Papi Chase Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Anyone else wondering...? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynaman216 Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 I've never seen Battlefront have a sale. Other than the pre-order prices 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Buying a family of games as a bundle results in a discount compared to buying them individually. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Personally, I couldn't give a Monkey's t*%& about either day. And I'm glad that Steve and the boys in the band have so far resisted such "down market" ploys. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver_88 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 2 hours ago, Warts 'n' all said: Personally, I couldn't give a Monkey's t*%& about either day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papi Chase Posted November 26, 2018 Author Share Posted November 26, 2018 I was just wondering some of their titles are old 4 years going on almost 5. I know they are PROUD of the games but $60 is a bit much. I couldn't name one AAA title that is still $60 from 5 years ago. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ales Dvorak Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 (edited) BF never had Black Friday, Cyber Monday or Analog Tuesday sale ... Edited November 26, 2018 by Ales Dvorak 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletpoint Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 6 hours ago, Papi Chase said: I was just wondering some of their titles are old 4 years going on almost 5. I know they are PROUD of the games but $60 is a bit much. I couldn't name one AAA title that is still $60 from 5 years ago. CMBN was released in 2011, so that's getting closer to eight years now. And I don't think it's only a matter of pride. It's a business strategy where they prefer to sell fewer games at a higher price. I'm not competent to say if that's the right strategy or not. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ales Dvorak Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 43 minutes ago, Bulletpoint said: I'm not competent to say if that's the right strategy or not. But it works for 20 years now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletpoint Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 28 minutes ago, Ales Dvorak said: 1 hour ago, Bulletpoint said: I'm not competent to say if that's the right strategy or not. But it works for 20 years now. This 1925 Ford T also still works, and I'm sure it's fun to drive: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 3 hours ago, Bulletpoint said: This 1925 Ford T also still works, and I'm sure it's fun to drive: And would probably cost you many times its original price if you tried to buy it. Price is always relative to how bad you want it. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletpoint Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 58 minutes ago, Michael Emrys said: 4 hours ago, Bulletpoint said: This 1925 Ford T also still works, and I'm sure it's fun to drive: And would probably cost you many times its original price if you tried to buy it. Price is always relative to how bad you want it. Michael Yep, and to some people, it will be well worth it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOS:96B2P Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 13 hours ago, Papi Chase said: I was just wondering some of their titles are old 4 years going on almost 5. I know they are PROUD of the games but $60 is a bit much. I couldn't name one AAA title that is still $60 from 5 years ago. 7 hours ago, Bulletpoint said: CMBN was released in 2011, so that's getting closer to eight years now. And I don't think it's only a matter of pride. It's a business strategy where they prefer to sell fewer games at a higher price. I'm not competent to say if that's the right strategy or not. Just to be fair, I feel compelled to point out that Battlefront updates their titles over the years. As an example when CMBN was first released it was Version 1. Today it is v4.0 Engine 4.0. If bought today you would be paying for the newest version of the game not the original game that is 5 or 8 years old (I think that's how it works). I'm also not competent to say if their business strategy is correct however they are still in business so ....................... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slysniper Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 It sure is funny how most of the people who complain about price and why is the games not on sale for bargain prices are people who have a handful of comments on the site and are recent new members. In other wards I see them as typical gamers expecting the same thing they see with most of the rest of the industry. Expecting to get something for almost nothing after a short life span of the product , with a newer version out and selling again for that company. They have never played any game for any extended period of time and are just waiting for the next thing on the market that they can consume. The concept of a game with depth and years of endless playability is not a possibility in their thought process. Let alone a fact that the company is not capable of putting out new versions in a year or two with staffs in the hundreds to do such things. A product with only a handful of guys working on and making adjustments to and no ability to try and push the graphic limits of the present home computer each and every year. They see it as a unknown logic in the world that they live in and cannot accept it. I find it funny. BF is two guys that came from that world and hated it, created their own way to run and manage their game and have done what they wanted and made the life they wanted for themselves and provided us with games no one in the all powerful industry want to do. So Bf keep selling and doing business how you want. I appreciate the games too much to care about sales and how they do business. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 Nice shot, slysniper. Your aim hasn't depreciated at all over the years. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papi Chase Posted November 27, 2018 Author Share Posted November 27, 2018 Hey to each their own I guess. A title from 2011 still $60 good for them. Would I ever buy a game from 2011 for $60 absolutely not, but that's just me. Not bashing or trying to win people over on how business models work and how sales increase revenue... was just curious if they had sales and now I know they would never lol. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ales Dvorak Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 (edited) 20 hours ago, Bulletpoint said: This 1925 Ford T also still works, and I'm sure it's fun to drive: Almost 100 years old car ... It must be cheap than . Edited November 27, 2018 by Ales Dvorak 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletpoint Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 16 hours ago, MOS:96B2P said: Just to be fair, I feel compelled to point out that Battlefront updates their titles over the years. As an example when CMBN was first released it was Version 1. Today it is v4.0 Engine 4.0. True, but other companies also patch their games after launch to fix bugs and adjust balance. Maybe not for 8 years though, but the important stuff (bug fixing, machinegun patch) came in the first years Stuff like tank riders, aircraft, mine-clearing tanks and flamethrowers came in later games/expansions. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umlaut Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 (edited) 9 hours ago, Papi Chase said: Would I ever buy a game from 2011 for $60 absolutely not But why not, if it turns out to be the best game you´ve ever purchased? I have bought scores of games during the last couple of decades - and CMBN was surely the most expensive single purchase. But most of the cheap games I´ve bought were probably cheap because nobody wanted to pay full price for them. So in some cases I have paid 10 $ for a game I have scrapped after two hours. 10 $ might be cheap for a game - but is 5 $ an hour cheap? The 60 $ I paid for CMBN has given me thousands of hours worth of enjoyable gameplay for the past seven years. So in terms of cent pr. hour it is the cheapest game I ever bought. Edited November 27, 2018 by umlaut 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 4 hours ago, umlaut said: 13 hours ago, Papi Chase said: Would I ever buy a game from 2011 for $60 absolutely not But why not, if it turns out to be the best game you´ve ever purchased? That plus its not really the same game that was released in 2011. It has been upgraded three times with new features. So its game play commands, UI etc. it the same as the recently released Black Sea and the soon to be released Shock Force. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 4 hours ago, umlaut said: The 60 $ I paid for CMBN has given me thousands of hours worth of enjoyable gameplay for the past seven years. So in terms of cent pr. hour it is the cheapest game I ever bought. +1 The CM series has saved me literally thousands of $ that I would have spent on other lesser games that used to last maybe a week or two b4 I got bored with them and deleted from my HD. 15 plus years ago when average game cost was about $30, I calculated that each CM title was worth at least $350+ when you looked at the value for money. As pointed out earlier many/most people these days are obsessed with "cheap and disposable" and do not seem to understand/appreciate the concept of "value for money" when amortized over many years. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 +1 CM has given me countless hours of the best game entertainment ever since 2000 for less than a dime a day. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miller786 Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 11 hours ago, Bulletpoint said: True, but other companies also patch their games after launch to fix bugs and adjust balance. Maybe not for 8 years though, but the important stuff (bug fixing, machinegun patch) came in the first years Stuff like tank riders, aircraft, mine-clearing tanks and flamethrowers came in later games/expansions. Sure would be nice for them to fix the pretty serious bugs they've introduced in the new engine 4.0 we've paid for after a year and half or however long it has been. Also i don't see any tank riders in CMBN . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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