Do you think Game Prices in India are HIGH?

[Tech_Wiz]

Well Topic name says it all.

Opinions are welcome

[ax3]

yes indeed ........

[nvidia]

xtremely expensive..

[Zeeshan Quireshi]

Xbox 360's Rs 999 Platinum HIts are a saving grace . otherwise TOO expensive .

If companies sold all games at Rs 999 , then i would surely buy the latest games , and other too would .

but paying 2k for a new games seems very expensive .

[ray|raven]

Shudnt there be another option like
"Who the hell buys originals"

Regards,
ray

[Tech_Wiz]

hehe y that should be there but Online Play is not possible in most cases with Pirated Copies.

Well AoE III Asian Dynasty = 1800 and it needs AoE III Vanila = 1300

= 3100 [Ask your dad and get killed]

3 Guys posting that they dont find them expensive? rofl!

We have some millionaires browsing our forums

[Arsenal_Gunners]

No the prices are same everywhere.Just that Indians can't cough up Rs 2500 for just a game.

[harryneopotter]

prices are nt same ............ 100 dollar is nt same there as rs 4000 here.

[Arsenal_Gunners]

You can say prices are high in India only when a game costing 49$ in US costs like 99$ in India(like hardware).

[Tech_Wiz]

If consider earning to expense thing. Rs. 4000 is much high for a indian guy than $100 for a american.

[Arsenal_Gunners]

But going according to the thread title -The answer is no.

[rajasekharan]

definitely , the prices are way too high...
well, so i end up paying for the pirates...thats all.

lets hope , one day the prices will become affordable so that i can buy few more originals....well, i got, lets say 10 original game (NWN platinum, baldhurs gate 2, expansion, Vampire Bloodlines, Undying, Alice,AlienVsPredator 2, expansion, C&C Tiberium sun, Expansion,alone in the dark 3...) and some more but any ways less than 20.

the max i have paid is 1500 or so ...well, lets say, i was crazy at that time ...but later i realized it was too too much when considered , an avg person earning salary in other parts could afford games in other parts more easily than me or rather us...

its just too much....let all the PC games come at 500/- ...

[faraaz]

Do you know how much Neverwinter Nights 2 is in Switzerland?? 60 CHF...that's 2100 rupees...I know it costs almost 600-800 rupees less in India. Same story for all other games...stop complaining man...we pay less than everyone else in the world as it is...

[Harvik780]

I went to Planet M 4 days ago with my brother.I stayed outside but my brother went to check in for Half Life 2 Orange box.He told me that FIFA 2008 for pc costs Rs 2,500.

[gaurav_indian]

In the third option change the price from 499 to 50 Rs.

[~Phenom~]

^^actually change it to Rs.10.

[neerajkumar_4]

games like Orange box, Crysis ,NFS Pro Street and lots others are price only for 999rs... its a fair enough price for these games.

Games with pricing >1300...are costly IMO.

and btw FIFA 08 for PC is only 999rs not 2.5k

2.5k might b for PS3 not PC!!

well i try to buy originals whenever i can!
but dont have many of them

[amitava82]

Actually its lower compared to US... So, don't complain.
One thing I like here is that you get to rent Console games. So you really do not need to buy a game unless you wanna collect them.. Like Orange Box a must have!

[rajasekharan]

i dont know if its less than US or any other country, i just know that its not affordable for an avg person here.....

lets say an avg man gets 4000$ PM in US and the game costs 50$ its affordable for him is it????

now apply the same in INDIA, i guess it should be only 100/-....

well ...

[faraaz]

You can't charge whatever you feel like in that case just because the average income per head in India is lower. It makes no economic sense. If that WAS done, then the producer surplus would take a huge hit...thats economics stuff, but trust me, if prices were any lower than they are now, big players wouldnt sell their games in India at all.

I'd rather pay the 1300 for an original game like NWN, NWN2, Warcraft III (when it came out) etc...

The single player ones I dunno.

[drgrudge]

In Dubai, the game titles (PS 3, X Box 360) are like Dhs 300-400 (Rs 3,300-4,400). We pay the lowest for 95% of things. Go out of India and you'll know.

Stop complaining.


Having said that, Dhs 100 is not equal to Rs 1,100. Or $100 is not equal to 3,950.

[wirelessraj]

I would completely agree with drgrudge!!!

Games here are cheaper than the western countries. Games like Halo 3 or Bioshock sells for $59 in US (XBox 360 games) but here they are all for Rs. 1895. this is the MRP retailers always give discount on this price, i buy my XBox 360 games for around Rs. 1700 (where the MRP is 1895). i am paying Rs. 700 less than the americans for the same games, so tell me how it is costly here!!!

EA has announced that they will sell all their PC games for Rs.999. Thats cheap enough!!! Orange Box (PC) retails for $50 in US thats Rs.2000 but thats available for Rs.999 here in India, thats half the price compared to international price!!!

so once again STOP COMPLAINING

[rajasekharan]

Originally Posted by drgrudge

Having said that, Dhs 100 is not equal to Rs 1,100. Or $100 is not equal to 3,950.

now , thats what i was talking about.......

good to hear atleast one person have put it straight...'

so once again, i want price to come down....

[neerajkumar_4]

Originally Posted by wirelessraj

I would completely agree with drgrudge!!!

EA has announced that they will sell all their PC games for Rs.999. Thats cheap enough!!! Orange Box (PC) retails for $50 in US thats Rs.2000 but thats available for Rs.999 here in India, thats half the price compared to international price!!!

so once again STOP COMPLAINING

ya thats what i told, original game prices are fair enough now, you must understand that making a game aint a joke, so normally IT products like softwares/games are kinda high(as in not like 100rs or 200rs) it will be like 1k-1.3k

[Tech_Wiz]

1k is Fine. But anything above that is pain

[neerajkumar_4]

agreed... !! games with higher prices dont sell much!! (in INDIA)

[Shloeb]

Yes game prices are high. They are expensive for us. But the companies put in a lot of money and effort in these games. BUt its the we indians that suffer because we have no money to but expensive games. Its our problem not theirs. But in the other hand i can't spend 3k to buy a game. Instead i just upgrade my computer instead. I am happy to use pirates even though i know that its a big crime and feel bad about it. But i can't spend so much money on games. My dad will kill me for burning money like that.

[Tech_Wiz]

y higher prices are prime reason for piracy... Specially if game is based on Capeign and not much with online thing then Piracy ftw

[axxo]

i can get any latest game for Rs.30 Per DVD here....now imagine how many such games can be brought for Rs.1000 that has to be spend in buying a single piece of original game

[faraaz]

@axxo: Now imagine how dumb you would feel PAYING anything at all for something illegal when you could download for free! Of course, Rs. 30 per DVD is an extreme case...it costs arnd 60-80 rupees here in Bangalore...but still!

If at all I'm just getting a pirated game, I never buy it from a pirated disk dealer...just download torrents...