Too expensive - but why?
 

I wanted to recommend another game - the original rollercoaster tycoon
since i loved this game but can't find it anywhere anymore etc.

A bit wiser now i searched first so i don't piss off people,
by just generating a lot of work.
Then i came across this:
http://www.ebgames.com/Catalog/Produ...oduct_id=63223

I mean - serious? 20$ for a 11 year old game?
5 or even 10$ would be fine in my opinion, but 20? I can restring my guitar about 4 months with that kind of money,
5 or 6 if i don't play much.
For 20$ you can get a lot of nice modern games.
Not that i rate old games lower that modern ones - not at all,
but you get the point i think.
How do they justify such a huge price tag?

Sort of had to be said.

If we're talking ethics here my opinion is that copyright should expire within a few years in digital media.

Although I don't see it happening anytime soon I still agree they've miscalculated the marketability of this title so don't buy it and make them see their error.

Well it's still one of the best tycoon games ever.
The only real religion if it comes to theme parks.
But you can get for example starcraft or diablo 2 now for 10 - new,
with all the bells and whistles like a cd and a box.

I have to disagree on the copyright though, it sure would be available free after that period,
legal too - but then copyright affects quite a bit more than that.

If it would be cheaper i would be fine.
But pressing out the last penny just for the sake of it is just a bit disgusting,
and it's possible to offer them cheaper - c&c was available for free - or still is,
so is gta and gta 2,
and gta 2 still is the best of the series.

At first I thought $20 for a game isnt bad.....then I remembered that you are in England so thats closer to $60. You can't always blame the makers of the game for the prices you pay, you are dealing with a middle man normally, who wants to make a profit. I know I have managed to get games discounted by pointing out to the staff member how old the game is, and that I would be willing to buy it for (Name my price here) it doesn't always work, but its worth the chance it will.

Digital games are mostly a rip off. I bet 90+% of all sales are made during sales when they drop into the "affordable" zone.

Rollercoaster Tycoon II & III were bundled for $5 a few months back but I've never seen the first bundled - most people just get the second anyway.

I saw zoo tycoon for a hundred rand with two expansions. It was a 'PC classics' reissue or something like that. Divide by seven to get $U.S.or by fourteen to get pounds. I don't know about rollercoaster tycoon, but maybe you can find something cheaper on amazon.uk?

If you are converting from Dollars to Pounds Sterling, that would be £13.

I normally check it sometimes at CNA or BT games. Sometimes one can find stuff that you didn't want to buy or lost like that.

But ya. Ebay or that I normally give wide birth. Been had once.

Rollercoaset Tycoon, Still have the CD, and RCT3 also

i use www.take2.co.za - but they only deliver in South Africa

Forget online sales. When it comes to old PC games, best place is your local flea markets and drift stores. I know a place where they go 3-5€ a game, and it varies from Max Payne to Streets of Sim City to Thief Collection.