Actually it makes no sense, as games were $40, then $50, then when the ps3/360 came out they raised the price to $60 a game. So the price increase has been happening over time, so if you can't budget within that you charge more. But instead, they've decided to make you pay for cosmetic things. Which opens the door to charging for other things. It's like taxes. You always see the government saying they need to raise taxes, but for some reason they never lower them. Then they need a fee increase to cover this, and another tax hike to cover that. It never ends, they always want more. Charge 60 for a game and leave it, or charge more. Don't charge up front, then charge for dlc, then do mixrotransactions. It shows your greed, and it's just bad business.

This is a horrible argument. Better graphics higher quality input means higher priced output Think movies and their budget they use and how the end result looks. Low budget you can see the quality/graphics aren't that great compared to a high budget movie like the Avengers Transformers etc. Your post does not validate the original idea of this post and doesn't discredit my opinion. What you just did was make yourself look stupid by not understanding basic economics. Bungie is a business not a charity bro. Case and point your post is that of a person with a lack of knowledge and actual fact on the subject

[quote]This is a horrible argument. Better graphics higher quality input means higher priced output...[/quote] This is incorrect unfortunately... With the exponential growth of technology it becoming increasingly easier to create high quality/high resolution graphics all the time. With game engines like Unity and Unreal Engine you can create beautiful comparable graphics with less effort than a lot of "last-gen" games took to make. Bungie probably has their own engine but I guarantee they've made it just as simple if not more simple to do than the aforementioned engines. Not here to argue just wanted to point out that there's a whole other side to the argument not being taken into account.

Not here to argue Still tries to discredit my post lmao Price increase realistically would be due to user base being increased by the millions More $$ into maintenance But my post was off topic as well I'll admit it But there is nothing wrong with adding the micro transactions of bungie is true to their word stating it will not effect game play

I misunderstand how charge more, or work within your budget, makes me look stupid. Nickel and dining people after they've purchased a product makes them not want to buy products from a company in the future. Sounds like you need to understand consumerism and economics. Not me.

I'm not going to explain it to you. Go take economics and you'll understand. It's optional you -blam!-ing idiot

Yes, insulting me and using curse words is strengthening your position. I see now how I state facts, and am obviously wrong, because you say so, and can insult and curse.

No it's because you lack common knowledges or normal business practices No point in discussing this with someone like you.

The problem with arguing with someone on the forums, and insulting them, is that you don't know who you're arguing with. I'm college educated, and have taken macro, and micro economics courses. I understand quite well how economics work. I also made no claim bungie was a charity. I understand they're a business and out to maximize profit. But your argument is not a fact based argument, just a bunch of insults on how I don't understand, am stupid, and so on, because I don't agree with your opinion. My statement is charge more for the game, make it subscription based, or something to that effect. Micro transactions are bad for consumers, and bad for games. It's been proven over and over again. Think, this is the only business model of its kind, simply because gamers buy in to it. You don't buy a refrigerator, then have to buy upgrades for it 2-3x a year, then pay every time you want it to dispense ice cubes. Use any product you want as an analogy. I should be able to pay the cost upfront, and not be poked continually for more money to get access to in game content. For the record as long as this remains cosmetic I could care less. But it never just stays cosmetic... never.