Costs of gaming

Games, consoles, accessories...all much too expensive. You can afford one or two games, and then you are broke! example: £44.99 for a NEW ps2 game. There are a few games which I would like, but I cannot afford them when they are new. Yes, when games have been out for a while, the price does drop, but not that much. Second hand games can be scratched and in poor quality, and they still are not cheap. I really think that games should be a lot cheaper, and more people would buy more. I would definetly buy more than one games if they cut the price even buy a small amount. The best place to buy them is the internet, so much cheaper, ...  Read the complete review

You cannot afford not to read this! Well maybe you can, but lets just assume that you can’t, so keep reading! Thank you! Games, gaming and games consoles, what would we do without them? When it rains, how would we soak up the time if we didn’t have our trusty PlayStation’s to hand? Well, as fantastic as some of these consoles are, they’re not the most essential items in the world, although some would say they are… How much can you really afford to spend on your gaming desires? Well it depends on how much you’ve got!! Gaming is a great thing, you can play with your friends, play on your own or in some cases play against Marcos ...  Read the complete review

-What’s all the fuss about-? For all you guys and gals out there that are worrying about the price off gaming then you should be shot. You see as the quality off the games gets higher then that means that they are costing the manufacturer more to make, say I wonted to make a high quality game for the playstation 2 then it would roughly be about £10 each but then you would have to pay for the packaging, the peoples wages, shipping etc. So by the time that the game reaches the shop it would probably cost the manufacturer £15-£20. After all that you have to make a big profit to make the task worthwhile and this is why the games are getting so costly. I’m ...  Read the complete review

Why is it that console games cost more than PC games? They don't have a longer development time, and the task at hand is somewhat easier if anything: the console developer has to make a game that will work on one standard, where they know the resolution, graphics and sound chips, CPU speed, amount of RAM and so on is going to be the same for all their users. On the N64 market, Rare have had a bit of a taste of the PC gaming market, by having to develop part of Perfect Dark to work without an Expansion Pak. But for PC developers, they can't just say their users must have, say, a PIII 800 with a TNT2, a SoundBlaster 128, a specific motherboard and 128MB ...  Read the complete review

Whsmithsonline.co.uk is a pretty average service that could do better but is ok. THE SELECTION On WHSmiths you can buy: .Books .Music .DVD & Video .Games .Magazines .Stationary THE LAYOUT The Layout on WHSmithsonline is very good! Everthing is set out in a organised and easy-to-understand fashion. The website is bright and colourful, and has links to all areas on the site on the index page. There is also a quick search and an advanced search option. THE PRICES The prices on WHSmithsonline is are very competetive!! Products are cheaper online than they are in the shops. But you do ...  Read the complete review