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Amnesia10
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Sat Sep 21, 2013 5:15 pm |
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pcernie
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Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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Depends where you buy it 
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Sat Sep 21, 2013 5:22 pm |
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Amnesia10
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Yes but the launch price is not that much cheaper. It might still be close to £50 on launch day even from Asda.
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Sat Sep 21, 2013 6:07 pm |
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jonlumb
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:44 pm Posts: 4141 Location: Exeter
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Personally, I don't actually have an issue with paying £60 for a game like Gran Turismo, because it still represents very good value for money in the time : money ratio. If it was a game with only a 6-10hr campaign, I'd be pretty pissed, but when you can put 200-300 hours into a game, £60 is peanuts.
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Mon Sep 23, 2013 1:04 pm |
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Amnesia10
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That is how I value games. Really good games that you can play again and again represent great value. If you have a single mission then it does not become so good, unless it takes weeks to do so.
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Mon Sep 23, 2013 2:39 pm |
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Legend
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I've no problem with perception of value, just that the game should be bloody finished before the customer forks over.
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Mon Sep 23, 2013 2:47 pm |
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Amnesia10
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Shouldn't that be taken as read. The games should be finished at that price.
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Mon Sep 23, 2013 4:25 pm |
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Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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Yip, but we're now at the stage where developers are confident enough to admit the game isn't finished - geeks might know this, nobody else will until it's too late. The developers think making what is essentially an internet story out of it puts them in the clear. It's a disgrace.
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Mon Sep 23, 2013 4:35 pm |
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Amnesia10
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Shouldn't the Sale of Goods Act cover that. It will allow gamers to play the game for a couple of weeks and get full refunds. If enough people did that to the extent that developers effectively let thousands of gamers play the game for free. I think that the loss of revenue from them will deter others from trying that trick.
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Mon Sep 23, 2013 5:01 pm |
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Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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I've had to return any number of games in recent years, though some I completed in SP and sent it back under the complaint of the MP not working with a link to the 'story' 
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Mon Sep 23, 2013 5:21 pm |
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Amnesia10
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I hope you got all your money back.
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Mon Sep 23, 2013 5:47 pm |
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Legend
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Oh yeah, but it's too frequent an occurrence.
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Mon Sep 23, 2013 6:53 pm |
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Amnesia10
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I do think that Publishers need to be named and shamed for such policies.
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Tue Sep 24, 2013 1:21 am |
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Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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PSN maintenance scheduled for this Wednesday http://www.computerandvideogames.com/43 ... wednesday/'When will we schedule maintenance?' 'How about on a half-decent PSN+ day?' 
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Tue Sep 24, 2013 5:23 pm |
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Legend
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EU PlayStation Plus: Metal Gear Rising free in November Along with Remember Me, Oddworld Stranger's Wrath and MotorStorm RC http://www.computerandvideogames.com/43 ... -november/Neither of those PS3 games are worth touching unless rubbish controls are your thing...
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