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In theory what would pay for a sequel to your favorite game?
cliffski
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I've been playing company of heroes so much, it just pains me that there isn't a sequel. maybe it's not happening because the original didn't sell enough, or was pirated, or whatever. I can't help but think that if it comes down to money, that there are enough hardcore fans of a game, making a sequel for a 'premium' price could maybe work.
The thing is, 90% of people would take any price over the normal one as being a justification for not buying it or piracy. But for the moment, lets forget that and imagine a theoretical piracy-free and totally rational world where you are prepared to pay for the hours of entertainment you get from a game.
Lets say I'd play 100 hours (minimum!) of Company Of Heroes 2. If I even rate it as worth £0.50 an hour, that's still £50, as opposed to the usual £35.
If I rate entertainment at double that (not an unreasonable guess) then it's worth £100 to me.
if you do the maths, how much is that *never going to happen* sequel to your favourite game worth? I can imagine a time where (if it hadn't been made nice and cheap) I'd have happily paid £100 for Call Of Duty 4. Considering how much fun I got from it, that would be a bargain.
name your price
The thing is, 90% of people would take any price over the normal one as being a justification for not buying it or piracy. But for the moment, lets forget that and imagine a theoretical piracy-free and totally rational world where you are prepared to pay for the hours of entertainment you get from a game.
Lets say I'd play 100 hours (minimum!) of Company Of Heroes 2. If I even rate it as worth £0.50 an hour, that's still £50, as opposed to the usual £35.
If I rate entertainment at double that (not an unreasonable guess) then it's worth £100 to me.
if you do the maths, how much is that *never going to happen* sequel to your favourite game worth? I can imagine a time where (if it hadn't been made nice and cheap) I'd have happily paid £100 for Call Of Duty 4. Considering how much fun I got from it, that would be a bargain.
name your price
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Don't forget to factor that into your calculations.
But in theory I wouldn't spend more then the normal price for a sequel. I've been burned before..
I would pay $150 for that, with a smile on my face. If it had 50 or so tracks, that's $3 a track, which is an outstanding deal to me.
Geometry Wars.
I loved the first Retro Evolved to bits. Then I got Galaxies, even at a higher price, on both the DS and the Wii because I loved it so much.
Then they made Retro Evolved 2, for the same price as the original.
I am completely happy with all of this so far.
If a game didn't sell enough, making the sequel cost more isn't going to help it's cause. Some people really don't get how this "profit" thing works
(Only reason I don't bring up SC2 is because its already announced).
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$180, m i rite?
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to go cry.
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But in the real world that doesn't really come into it. The companies are instead trying to maximize their revenue (well profit, but for software the difference is immaterial). To a degree they get around the constraint of having one price for all customers buy having special editions and later releasing budget priced versions.
To answer the question, to ensure a proper and good sequel to say X-COM or Tie Fighter or Elite, no price could be too high. One would simply rob banks until it could be payed and then enjoy the game until the police caught up to you.
(Please do not gift. My game bank is already full.)
My favorite game was Asheron's Call.
Asheron's Call 2 was horrible.
Therefore, I'd pay nothing for a sequel to my favorite game.
Uhh.. what I mean is £40 and not a penny more.
David Braben has announced his next game after Outsider is Elite 4.
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I've got a spare copy of Portal, if anyone wants it message me.
Back on topic though, I would pay easily $ 75 for a sequel to Star Wars: Republic Commando. Same goes for a Crimson Skies on 360. And I would definitely pay over 100 dollars for a modern Mechwarrior or X-Wing on PC.
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If they made a good, modern version of X-Wing and it kept the spirit of the first game, I would definitely shell out 60 bucks for it, or even as high as 100 if it came in a delicious Limited Edition flavor. If the company told me that they would not release it unless I personally paid them extra money, though, I'd probably take them up on whatever extortion fee they proposed if I could possibly afford it. The world should not be denied X-Wing simply due to my desire to be financially comfortable.
Have you been following Dark Void, it looks fantastic.
I paid over $150 for Rock Band, and I haven't gotten 1/10 the enjoyment from that that I got from TIE Fighter.
http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6162140.html
EDIT: In-fact wikipedia has a lot more information than I.
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I've got a spare copy of Portal, if anyone wants it message me.
I met some guys from Frontier in the London Games Festival VIP bar, and they said - "We can't say anything about the outsider, other than it's going well", then I asked them about elite 4, and they said "we literally can say nothing."
But then I got them to say "Ok, no code has been laid down yet, but we have been throwing around some pretty serious ideas, and are probably going to start work on it in a little over a year."
EDIT: I'd also pay ~$100 for a remastered version of Phantasy Star IV. Updated graphics (still 2-D anime, but a bit more polished), re-recorded music, a few extra dungeons.
(That's Battlezone the Action RTS hybrid, not the original wireframe game.)
That said? Oh God Yes Okami 2 SoTC 2 nom nom one hundred dollars yesplease.
But it paved the way to...
What a terrible quality screenshot.
I would mention half life but thats still getting sequels
that said pricing sequels higher than regular is a horrible idea on many levels i think. and modern games are too large an undertaking to really work the financed by the fans thing that ive seen some bands do (for example).
Dark Athena, innit?
Worth it!
I assume you've played The Darkness and also Condemned.
They both have a bit in common with Butcher Bay.
I thought the same thing... marry me? :winky: