I was browsing, and this muse occurred to me "when you buy a game machine, or game, do you expect to be able to enjoy it indefinitely?".
Myself, I am not a subscriber to the oft mentioned notion of comparing a game related purchase to a movie ticket purchase or a dinner out.
Frankly the movie has to be friggin incredible to convince me I need a big screen to enjoy it. Otherwise my bandwidth and internet connection is a better idea. The movie is rarely worth ticket price, plus munchies price, and usually the same price for the significant other you took with you. The movie need only be the cost of a rental. So really, that's like 6 bucks.
Dinner out is not much different. Even if your date takes you home after dinner and a movie and gives you the greatest sex you can imagine, it's still a lot of cash
And you KNOW you can get the same meal at the grocery store for a fraction of the restaurant price. Plus if you actually cook your date's meal, she will likely be more interested in being your dessert
So there, that more or less kills that popular analogy.
But either way, you buy a game for 40 bucks, and who cares what you can also get for 40 bucks (or up to 60-70 bucks, it depends on the type of game I guess). Most people tend to either buy the game, play it to death, and then trade it in while it still has trade value, or they fully expect the game to have replay value.
I am NOT the former, definitely the latter. If the game is NOT going to be of any use to me after a single play through, I don't want it. If I can be assured I can play the game till hell freezes over, I likely will pay top dollar for it willingly. I like cheaper of course (who doesn't).
The same applies to my hardware. I never buy anything with the thought it won't have value in 5 years.
I am wise enough to realize everything wears out, but I personally have scrounged up a healthy dose of roms mainly because I plan to still be enjoying my Nintendo DS till hell freezes over I want it to run until such time, or until Nintendo releases a better machine I would rather be playing.
I don't miss my NES for instance. It was great in the 80s but today, it would just suck.
The game I have loved the most, is actually a game from 1997. It still runs great and still looks great. And they have yet to make a better looking game for the type of game it is. My game is Steel Panthers for PC.
It has a massive fan base for a reason.
Myself, I am not a subscriber to the oft mentioned notion of comparing a game related purchase to a movie ticket purchase or a dinner out.
Frankly the movie has to be friggin incredible to convince me I need a big screen to enjoy it. Otherwise my bandwidth and internet connection is a better idea. The movie is rarely worth ticket price, plus munchies price, and usually the same price for the significant other you took with you. The movie need only be the cost of a rental. So really, that's like 6 bucks.
Dinner out is not much different. Even if your date takes you home after dinner and a movie and gives you the greatest sex you can imagine, it's still a lot of cash
And you KNOW you can get the same meal at the grocery store for a fraction of the restaurant price. Plus if you actually cook your date's meal, she will likely be more interested in being your dessert
So there, that more or less kills that popular analogy.
But either way, you buy a game for 40 bucks, and who cares what you can also get for 40 bucks (or up to 60-70 bucks, it depends on the type of game I guess). Most people tend to either buy the game, play it to death, and then trade it in while it still has trade value, or they fully expect the game to have replay value.
I am NOT the former, definitely the latter. If the game is NOT going to be of any use to me after a single play through, I don't want it. If I can be assured I can play the game till hell freezes over, I likely will pay top dollar for it willingly. I like cheaper of course (who doesn't).
The same applies to my hardware. I never buy anything with the thought it won't have value in 5 years.
I am wise enough to realize everything wears out, but I personally have scrounged up a healthy dose of roms mainly because I plan to still be enjoying my Nintendo DS till hell freezes over
I want it to run until such time, or until Nintendo releases a better machine I would rather be playing.I don't miss my NES for instance. It was great in the 80s but today, it would just suck.
The game I have loved the most, is actually a game from 1997. It still runs great and still looks great. And they have yet to make a better looking game for the type of game it is. My game is Steel Panthers for PC.
It has a massive fan base for a reason.
