Did it occur to Epic that perhaps the average PC gamer, generally older than console gamers, has already played and continues to play better games than the console hits like Gears of War and Halo?
I know I have played better, much better.
Sure, your game is pretty and the voice acting is nice and all but it's just another shooter.
Give me something different and better and I'll pay $50 for it.
I paid $50 for Medieval II: TW and haven't regretted it ever.
It's loaded with replay value and I never feel cheated when I think of how much money I spent on it.
I've paid $50 for "good" games such as Gears of War and Crysis and continuously regretted it since after I finish it in a weekend. Also, I haven't even looked at the game box since I finished.
Give I'll sacrifice style over substance any day.
Or... I'll have both and play a game worthy of my $50 like Oblivion or Fallout 3.
Enough with believing your own hype, make better stuff. Your games are eminently playable, but I'm sorry they're just not that compelling and don't deserve to be any more than a $20 or $30 purchase for 10 hours. I don't care if your production costs more, code more efficiently or work harder on content.
Digital Download PC games should be cheaper.
You can forgo disc publishing and shipping costs and the inevitable RMA/replacement issues that go along with it, and you don't have to worry if Gamestop even bothers to have your game on the shelf.
The $50 price is a premium to play the game first and nothing more, get a hold of yourselves Epic, I don't need your mediocre but "console genius" crap anyway.
The best way to end PC piracy is online registration like an MMO and reduce costs by going through digital distribution. Unfortunately for the few of who have high-end enough machines to play these games but apparently no internet connection to activate them like an MMO you are out of luck.
What's next, are we going to do this with movies? If you wait until it hits Netflix you're going to have to download the ending for another $10?
GoW is a $30 pc game at best, if you can get more out of console gamers than congratulations, but I know something that's not worth it when I see it.