rec.autos.simulators

Serious Sam is an 18 months old PC game that sold for $19.99 from DAY ONE on
the PC (it currently sells for $6.99).  Yes, $19.99 was it's HIGHEST price
ever.  The sequel, Serious Sam: The Second Encounter, was released a few
months ago and sold for $19.99.  Serious Sam represented a simple, fun, good
looking shooter.  It may lack the depth and length of $40-50 PC shooters,
but at $20 it was a well priced value.

I choked on my morning coffee when I stumbled upon the $49.99 pre-order
price for an old PC port than never sold for more than 20 bucks and could be
bought today on the PC for about the cost of a Star Bucks Venti Caramel
Macchiato and 2 Krispy Kreme donuts.  This partly explains why Papyrus is
going console, the West Bros. couldn't get WSC published (Total Immersion
Racing is a $50 Xbox title that WSC "coulda' been"), Falcon 5 will never see
the light of day, etc.

I'm not claiming this is the death of our hobby (flight/racing).  It is
another frustrating obstacle that will reduce the frequency and quantity of
PC simulations.

PS-I'm also warning Xbox owners to save $43 and buy SS for the PC.  It will
run on a fairly old system so don't worry about hardware requirements.

--
Joe Marques

It's no secret that the high-end side of the PC industry is totally game
driven.  If the desire for PC *** whithers, then one has to wonder what
will become of the PC itself...

-Larry

Not sure if this is the way it works or not, just an observation.

 Actually, Serious Sam for the Xbox is both versions of the game.

With PC games, I would think, you have all the worries about drivers and
compatibility issues.

That being said, I haven't owned a console since the original Sega Genesis.

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Placed into a square case with Microsoft stamped on the outside...

Si

From Babbage's website: Serious Sam Gold (XBox) = $49.99 with ETA 12
November 2002.

From Babbage's website: Serious Sam Gold (PC) = $29.99 with ETA 21 January
2003.

From Babbage's website: Serious Sam (Original(PC)) = $6.99 available now.

Why would I pay $30 OR $50 when I can buy BOTH games (PC version) for under
$22 ($6.99 (SS1) + $14.99 (SS2))? Actually I think I bought both versions
when they were on sale for $9.99 each (several months apart, of course) so
it was slightly less than $20.

Makes me wonder about the mentality of the average console game buyer. Have
they no concept of bargain hunting and/or simply refusing to pay exorbitant
prices for products?

--
callsignviper

The truth is out there. You just have to look in the right places and ask
the right questions.

- Dave

Heh.  The only concept is how they can get mom or dad to whip out the credit
card.

- Dave

LMAO, Well I look at the prices I paid for the sims I had to pay for and I
agree.  UNTIL........I look at the thousands of dollars I have spent to
upgrade my computer and peripherals in the name of flight simming.  Now who
is the intelligent one?  LOL

Dusty Rhodes

  I have a PS2, but I pretty much keep it around just to play Japanese games
(Final Fantasy, Gran Turismo 3) and occasionally a fighting or lightgun
game.  For any game that's available on the PC, I get the PC version because
it's usually cheaper and will look better on a monitor.

The average console gamer is reported to be 27, so asking for money from mom
at that age would be quite sad.   Not sure where that stat came from, but
I've seen it several times.

I would imagine that the 'smart' console gamer would A) First rent the game,
then B) make a purchasing decision based on that.  Depending on the console
they'll probably go right to Z) Burn it!

If they decide to buy, they tend to pay more (well at least for Xbox games)
for new releases.   1 year old Xbox games are around 1/3rd to cost of new
(example PGR and Azurik, etc).

Now keep in mind that the console games "system" probably cost 1/5th to
1/10th that of the PC gamers.

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: > Makes me wonder about the mentality of the average console game buyer.
Have
: > they no concept of bargain hunting and/or simply refusing to pay
exorbitant
: > prices for products?
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: Heh.  The only concept is how they can get mom or dad to whip out the
credit
: card.
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: - Dave
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Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy

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