If you pay for
a AAA priced game you should get the full experience, no excuses (real expansions made afterwards is an exception, of course).
Not exact matches
The surprise of the year, blowing away
AAA Game of the Year contenders twice it's
price with 100x the budget.
Given the
price point, and the ammount of fun it brings, you'd be hard pressed to have an
AAA console
game that brings you 3 times the fun this «little»
game does.
But Activision decided to release both 10 year old
games and instead of being listed as backwards compatible, they are «new» and asking for a new
game AAA price.
«LIBERATION MAIDEN delivers the
AAA quality in design, story and gameplay that
gamers typically expect of a high -
priced boxed product but delivers it through the downloadable platform.»
MGS: GZ set precedents for
AAA game delivery (as a prologue and a digital release), mid-tier
pricing, open - world stealth and big budget gaming's reluctance to tackle «taboo» issues.
While it is customary for popular
AAA titles to ship with not just one Collector's Edition alongside the base
game, and instead with multiple editions with various
pricing, Rockstar never really jumped on this boat.
Mainly, because several
AAA publishers — Activision - Blizzard with Destiny 2 most recently and EA... well, with almost everything — have been known to generally rush
games or fill them with nonsensical
price - gouging crap precisely due to investor pressure.
This is just one of those
games you dive into and get more than your money's worth or you pillage offline modes and question the
AAA price tag.
Some of them full
priced games, so
AAA, perhaps.
The store has an additional sale on the 3DS XL that comes with an accessory and three
games for the same
price, but the
games aren't exactly
AAA.
While it is customary for popular
AAA titles to ship with not just one Collector's Edition alongside the base
game, and instead with multiple editions with various
pricing, Rockstar never really jumped on this boat.
So buying more
games at full
prices without DLC may make IT go away someday or every
AAA game will still have DLC instead of higher
prices based at the developer cost.
I mean, sure you can look at the
price of the
games that given with the membership for a few months and say that it justifies the annual cost of the membership, however, the fact of the matter is, most members have already previously purchased the
games or would not purchase 90 % of those that are now being offered; especially since the majority of all
games ar Indie Titles (which are more «hip» to own than actually fun to play), and the
AAA titles are few and far between, and those that are offered, are typically 3 - 5 years old.
Buy into a PS4, XBox One, or PC today and you have a wealth of older
AAA games available for bargain
prices.
And it's not a huge deal because Fatshark has
priced their
game so competitively, far below what
AAA developers demand.
It's interesting that we see a clear drop off in average playtime for the full
priced games sold at $ 30.00 to $ 49.99 — basically
AAA price I was talking about.
You don't want to sell a tiny
game at
AAA price, because you won't sell many copies and you'll make your
gamers feel ripped off.
However, with that said, it's also a budget
price — which is great as a lot of
games tend to come out with full
AAA prices even though they are just a remaster of a previous
game.
It's like people only buy PS + hoping to get
AAA games cheaply because they can't be bothered shelling out full
price for them.
The online play, 2
games, and discounts are worth the extra $ 10 but it would be nice to see more
games along the lines of quality of NBA 2K16 though obviously not every month as it wouldnt be manageable
price wise, but every 3 - 4 months give 1 high quality somewhat recent
AAA (less than 18 months old) would be nice.
I like the selection of October
games I hope Sony keeps going with triple
AAA games now since the
price hike on the memberships that started on September 22nd
Indies are getting crushed because they can't compete with 5 $
AAA GOTY of the day, but I would actually pay full
price for a good indie
game.
So Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice is a
AAA quality
game that is half the size of a regular
AAA game, at about 8 hours in length, and sold at half the
price — just $ 29.99.
PS +
AAA games or AA indie (because yes, the August line - up was massive and of very good taste in terms of indies, but that's why it's the only time it was acceptable) need to be just old enough so that the
price has come down, and those who were really interested or willing to spend the money, but recent enough so that most of the people still didn't find an interest enough or the willingness to buy it discounted yet but are interested still, if we are talking about a worthy
game of course.
