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Greetings

there seemed to be a few topics about games recently and i thought that you might be intrested in some of the cool gadgets and news from the games industry.

i am a student studying games and i get emails every day about about whats going on.

the most intresting news i have heard the last week or so is about Call of Duty "Modern Warfare 2" might be sold for a RRP £55 around X-mas

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"Activision has confirmed that the eagerly-awaited Modern Warfare 2 will carry a hefty RRP of £54.99 – and retailers have been warned that other publishers are likely to follow suit."   i believe that is for the normal game and not a limited edition one. To read more about this story go to http://www.mcvuk.com/news/35050/5499-Modern-Warfare-2-to-lead-Xmas-price-hike

following this industry legend Chris Deering (never heard of) says that games today need to be sold at £70.     There is no way in hell i would buy a game that cost that much unless it was a really cool limited editon. He says that the hike in game prices is to help the game industry

Deering said in an interview "Before there can be as many successful blockbuster games as there were in the past, games have to be produced in a more efficient fashion.

“In order to price these games at a level where they would support an industry [as strongly as] they did ten years ago, they’d have to be sold at £70. But people just don’t have that kind of money, there’s a psychological glass ceiling.

“Consumers won’t spend more, but to write the game, publishers are having to spend more than ever before. That’s the key problem.”

MCV revealed that Activision had raised the trade price of Modern Warfare 2 by £10 to £55 a fortnight ago. The story has featured heavily in the national press this week.

Deering added: “The cost of development is ten times what it was for PS2, and more like 20 to 50 times more than on PSOne. Yet there are lots of things you can get for less than the relative value of paying 50p an hour for a very high end game.”

In other news it seems like ASDA wants to be come a major player in games retailing. they have plans to allow people to Trade-in games like retailers Game and Game Station offer( which might be good since games are some times cheaper in ASDA. they would be the first super market to do this.

Thats all for the first post to this topic. i will post new stuff soon

would you pay £55-£70 for a game ?

lol on the website i got the news off some said " if i get Chris Deering's pay check then i wouldnt mind buying at those prices"

they are saying that the cost's of things are going up (equipment, software, production costs)

it cost around $10Mil to make a game like Gears of war

If they want more people to torrent computer games illegally online, then they'll raise the price.

For Xbox 360 games, I generally wait until the price is low, unless it's a really good game like Fallout 3.

For Computer games, I can't buy newer games anyway because my computer sucks, so the games I buy are like...10-20 bucks. XD

torrent FTW . still in our stores there is sexy games like gta 3!!!! wow so amazing. there is couple of stores providing new games but you knows to pay 300Lt for game like 80-90euros when you can get it for free... yeah... it isnt worth it sometimes. unless for ps3

(forget the post above this)

Greetings here is some news i heard that was funny

In Japan if you own a PS3 you will soon be able to buy Adult Movies in HD

"A company called DDM.tv has in one fell swoop both answered a million prayers and made real a million nightmares by confirming an HD porn download service for owners of the PS3 – though it will only be available in Japan"

I dont think this will happen in America and Europe or atleast not for a few years.

If there is any news you want to know like new games, game release dates, game news for PS3/Xbox/Wii  then just ask and i will find some.

next time i will be posting some news and maybe pictures of gaming gadgets

Thats all boring, Blizzcon starts this friday and we may accually get some news as to when the Starcraft 2 beta will arrive, cant wait to play it!

Sir Darkmarsbar Report 22:12:11 Aug 5th 09

they are saying that the cost's of things are going up (equipment, software, production costs) it cost around $10Mil to make a game like Gears of war

ya, but think how many copys sell of gears of war a day, it's not like just one or two of them are sold daily

GoW has sold over 5 million units.. and 2.1 million were on the first day.

So 2,100,000 x 60 = 126,000,000 They could build 12 more with that 10 million price. But with those extra 3 million they've prolly made near 300 million dollars, but you also have to think about were used GoW's counted? And when were they bought because the price obviously drops over time.

And tbh I don't wait for the price to drop and buy new, I wait for price to drop and buy a used one.

wonderful uzbekistan...doesnt matter if ps3or pc or whatever , you can get 5-10 games on a disk here for 1-2 dollars max and they are on every corner.