One way 2k can increase sales is by selling MLB2k10 for $29.99

[NINJAK2]

Re: One way 2k can increase sales is by selling MLB2k10 for $29.99

If they make a decent game for 2k10, and charge people $29.99 for it, it can be successful. The trick is that the game has to be good or atleast very decent. They can go the route of nfl2k5, which sold for $19.99 when it came out. Obviously NFL 2k5 was a good game and MLB 2k does not have the rep for being a good baseball game, but it's a start IMO.

Take Two has pretty much blamed MLB 2k9 for their poor performance this quarter. I don't think they would cut the price in half and risk losing more cash next year. Their focus should be on making a good game and worry about price point later.

[Trevytrev11]

Re: One way 2k can increase sales is by selling MLB2k10 for $29.99

Take Two has pretty much blamed MLB 2k9 for their poor performance this quarter. I don't think they would cut the price in half and risk losing more cash next year. Their focus should be on making a good game and worry about price point later.

It just depends what their goal is. I think they view this one of two ways:

1) If we charge full price there is a good chance we sell fewer copies due to a worsened image based on the fact we've released a sub par game for 4 consecutive years. Customers are likely going to be more patient and may not be as willing to just shell out $60.

2) We can knock down the price to $29/$39/$49 and take a hit on our overall profitability, but we're going to get the game into many more people's hands than we would selling it at full price, which is going to help us keep our market share on the PS3 and keep our customer base on the 360 and know that if we deliver a solid product, those customers are going to come back next year and pay full price again.

I think #2 is essentially what they were aiming for when they dropped NFL 2K5 to 19.99. They knew the only way they could get Maddenites to even take a look at the game was to offer it at such a price that they couldn't pass it up.

The bottom line for most of "us" is that this is VC's second year with baseball and if they can't get it done this year, people are going to give up on them. I don't think people are expecting perfection, but it's going to have to show great promise to keep people interested, because people are already very wary.

[Perfect Zero]

Re: One way 2k can increase sales is by selling MLB2k10 for $29.99

I love the whole "no game is worth $60" argument when you think about yourself. I guess you don't think much about the developers who have to put in the code, do the research to get things right, spend loads of time ironing out problems, and the whole like. I guess you don't think about the suits that go out and publish these games, or the investors that spend their money trying to keep things afloat.

People, no matter what you do, this game will be $59.99 at the drop. Whether or not you wait until the price drops is up to you, but I say with 99.999999% confidence that it will not drop despite the way you want the world to turn. Now if you pick up the game at the drop date or even at all is your decision...

[StriderNo9]

Re: One way 2k can increase sales is by selling MLB2k10 for $29.99

I question why you want 2K to make money for a shoddy game at all. I don't care if they get sales for MLB 2K, they are getting what they deserve, how about make a better game then I'll care if it makes money.

[Pared]

Re: One way 2k can increase sales is by selling MLB2k10 for $29.99

This "sell the game at a lower price" idea has been brought up every year ever since 2k did this with NFL 2k5. It's crazy.

It was crazy then, and it's crazy now.

No way, given the circumstances, do we see this happen again, especially given the circumstances surrounding the game.