Um. Why are people comparing Steam (a digital download service) with full-priced retail boxes with console gaming.
Have you ever used steam? As an example, I have Arkham Asylum and Arkham City, two boxed retail games and I paid $10 for them in a bundle. How much would you have paid for it at gamestop at the same time? $20? For one? Another example: I saw Portal 2 for sale awhile ago for $5. How much would you have paid for that? Steam isn't about cheap eShop grade titles, it's full-fledged retail games at cheap prices.
My SD Card with the game on it is just as physical as your cartridge with the game on it.
I love Nintendo, that's why I criticize them so harshly.
Um. Why are people comparing Steam (a digital download service) with full-priced retail boxes with console gaming.
Have you ever used steam? As an example, I have Arkham Asylum and Arkham City, two boxed retail games and I paid $10 for them in a bundle. How much would you have paid for it at gamestop at the same time? $20? For one? Another example: I saw Portal 2 for sale awhile ago for $5. How much would you have paid for that? Steam isn't about cheap eShop grade titles, it's full-fledged retail games at cheap prices.
Um. Why are people comparing Steam (a digital download service) with full-priced retail boxes with console gaming.
Let's make this game more interesting.
PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Plus.
Say you buy the console for $300. PlayStation Plus for one year is, what, $AU70? So, $370. And that includes something like 24 free games through the year. That would be enough for many people, but let's be generous and say there are four games that you really want to play that aren't Plus, and you pay $AU60 for each of those off the PSN.
So $610
Now gaming PC at $500 and 28 (24+4) games at an average price of $15
$920
Same number of games.
PS3 wins. Effortlessly.
But Steam also has free games and better because you don't have to keep paying a monthly fee to have access to them. You also don't need to pay Steam to get their best sale prices.
Um. Why are people comparing Steam (a digital download service) with full-priced retail boxes with console gaming.
Have you ever used steam? As an example, I have Arkham Asylum and Arkham City, two boxed retail games and I paid $10 for them in a bundle. How much would you have paid for it at gamestop at the same time? $20? For one? Another example: I saw Portal 2 for sale awhile ago for $5. How much would you have paid for that? Steam isn't about cheap eShop grade titles, it's full-fledged retail games at cheap prices.
You missed the point.
Compare Steam to PSN, not retail.
/argument.
But Steam is retail for PC owners. I only own 3 boxed games for PC, Guild Wars 2, Starcraft 2, and Age of Empires 3. The rest of my retail games I got at $5 or so on steam. The digital games for PC would be places like humblebundle, indieroyale, etc. where you get 6 games for around $6.06 (current price on indieroyale).
My SD Card with the game on it is just as physical as your cartridge with the game on it.
I love Nintendo, that's why I criticize them so harshly.
Comes out pretty even, but who buys just six games? My Steam Library alone has 83 games....
...a lot more people than those who buy 83+ games.
We're on a Nintendo forum, where a gamer is asking for opinions about getting a PC for his gaming needs. It's pretty obvious who this argument is aimed at, and its not the guy who only buys 6 games.
Um. Why are people comparing Steam (a digital download service) with full-priced retail boxes with console gaming.
Have you ever used steam? As an example, I have Arkham Asylum and Arkham City, two boxed retail games and I paid $10 for them in a bundle. How much would you have paid for it at gamestop at the same time? $20? For one? Another example: I saw Portal 2 for sale awhile ago for $5. How much would you have paid for that? Steam isn't about cheap eShop grade titles, it's full-fledged retail games at cheap prices.
You missed the point.
Compare Steam to PSN, not retail.
/argument.
But Steam is retail for PC owners. I only own 3 boxed games for PC, Guild Wars 2, Starcraft 2, and Age of Empires 3. The rest of my retail games I got at $5 or so on steam. The digital games for PC would be places like humblebundle, indieroyale, etc. where you get 6 games for around $6.06 (current price on indieroyale).
And I buy almost all of my games as downloadables now.
What's your point? PC gaming is still just as expensive as console gaming if you go into a shop and buy the boxes off the shelves.
Comes out pretty even, but who buys just six games? My Steam Library alone has 83 games....
...a lot more people than those who buy 83+ games.
We're on a Nintendo forum, where a gamer is asking for opinions about getting a PC for his gaming needs. It's pretty obvious who this argument is aimed at, and its not the guy who only buys 6 games.
Um. Why are people comparing Steam (a digital download service) with full-priced retail boxes with console gaming.
Because online-distribution is what PC users pretty much use now. And there's also Apple's Mac App store for the Macintosh computers.
And let me be clear that this is for all software, not just games.
But they still have Retail games sold at Retail prices. At retail. The cheaper games are indie, or other significantly smaller scale games. People aren't getting Call-of-Duty level games at $5 within their first year, their getting them at $30-$50+, just like on consoles. You don't compare apples to oranges, so don't compare indie bundles to AAA games.
If you're talking about indie games on PC and indie games on consoles, the price numbers are quite even, actually.
