Expansion vs Standalone game pricing and CoV
By
AngusMacGregor,
Posted on: 2005-11-29 07:42 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
Welcome to the free market and the economics of supply and demand. Don't like it? Don't buy it.
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Biostem, it's not that I have a sense of entitlement. You just have low standards.
Your monthly fee goes towards game improvements. This launch should be compared to the coh launch.
And if I had the choice, yeah I would have just grabbed the game for 30 bucks and only gotten access to the villain side. You do realize you have to buy both games to get access to both sides, so the monthly fee alone doesn't do it.
If anyone else has anymore flawed logic, please share it with me.
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Okie, he doesn't have low standards, you have arbitrarily high standards supported by false assumptions?
Would you have spent 30$ for CoV as an expansion, without the free month?
Hint of the Moment : Video Game base-line costs are increasing over the next year. MS is pushing the 59.99$ baseline for the holidays...
Let's Dance!
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If anyone else has anymore flawed logic, please share it with me.
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Out of curiosity, could you point out exactly what the flawed logic is? I've read and reread the post you reference. And, for the life of me, I don't see it.
I've had more fun in CoV than I ever had in CoH. It is well worth the price, in my opinion.
Value is relative.
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Biostem, it's not that I have a sense of entitlement. You just have low standards.
Your monthly fee goes towards game improvements. This launch should be compared to the coh launch.
And if I had the choice, yeah I would have just grabbed the game for 30 bucks and only gotten access to the villain side. You do realize you have to buy both games to get access to both sides, so the monthly fee alone doesn't do it.
If anyone else has anymore flawed logic, please share it with me.
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I must be crazy... I mean, most new computer games cost $50... If you had never gotten CoH, CoV would seem completely new to you, too. You are honestly telling me you'd rather pay $30 for CoV AND have to pay a separate monthly fee for it!? That is ridiculous! To be honest, I was ready to do just that, but I was hesitant because I didn't want to give up CoH either. I would much rather spend the extra $20 ONCE then have to spend an extra $15 a month to get both.
You see, it's really quite simple; if I think a game i worth the money, I buy - if I don't think it's worth it, I pass on getting the game. CoV is new enough and interesting enough for me that I came back after about a 5 month break from CoH.
The only flawed logic here is how you think an initial savings of $20 is better than not having to pay for 2 monthly fees... And if it's really that big of a deal to you, you could have waited till CoV dropped in price just like CoH did after some time...
Here's some perfect logic.
You have your opinion, and your own set of standards.
Other people have their own opinion and sets of standards.
*shrugs*
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