have 1000 games in their library and all the old systems and shit, since they're content with all of the older games. I don't have any other system besides my Xbox, and am perfectly content with it, and maybe maybe 2-4 purchases in a 3-month period that are videogame-related, lower because of college and bills probably. I don't care if a game is 50 or 70 dollars, hell at the current price it's expensive anyways, what's a few dollars more for getting a brand spanking new game with all the glitz and shit? Nothing, really. Let's get all up in arms because they're going to charge $5-$10 more dammit!!

 

And if you have a problem with it, sell it on eBay or better yet half.com (which doesn't charge a listing price and you have it out there for as long as it takes for someone to buy it- and yes I know it's part of eBay now) and make the extra money you spent on it back. Most games aren't worth playing again after you finish them.

[AndrewTS 0]

And if you have a problem with it, sell it on eBay or better yet half.com (which doesn't charge a listing price and you have it out there for as long as it takes for someone to buy it- and yes I know it's part of eBay now) and make the extra money you spent on it back. Most games aren't worth playing again after you finish them.

 

Half.com isn't that great, really.

 

I mostly sell cheaper stuff on half.com, or stuff that I don't think too many people are going to be searching for on Ebay. That hefty 15% commission on half isn't too nice, plus most of the shipping allowance goes towards their "protection policy" and you can't set it up for insurance or anything.

 

On Ebay you can charge large, bloated shipping allowances to help offset the listing fees add/require insurance.

 

Cheap, lower demand stuff - half

 

More expensive, higher demand stuff - Ebay

[Guest Vitamin X]

I've made about $500 selling 3 textbooks and 5 video games on half.com in the past 5-6 months. It's not bad.