11-12-2004, 01:45 PM | #1 | ||
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I'm starting to become concerned about how quickly games become classic games or are released in Budget ranges!
I, being a sports game fan, have spent most of the year wondering whether to buy Madden 2004. When I finally did it was in the EA Classics range. Now I don't mind cos I got it for less but it seems ridiculous that a game with the year 2004 in it's title can be released as a classic game before that year is even over! :blink: There are numerous examples of this sort of thing. Why? How can a game that has only been on the shelves a few months be considered classic? :crazy: |
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11-12-2004, 01:48 PM | #2 | ||
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11-12-2004, 01:56 PM | #3 | ||
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No it's a sales method. They aren't selling very many copies, so they label it as classic, so people now think "oh it's a classic, it's a must have". But of course this does not work.
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11-12-2004, 01:58 PM | #4 | ||
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Especially if the game isn't that well made like many today...
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11-12-2004, 07:49 PM | #5 | ||
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Also at first they set up a high price, but if they are unable to sell enough copies they have to lower the price somehow. It looks better if you say it's a classic - so you get a discout. I mean saying - it's half prise because we wanna get rid off it isn't the best known selling technique.
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12-12-2004, 12:36 AM | #6 | ||
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Ok so the question is this - why release the rubbish they often do in the first place? :blink:
But having seen the previous posts maybe it is time for them to take them from full price to abandoned straight away :Brain: ... (we can but dream!)
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12-12-2004, 04:55 AM | #7 | ||
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Because when releasing a game you can't be sure how well it will do. If they think it has a chance of getting a good amount of sales they will release it.
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12-12-2004, 08:13 AM | #8 | ||
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I think the major companies have contracts with smaller ones and they have to produce a certain number of games... It's like that with movies (mostly b-rated pictures).
The real question is - why are they making games at all! Are they just trying to make a buck or are they trying to give quality entertainment to the masses (like Sid Meier). |
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12-12-2004, 08:36 AM | #9 | ||
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Today more to make money. Exceptions are, like usually, available.
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12-12-2004, 01:16 PM | #10 | ||
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