How Game Value Is Like Six Boxes Of Horseshit

19 responses to “How Game Value Is Like Six Boxes Of Horseshit”

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   Bob

   March 9, 2012 at 6:06 pm

   Let the plunkett bashing begin!

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      Kad

      March 9, 2012 at 6:23 pm

      What’s the point?
      The work or complete and utter lack of work speaks for itself.

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         PiMan

         March 9, 2012 at 6:25 pm

         I think he’s done well to include the full quote.

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   Steve0

   March 9, 2012 at 6:23 pm

   Games are not too expensive – if you live outside of Australia. Paying an extra 50% than the rest of the world, and for digital downloads as well, is – plainly put – horseshit.

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      Jem

      March 9, 2012 at 6:37 pm

      But we do get paid twice as much as people in the US. Swings and roundabouts.

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         The Jagji

         March 9, 2012 at 7:06 pm

         Digital distro should not be discrimiative based on where you live. Ever.

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            shane3x

            March 9, 2012 at 8:16 pm

            The only reason shit costs twice as much is because people are stupid enough to pay that much (The business factors are minute). If there was a large enough shift against this kind of pricing they would change, they’ve said this themselves.

            But I’m a smart shopper, if others want to pay $100 for something they can get for $40 then that’s all on them.

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         N0NEoftheAB0VE

         March 9, 2012 at 8:35 pm

         Paid twice as much for service and entry level jobs sure, but not once you start to move up the food chain – then it’s quite similar.

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         Steve4

         March 10, 2012 at 11:24 am

         The bottom end of the chain gets paid twice at much. Most people in the middle are paid similarly, especially when cost of living is factored in. I think the PPP is 60% higher in Australia alone, which just about covers every difference in wage, and then some.

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   name

   March 9, 2012 at 7:25 pm

   i hate you luke

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   Aidan

   March 9, 2012 at 8:46 pm

   Huh?

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   Bear of the boy

   March 9, 2012 at 9:02 pm

   Fuck, Luke is lame.

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6. 

   smythe

   March 9, 2012 at 9:23 pm

   despite how much the community can’t stand him, they won’t get rid of him.
   A: Low IQ = Low pay rate = less money spent
   B: Interesting stories to the public, free ad showing space.
   C: They don’t need to quality control him, shit covered in glitter is still shit.

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   [Razor]

   March 9, 2012 at 9:48 pm

   Okay guys we know Luke is terrible, he didn’t expand on any discussion about the quote at all and he probably should have.
   So let’s do it for him! (no, you will not get paid for this)

   Personally I am finding this quote to be all over the place. His initial point is that games are not expensive. Which is debatable (the american prices, not the australian ones, which we all know are far too expensive). But then he makes this odd granola to horseshit comparison, and that’s where he loses me.

   If I go to the store to buy granola (a game?) and instead I buy horseshit (some inferior product that isn’t a game, but is cheaper?), even though I get more boxes of horseshit for the same price as the granola game, it isn’t worth it.

   Yeah I don’t know, it’s lost on me.
   What do YOU think, Kotaku Australia community?

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   1. 

      Thomas

      March 9, 2012 at 11:18 pm

      The quote has left me baffled too. He might be saying that if a game is good, the value of it is inherent. And that if the game is crap, then you can throw all the value-add at it that you want, but it will still be a shit game.

      Whatever it is, his line of thinking does not appear to be very clear.

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         Thermal Ions

         March 10, 2012 at 12:54 pm

         The problem is when that horseshit is packaged inside a granola box you’ve paid full price for.

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   kickasspeanut

   March 9, 2012 at 10:00 pm

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   [Razor]

   March 9, 2012 at 11:30 pm

   Come on man, geez, Luke’s not great at the whole journalism thing most of time but that’s just not very appropriate.

   Criticise the article, not the man’s fellatio ability.

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      [Razor]

      March 9, 2012 at 11:32 pm

      Herp derp missed the reply.

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