What price do you put on gaming entertainment?

[Azi Tohak]

What is it about gaming that makes us constantly demand more, without expecting a corresponding price increase?

Shhhh... you're not supposed to point out how silly we are.

But you're right. However, despite getting adult paychecks, I still think like a college kid, where $50 could be food for two weeks. (Yeah right, I always ate well.) So for me, it is the initial impact of forking over $50 for a game (only rarely do I pay more than that [Suikoden II and Disgaea]). For me that is the whole cost thing. To be sure, when I was a kid a $15 game had better be worth it, and now that I'm (sort-of) an adult, a $50 better be worth it. But defining 'worth' is a whole other issue.

I do consider console costs. I don't think there will be enough games for the PS3 to make the $600 worth while, but the Wii and it's $250 seems like a steal (inspite of the graphics). But again, that is me.

Azi