Are we paying more for less?

[alexti]

DragonFire11 said:
I think major publishers make a mistake discounting their titles. I seldom purchase a new title because I know if I just wait a few months I'll get a steep reduction.

That situation is really weird. If you wait you're getting:
1) cheaper price;
2) better quality (the game is patched [to some extent] by that time);
3) lower platform cost (by that time, the hardware required to run that game decently cost cheaper).
These makes buying major titles right away impractical. I'm sure I'm not the first who noticed it and publishers certainly aware of it. So they probably just follow the plan of intentionally pricing the game higher on release. Probably they consider something like 20$ a good fair price for their product, but set it much higher initially to get money from people who *must* have it the day it's out.

[Talleyrand]

Can we get this thread locked now? I appreciate the official response and knowing now that the higher cost was due to the manual and not an attempted fleecing of a loyal playerbase. Every possible avenue has been explored in this thread already and I think it's time to move on to other topics. Thanks again.

[Frostmourne27]

I see no reason to lock it. It WAS getting a bit confrontational, but I think that has died down. There is probably very little to say, but somebody might come along with a good point or two. That said, no one should feel obliged to post here. We won't think less of you if you skip this thread, but some of us fanatics might want to chew on old soup a little more.