gossipgamers.com — The last person(s) any game developer wants to upset are their gamer fans in which exactly what Activisions CEO Bobby Kotick has achieved. In a recession, gamers speaks with their wallets and raising the prices of games will more than likely cause a ton of outrage.
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asnaturalasgasAug 12, 2009
HHHUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGEEEEEEEEEEE!
brotherfrancizAug 12, 2009
If you know where to look (online), you can usually get it for much cheaper - the cheapest I could find for the no-frills PC version is AU$60.95 (rrp is AU$99.95):<a class="user" href="http://www.cdwow.com.au/games/PC-Game/CALL-OF-DUTY-MODERN-WARFARE-2/product/view/9838937" rel="nofollow">http://www.cdwow.com.au/games/PC-Game/CALL-OF-DUTY ...</a>
cyoderAug 12, 2009
That's the issue. If people were willing to buy when the economy was down, how much will they be willing to spend now that it's slowly recovering? That's exactly how these bastards are thinking.Look at fuel prices (in the US, anyway) after 9/11/01. The immediately soared, due to expected rise of oil costs, then started to drop, but never really came back down. And the past couple years when the cost of oil was up again, even after oil prices came back down, fuel costs didn't completely come back to where they were. Because oil bigwigs saw that people were ready and willing to pay the astronomical prices; why not continue screwing us until we stop buying? It sucks, but it happens.
vanorAug 13, 2009
It's the same for the movie and music industry, you'd think that observing them, the gaming industry would realize they're making the same mistake. Well, not all game companies are short-sighted like EA/Activision.
elblacksheepSep 17, 2009
Its a FREE MARKET,so stop your whinning!
thebinaryninjaNov 10, 2009
It doesn't work that way. Shareholders will be pissed that they missed out on an extra % of the market.