Massive Price Increase

/gets off high horse/
Not targeting anyone in specific, just the general feel from the thread.
All i'm saying is that i find it a bit alarming that something you're dead set against one moment, is suddenly deemed acceptable, all due to a price increase.
Personally for me a price increase would mean a.)much more selective gaming. b.)something with a multiplayer option, c.) RPG's with a gazillion hours of gameplay. ;)
 
Kerrrang! said:
It's amazing how many guys are suddenly considering piracy due to the price increases. That's like saying the price of an Audi R8 is so ridiculous, you'd rather just steal it. An increase in something's price shouldn't be an excuse to justify a crime.
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yeah, cause stealing cars is the same as duplicating a piece of software. i adore that analogy :D its so.... cute!!!!

lets rather try to compare games to Health Insurance: if my discovery went up 42% from one month to the next i'm bloody definitely canceling my medical aid. its too much, too quick for no bloody reason. i'll rather just go to the vet and get sorted there :D cheaper knockoff, real doctors cost money

please keep this in mind:
Arcade increases by 41%
Pro increases by 41%
Elite increases by 42%
all first party games increase by 42%

nice eh?
 
eye_suc said:
lets rather try to compare games to Health Insurance: if my discovery went up 42% from one month to the next i'm bloody definitely canceling my medical aid. its too much, too quick for no bloody reason. i'll rather just go to the vet and get sorted there :D cheaper knockoff, real doctors cost money
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Problem with your, amazingly, even cuter analogy, is that it's firmly rooted in the realms of your imagination. The vet? Wow.
 
Kerrrang! said:
/gets off high horse/
Not targeting anyone in specific, just the general feel from the thread.
All i'm saying is that i find it a bit alarming that something you're dead set against one moment, is suddenly deemed acceptable, all due to a price increase.
Personally for me a price increase would mean a.)much more selective gaming. b.)something with a multiplayer option, c.) RPG's with a gazillion hours of gameplay. ;)
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IT'S NOT about the price increase, price increases are a part of life. It's about the fact that R1K for a game in our current financial climate compared to other countries is absolutely unjustifiable...no matther how much "logic and reason" I can possibly throw at the subject.

As all Saffas know by now, we've had an incredibly tough few years behind us. I think gaming has given a lot of us a great reason to stay home and escape some of our worries. Just look how busy some of these SA gaming forums are. Also there's a huge amount of respect between SA players on these forums (especially on the Xbox side, probably because of the lower cost and greater accessibility of Xbox gaming that created a pretty large user base). It's more than just a price increase on some stupid ass material thing you don't really need. I don't blame people for getting upset and turning to alternatives when suddenly, a month from now most of us would have to find all kinds of alternatives etc. just to stay "in the game" - pun intended

For gamers (medium to hardcore), gaming is not something we just do now and then because we CAN. It's become a part of life, and taking that away or at least making it less accessible is bound to cause some mindset shifting. Like I said, I hate piracy, but when my options are reduced to swapping games and waiting patiently for 2nd hands games etc. I'll reconsider piracy as an alternative.
I don't even have xbox live - because of internet costs and accessibility issues - so I already pay a large amount of money for single player campaigns in games that were designed from the ground up to allow a great xbox live experience which I simply never have). Call me a criminal if you want (well, potential criminal at the moment), but it's hard not to feel cheated already and these latest increases are the final straw for me.
 
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Kerrrang! said:
Problem with your, amazingly, even cuter analogy, is that it's firmly rooted in the realms of your imagination. The vet? Wow.
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of course it is, since no medical aid will go up by 42% overnight. but, i concur, you win. we are all car thieves then.

and please remember: a sense of humour never hurt anybody
 
RaptorSA said:
IT'S NOT about the price increase, price increases are a part of life. It's about the fact that R1K for a game in our current financial climate compared to other countries is absolutely unjustifiable...no matther how much "logic and reason" I can possibly throw at the subject.
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I agree 100%. The prices are laughable, to say the least. But that's just the thing - is piracy acceptable within certain specified criteria, ie anything above R800 will warrant piracy; if the price falls below that it will once more become unacceptable?
 
eye_suc said:
of course it is, since no medical aid will go up by 42% overnight. but, i concur, you win. we are all car thieves then.

and please remember: a sense of humour never hurt anybody
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LOLZ, thinkin of ways to raise money for future titles...can i sell my kidney in slices??
 
Kerrrang! said:
is piracy acceptable within certain specified criteria, ie anything above R800 will warrant piracy; if the price falls below that it will once more become unacceptable?
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hmm...that's where the problem comes in. I think (at least for me at the moment) it comes down to a personal choice based on your own parameters. As I've stated before, I hate piracy but I have pirated a lot of stuff in the course of my life (especially at varsity). Since I started working though I've stopped pirating because I knew I could afford to actually buy the stuff, and let's face it, owning an original copy of a game (instead of some crappy cheap ass dvd with permanent marker names on) is a million times better. But now I'm going back to that dark place where financing my lifelong casual love for gaming is becoming impossible.
 
RaptorSA said:
hmm...that's where the problem comes in. I think (at least for me at the moment) it comes down to a personal choice based on your own parameters. As I've stated before, I hate piracy but I have pirated a lot of stuff in the course of my life (especially at varsity). Since I started working though I've stopped pirating because I knew I could afford to actually buy the stuff, and let's face it, owning an original copy of a game (instead of some crappy cheap ass dvd with permanent marker names on) is a million times better. But now I'm going back to that dark place where financing my lifelong casual love for gaming is becoming impossible.
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I know what you mean, gaming is one hobby i'm unfortunately not willing to let go off. It was one of my first loves. :o
 
Kerrrang! said:
I know what you mean, gaming is one hobby i'm unfortunately not willing to let go off. It was one of my first loves. :o
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Dude, it's the only exercise I get!
Just look at these guns : *flexes thumb and trigger finger muscles to show off*

:cool:
 
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