[Sergeant_Scrotum]

[quote:1f9d2]Widely downloaded

Doom 3 is the second follow-up to the 1993 first-person shooting classic.

Developing a game like it can cost game developers like id Software in the region of $15m (£8.3m) to $20m (£11.1m).

Its release is the gaming equivalent of the third film in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

In the US, the game is expected to retail for $54.99 and is expected to sell in the millions.

Some US stores are planning to officially start selling the game on Tuesday, but copies are reported to have appeared in a few shops over the weekend.

Potential sales could be hit by the extent of online piracy of the game.


The original Doom was a ground-breaking game

Copies of it appeared on newsgroups and peer-to-peer networks over the weekend.

At one point on Sunday, more than 50,000 copies of the game, which weighs in at more than 1.5 gigabytes, were being downloaded.

Translated in lost sales, this amounts to $2.7m (£1.5m), if all these people instead bought the game.

"Despite the relatively low price of PC games, many gamers are still choosing to resort to piracy rather than pay for legitimate boxed copies," said Matt Pierce, publisher of the computer games magazine, PC Gamer.

"Since Doom 3 is one of the most eagerly awaited PC games ever, it was almost inevitable that it was going to be leaked online following its US release.

"Whereas in the case of Doom 3, it almost certainly won't prevent the game being a massive seller, it will still cost both the publishers and developers of the game millions of dollars in lost revenue, an outcome that can only serve to harm future game development on the PC," he told BBC News Online.

At the time of publication, no one was available to comment from the game's publishers, Activision.
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[quote:1f9d2]Despite the relatively low price of PC games, many gamers are still choosing to resort to piracy rather than pay for legitimate boxed copies," said Matt Pierce, publisher of the computer games magazine, PC Gamer.[/quote:1f9d2]

this one made me laugh biggrin:

[Judas]

60 bucks isnt exactly pocket change ... it sure as fuck doesnt cost 60 bucks to go see lord of the rings ...

[elitecloud]

[quote:6f2c0]"Despite the relatively low price of PC games, many gamers are still choosing to resort to piracy rather than pay for legitimate boxed copies," said Matt Pierce, publisher of the computer games magazine, PC Gamer. [/quote:6f2c0]

he obviously does't have a min wage job...jerk

[SoLiDUS]

[quote="[22nd Elite] Cloud":6e424][quote:6e424]"Despite the relatively low price of PC games, many gamers are still choosing to resort to piracy rather than pay for legitimate boxed copies," said Matt Pierce, publisher of the computer games magazine, PC Gamer. [/quote:6e424]

he obviously does't have a min wage job...jerk[/quote:6e424]

[Kraut Killer]

Well, for the on average computer games sell at roughly forty dollars* (US), where as console game regularly sell for at least ten bucks more. So, relatively... PC games are cheaper. HOWEVER, there's always a however, Doom3 is being priced at fifteen to twenty dollars more than your average PC game... so he can't say anything.

*Just check ebgames.com, and you can see the average PC game price is 39.99, excluding most if not all high profile games.

[Godsmack]

God damn 60 bucks im waiting till the price comes down then to get it, I would download it but damn im on a dial up

[Sergeant_Scrotum]

I can think of many things to spend a days pay on than a video game. I think the video game industry shot itself in the foot like the music industy & the movie industry. making prices just so high that people are not willing to spend that much money.

[Maplegyver]

that guy is an asshole

[Eames]

id rather spend that 60 bucks on a bottle of no2, game designers should do it for the love of it not for huge profits....oh no they lost a few million bucks there all still making enough to make 100,000 more a year.

[WidowMaker555]

if i had a choice to spend 60 dollars on

1 dollar jr bacon cheese burgers
or doom 3

i would get 60, 1 dollar jr bacon cheeseburgers

[Himmler]

i personally dont see the problem in spending $50-60 on a video game. that much is about a days worth of work for me, and when i do that 30 times a month, thats almost nothing for me. considering they did spend probably mroe then $15 MILLION dollars to develop this game, you'd think that you guys wouldnt complain about 60 bucks and just buy the damn game. the only reason i would download it is if i wanted it early, then when it came out i would go out and buy it.

[Maplegyver]

Originally Posted by Himmler

i personally dont see the problem in spending $50-60 on a video game. that much is about a days worth of work for me, and when i do that 30 times a month, thats almost nothing for me. considering they did spend probably mroe then $15 MILLION dollars to develop this game, you'd think that you guys wouldnt complain about 60 bucks and just buy the damn game. the only reason i would download it is if i wanted it early, then when it came out i would go out and buy it.

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[Swill]

Originally Posted by WidowMaker555

if i had a choice to spend 60 dollars on

1 dollar jr bacon cheese burgers
or doom 3

i would get 60, 1 dollar jr bacon cheeseburgers

HELL YES to the jr bacon cheeseburgers ; beer:

[Old Reliable]

wtf they are just capitalist pigs hungry for your money, fuck em and pirate

[Arkan]

Fuck it, they got my $60. If i like something that much, i support the developers and/or artists (music). I d/loaded "A Perfect Circle" newest album and purchased it a week later. There's something about owning an original...with the Cd sleeve and/or game manual.