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Posted: Nov 5th 2008 1:04PM Haggard said

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Wonder if this includes online shopping too? I (and others I know) buy all our games from amazon.co.uk and play.com because in shops you pay about £5 more (and have to get off your ass for that privilege)
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Posted: Nov 5th 2008 1:28PM PoisonedAl said

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I was wondering that. You have to factor in that most new music is shit, and all the good stuff you can get a five finger discount for, so the numbers sound right.
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Posted: Nov 5th 2008 1:40PM Haggard said

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On the other hand, the UK's teenagers are all cretins with disposable income and whom are into every new indie band that comes along.
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Posted: Nov 5th 2008 7:18PM Stupidiot said

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Hey, hey... I may be a teenage cretin, but I have taste in music, damnit!
Disposable income has been pretty scarce in the past few months also :3
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Posted: Nov 5th 2008 1:06PM Ethan said

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Could it be because they're overpriced? (I mean, moreso than music and films, they are too)
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Posted: Nov 5th 2008 1:58PM Tiptup300 said

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It's harder to make a great game then a great movie, your argument is invalid.
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Posted: Nov 5th 2008 3:17PM Ethan said

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I'd say it's harder to make a game break even, which is why the prices are double of a film. The publishers don't seem to have much influence in the stores, so if you're lucky your product is only on the shelves for 3 months whether it's crap or good. Oh and used games sell tons, which I think shows that quite a lot of people think they're overpriced.

It doesn't cost more to make a AAA title than a blockbuster film, the staggering GTAIV did not break any media records, and at the low end Braid was $180k (although the download sector is more reasonably priced) to develop, films only approach that if somebody along the line doesn't get paid.
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Posted: Nov 5th 2008 1:18PM (Unverified) said

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[I have been repeatedly banned for trolling, but seem unable to take the hint.]
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Posted: Nov 5th 2008 1:24PM (Unverified) said

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1. The link is actually some page on WiiMusic.It has nothing to do with the Game Sales. You know we're not THAT RETARDED to fall for that old trick of "Here's a bunch of stuff in a foreign language, it proves my point"

2. 25000+6800+6300= 38200 > 36000

3.Die in a fire.
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Posted: Nov 5th 2008 1:26PM Emophia said

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I can;t find those numbers on the source...
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Posted: Nov 5th 2008 1:26PM (Unverified) said

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OMFGZ teh bias!

What bias? For what rational reason would Joystiq be baised to one platform other another?
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Posted: Nov 5th 2008 1:26PM (Unverified) said

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To prove my point, here's the transaltion of that page

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.famitsu.com%2Fgame%2Frank%2Fsokuho%2F1219214_1796.html&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=ja&tl=en

Learn to troll properly or GTFO.
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Posted: Nov 5th 2008 1:28PM Emophia said

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There;s also no reason the PS3 would sell that much if not even one PS3 game was on the top ten.
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Posted: Nov 5th 2008 1:36PM Larz said

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In my personal life, buying games surpassed music and movies (combined!) a long time ago.

For one thing, there's just not that many good movies coming out. And music is just too expensive so I don't buy it as much as I'd like.
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Posted: Nov 5th 2008 2:30PM RyanLN said

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Perhaps I'm missing something here,but aren't we comparing apples to oranges to bananas? If you sell 100 million units of product A at $12 bucks a piece but then sell 25 million units of product B at $49-$59 a piece, then it stands to reason that you'd see a disparity. What I'd be interested in is a units sold comparison: I'm sure than the actual number of CD's and DVD's greatly outnumber the real number of games sold. Additionally, I'd also like to know which are more *profitable*. What I haven't figured out is WHY I need to/want to know either one of these things. Best I can figure out is that it's probably because I'm a closet nerd. Now that I've come out, I suppose it means I'm just a nerd.
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Posted: Nov 6th 2008 11:56AM Ninjanun said

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Its alright, the first step is admitting it.
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Posted: Nov 6th 2008 5:25AM breaklaw said

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This is mostly because of me.
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