But they still have Retail games sold at Retail prices. At retail. The cheaper games are indie, or other significantly smaller scale games. People aren't getting Call-of-Duty level games at $5 within their first year, their getting them at $30-$50+, just like on consoles. You don't compare apples to oranges, so don't compare indie bundles to AAA games.
If you're talking about indie games on PC and indie games on consoles, the price numbers are quite even, actually.
At this instance, I'm not arguing that PC games are cheaper than console games (though it could happen if one knows what to do). I'm just saying that retail games are much less relevant in the PC game world than the console world. There are likely still many people downloading AAA games regardless of price.
Um. Why are people comparing Steam (a digital download service) with full-priced retail boxes with console gaming.
Because online-distribution is what PC users pretty much use now. And there's also Apple's Mac App store for the Macintosh computers.
And let me be clear that this is for all software, not just games.
But they still have Retail games sold at Retail prices. At retail. The cheaper games are indie, or other significantly smaller scale games. People aren't getting Call-of-Duty level games at $5 within their first year, their getting them at $30-$50+, just like on consoles. You don't compare apples to oranges, so don't compare indie bundles to AAA games.
If you're talking about indie games on PC and indie games on consoles, the price numbers are quite even, actually.
+1
Also, once again, the PSN/ XBLA Download platforms are not really any different to Steam.
The only difference is she. You try and compare a download service to retail. Of course retail is going to come out looking worse.
But they still have Retail games sold at Retail prices. At retail. The cheaper games are indie, or other significantly smaller scale games. People aren't getting Call-of-Duty level games at $5 within their first year, their getting them at $30-$50+, just like on consoles. You don't compare apples to oranges, so don't compare indie bundles to AAA games.
If you're talking about indie games on PC and indie games on consoles, the price numbers are quite even, actually.
At this instance, I'm not arguing that PC games are cheaper than console games (though it could happen if one knows what to do). I'm just saying that retail games are much less relevant in the PC game world than the console world. There are likely still many people downloading AAA games regardless of price.
Yes, but other people are using Steam as a way of showing how PC gaming is cheaper when compared to full retail priced console games, ignoring the fact several key factors that breaks down their argument. I know I quoted you, but that was only because you were at the bottom of the page, it was more directed at the others.
Yes, but other people are using Steam as a way of showing how PC gaming is cheaper when compared to full retail priced console games, ignoring the fact several key factors that breaks down their argument. I know I quoted you, but that was only because you were at the bottom of the page, it was more directed at the others.
Lol, I'll argue for the PC game crowd, but it isn't much. If Steam has more frequent, lower cost sales than Xbox LIVE or PSN, then Steam users will likely spend less money on games in general. I don't know about PS Plus though
Even if you forget about digital downloads (which in my opinion the PC has much better pricing), the retail prices, boxed games and whatnot, are still cheaper for PC, especially if you buy new (49$ against 69$ on most cases). A lot of people buy used too, and a 20$ drop on a console puts it on pair with the PC version (new!), that even if it only drops 10$ it's still 10$ cheaper than on the consoles. The hardware may be more expensive but there's no contest in terms of games pricing.
Let me re-phrase the argument for PC games: you might have a better experience of getting games through the internet rather than the retail. So you'll likely be more engaged in PC gaming if you have a good internet connection.
Say you buy the console for $300. PlayStation Plus for one year is, what, $AU70? So, $370. And that includes something like 24 free games through the year. That would be enough for many people, but let's be generous and say there are four games that you really want to play that aren't Plus, and you pay $AU60 for each of those off the PSN.
So $610
Now gaming PC at $500 and 28 (24+4) games at an average price of $15
$920
Same number of games.
PS3 wins. Effortlessly.
If you're going to include the free PS+ games, than it would be incomplete to not mention the various PC game sales that happen everywhere almost all of the time. Not only can a PC game-playing individual buy a dozen games from Steam for less than $3 US each at this very moment, but sites like Green Man Gaming are entirely built around sales for downloadable PC games. There's also the fact that PS+ does not give the player the choice of what games they get for their money, where as buying them on the PC does. Also, as some have mentioned, PS+ expires and it's benefits while account-based services don't.
(To be fair/accurate, you really should have bumped up that $500 to an $800. While $500 can set you back a laptop with a decent graphics card, $800 is the accepted lowest standard of what a gaming computer should cost, and that's if you're using custom parts.)
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"PC gaming is still just as expensive as console gaming"
Yes, that was sort of my point. PC gaming is often seen as much more expensive than console gaming. In 6 months, I've bought 3 $60 games and maybe 10 games that are normally $30. I've actually spent much less than that (under $100) and unlike PS+ I've picked each game, and I've gotten more games than I would've on PS+ in the same amount of time. Not to mention the free weekends they do.
My SD Card with the game on it is just as physical as your cartridge with the game on it.
I love Nintendo, that's why I criticize them so harshly.
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