He has always been very vocal about the increasing budgets of
AAA games and the fixed $ 60
price tag being unsustainable, and when you look at the industry today you can quite confidently say that he was right.
Many of these
games price point is noticeably lower that titles that you will find from large
AAA studios.
Instead they plan to win over consumers through
AAA games that can't be found on other Chinese consoles and through a good selection of Chinese
games at a low
price that Sony and Microsoft can not offer.
Finally, we chat about a news story / trailer / feature of our choice and finish the show asking the question «should a
AAA multiplayer only
game still carry a full
AAA price tag?».
-- How much longer can
AAA developers justify the $ 60
price tag of
games?
While paying full
price for a
AAA game these days isn't justifiable to plenty of people, this bloody shooter and likely whatever DLC comes out for it warrants every penny.
The cost of producing a
AAA game has gone up exponentially, while the $ 60
price tag for a box
game hasn't changed.
Local Chinese
games on PlayStation 4 will increase consumer awareness in China and the lower
price of the console at that time will drive additional sell through so
gamers can play these familiar feeling
games as well as experience new Western style
AAA games that they don't usually play on PC / Mobile.
in the time of gamble - boxes, Robert's failure was to deliver as hyped while throwing in everything like FOIP and land claims, but the actual business model is pretty fair considering you can get access to the
game (in its current alpha state and when it finally releases) for less than the standard
AAA price.
However, if you're a casual fighting
game or indeed Tekken franchise fan, the limited life span of this title probably doesn't warrant its current Xbox Store asking
price of # 49.99 because as a fighting
game (which is what it is at the end of the day) it's excellent, but as a
AAA title with a long life span?
The
AAA games are all 50 - 55 $ for the most part, CoD and destiny have been on sale so much I don't know why they don't
price drop it considering they're already cheaper at GameStop.
2K
games is a
AAA dev, and for them to sell their
game on release at half the
price (not counting the bundled stuff) through a shady middleman is not cool for them.
Here are the five best Xbox One
game deals you can grab now, including
price cuts on recently launched
AAA games that
gamer in your life is sure to love.
Too many
games are adding bloat quests to their
games to make the full
AAA price point justified.
Christopher Weaver says players should expect
AAA game prices to rise if loot boxes & freemium models are phased out.
Of course, the real test for the PS4 Pro's hardware will come when we see upcoming
AAA games launch and witness how it deals with more demanding particle effects and if more
games can run closer to 60 fps than 30 fps, however if it builds in anyway on what it delivered during our testing, then that entry
price point would become even more justifiable.
It's the first I'm sure I've heard of it... but it isnt a particularly standout name anyway), Minecraft isn't that appealing, though still at most a tenner... yet this
game is asking full
AAA price??
I mid-range
price point for certain
games would preent them from being unfairly compared to
AAA releases, but also have a cheap enough entry that would allow larger corporations to take risks on innovation and new IPs.
It's a great program that not only shells out
AAA games like this week's deal on Borderlands titles and DLC at ridiculously low
prices, but also puts a lot of...
AAA means full
price premium
games, are there other models incoming?
The newest integrated GPUs can hold their own in browser - based Flash
games and even some online
games like World of Warcraft, but meeting the higher demands of
AAA titles still requires a discrete GPU, which you won't find in this
price range.
Mr. Willen's specifically addressing
AAA console
games, but would publishers like Ubisoft, Activision and Electronic Arts REALLY reduce the
price of their
games if they cost less to produce?
When we talk about big budget, full
priced games, we call them
AAA.
For the first day of the sale, Green Man Gaming has slashed the
prices on over 90 different
game titles with discounts on some of the biggest
AAA titles, as well as some hard - to - miss deals on several indie favorites.
GTA V might be coming to Wii U, E3 will surely spike interest in the console with
AAA game announcements, then a new basic bundle and possible
price drop.