http://www.shrapnelgames.com/Illwinter/DOM3/DOM3_page.html

Sigh - its something like 6 years old and yet still commands a price set higher than most newly released games. Not that I'm all for a fast depreciation in things, but they are seriously cheeky with this price I fee (which is a shame as the game is still supported and their forums active).

Sigh - one day 50% off - one day !


And yeah as this is a thread what other titles have insane prices?
*sits back and waits for mentions of that Xbox mech warrior type game with a full console*

It might not, Blizzard hasn't dropped its prices in years.

] What the... Since when was Rockford a robot?!?

SC2 is $30 right now on their online store. WoW was $5 last year (together with TBC), and WotLK was around $10 the same time.

There is no need to drop prices when your products are selling well.

Gasp! Being a Supaplex person I can't even imagine a character with legs in that kind of game.

Pretty much the whole Call of Duty franchise...

$30?

BLizzard more worse than steam... it shows up for 59.99€ (which is 80$)

Ummm that can be picked up for like 20 quid it's not that expensive for what it is...

Get a retail copy. ;) I got mine for around 30 EUR a month after it was released.

That Dominions 3 game actually looks pretty good... but not $50 good. >_<

You have to wonder if they sell more than one copy a year, if that. I guess they believe that if they drop the price to, say, $10, they'll only make $10 that year instead of $50. Maybe they don't care, or they totally forgot they even made a game and website, and have come to believe those rare sales that show up in their bank account are a holiday bonus from their actual job or a tax return.

Software Dynamics still sells Operation: Inner Space, starting at $25 for the basic game. They should be happy anybody would still want an obscure game from the Windows 95 era for any price, no telling if it'll work on most people's computers.

Basilisk Games and Spiderweb Software are some of the more well-known examples of misguided price schemes, they love to lose profits by charging more on their own store, while charging less when other digital distributors get a cut of the profits.

Software Diversions doesn't host much of Steve Moraff's old work, and much of what they do have, they sell for $10, with a bundle of five games for $20-$25. That's actually pretty reasonable compared to a lot of the above, but when you can get a pack of Might and Magic I-VI for $10 (and that's when it's not on sale), well, I'd sort of expect a complete pack of everything the guy did in the 80's-90's for that price.

Soleau Software makes some of the most excellent puzzle games I've ever played, though I've yet to buy a single one. To their credit, they have discounts depending on how many games you buy, with the price of a single game ranging from $6.66 to $18, but I think I'll continue waiting for the day when I can get a complete pack of their DOS games for $20-$40, rather than $220.

Information pertaining to Tommy's Toys is practically non-existent now, but way back when, I was able to locate the demos for all 300 or so games. There were clones, board and card games, and some more unique little games, all done in ascii. I never bought any of those games either, but I enjoyed them (and the catalog system that included a clock) immensely, despite the 60 second nag when starting a game. It would have been several hundred dollars to get all the toys, and now they're pretty much as lost to time as you can get.


You can make great games and still know jack shit about how to sell them, unfortunately. :/

Steel Battalion? On release, in Finland at least, it cost a whole euro more than the XBox.

Oh, and I'm sure Dominions 3 will lose value eventually... due to inflation. Oh course, they might raise the price to compensate for infaltion for all I know.

I don't understand why most wargames like at Matrix Games and other similar publishes are so expensive. I won't even bother buying 1 or 2 because the prices are too high. If they were very cheap though, with periodic sales, like the games on gog.com, then I'd be buying a bunch.

Dom3 is worth every penny. Heck, the rulebook alone is worth it.

I've heard that they're such a niche market that they have to charge high prices b/c the people who love them will buy them and the people who are cheap who love them aren't common. So they're able to make the most money by charging high prices.

What's amazing to me is that some of them are 10 years old and still going for $60.