Comments on: Console Game Prices http://www.edery.org/2009/02/console-game-prices/ For those interested in the business of making great video games. Entrepreneurial spirit a must. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:07:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Josh K. http://www.edery.org/2009/02/console-game-prices/comment-page-1/#comment-244715 Josh K. Sun, 22 Feb 2009 03:18:15 +0000 http://www.edery.org/?p=827#comment-244715 Link and dash! Here is another look at alternative game pricing (price decoys) from Boesky. http://boesky.blogspot.com/2009/02/game-prices-are-falling-did-we-really.html Link and dash! Here is another look at alternative game pricing (price decoys) from Boesky.

http://boesky.blogspot.com/2009/02/game-prices-are-falling-did-we-really.html

]]> By: David J Edery http://www.edery.org/2009/02/console-game-prices/comment-page-1/#comment-244514 David J Edery Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:24:19 +0000 http://www.edery.org/?p=827#comment-244514 Aloosh -- it wouldn't be the first time that the press puts words in someone's mouth. If anyone reading this attended Gabe's keynote and can confirm/deny the conclusion attributed to him by Edge, please do speak up. Aloosh — it wouldn’t be the first time that the press puts words in someone’s mouth.

If anyone reading this attended Gabe’s keynote and can confirm/deny the conclusion attributed to him by Edge, please do speak up.

]]> By: Aloosh http://www.edery.org/2009/02/console-game-prices/comment-page-1/#comment-244512 Aloosh Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:11:38 +0000 http://www.edery.org/?p=827#comment-244512 I'm not sure Gabe was ever quoted as saying that games are too expensive; I think this may have been the conclusion Edge chose to come to. This live blog of Gabe's keynote: http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/693342/Live-Blog-DICE-2009-Keynote---Gabe-Newell-Valve-Software.html#readmore ...and this summary from Gamasutra: http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=22378 ...never mention him saying or suggesting that games are priced too high. I think one of the points he was trying to make was that online services such as Steam make pricing more flexible than via a retail. I’m not sure Gabe was ever quoted as saying that games are too expensive; I think this may have been the conclusion Edge chose to come to.

This live blog of Gabe’s keynote:

http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/693342/Live-Blog-DICE-2009-Keynote—Gabe-Newell-Valve-Software.html#readmore

…and this summary from Gamasutra:

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=22378

…never mention him saying or suggesting that games are priced too high. I think one of the points he was trying to make was that online services such as Steam make pricing more flexible than via a retail.

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