What I don't get is that my gf (whose buying the game for me) told me that the PC version costs more than the Xbox version. I've never heard of that happening. Frankly, I think they need to offer a crossplatform product. No physical PC copies, only download, which could then be price reduced because they don't have to worry about production/distribution. All physical console copies would then come with a key for PC download, at the standard price.

But that's in a world where companies aren't greedy. YES, this is one of the few games that has $60 worth of content if not more, BUT, there's really no need to charge customers for plastic, packaging, and distribution costs when they can simply download the product electronically at virtually no cost. Pass on the savings.

I support the OP's sentiment totally.

You hear about piracy concerns all the time. One way to avoid all that would be to set the price to something reasonable, not something that just makes you think twice.

Yes, you zealots (remember that I am a big supporter of Bethesda too)might say that I can get tons of enjoyment out of this game, much more than others. But that is besides the point. Would Bethesda make a worse game if it were to be priced at $50 or lower?

And idiots who ask the OP to get a job didn't read the post - he can afford all three gaming platforms, so he is not poor. Neither am I.

old NES games used to be like 70 bucks.

Games were 49.99 for how many years? I've been gaming since Pong and Intellivisin, and for a long times game prices didn't increase with the times.

Now Digital ames should be cheaper, 49.99 at least since they do not have to pay for packaging, the disc, and other fees. 59.99 or a digital copy is a bit unbalanced. Even server costs to distribute would cost that much to warrent it.

However the economy is higher and the stadard is now 59.99.

Not all games cost that much. Halo Evolution was released at 39.99. Some other new titles 49.99.

I have a job. I make almost $100,000 year with my overtime (base pay is $72,000). That is of course irrelevant and the principle is what I'm discussing. Which has already been disregarded as I thought it would in the first couple replies.

If you were a millionaire, would you buy a bag of potato chips for thirty dollars?

If you were a millionaire, would you buy a bag of potato chips for thirty dollars?

I know (because I'm a nerd and I keep my checkbook ledgers back to the beginning of time) that I paid $40 for Diablo when it came out in 1996. According to http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=40.00&year1=1995&year2=2011, $40 in 1996 is worth $57.72 in 2011. I'm cool with Bethesda rounding up.

Two things are going to happen before anyone reads this:

1. It's going to be disregarded by the community as a whine and not read
2. What's said is going to be justified by those who made the purchase

... neither of which help me. But I feel it needs to be said to the company should anyone care to read it.

Now to set the stage, I've watched this game for a LONG time. I juggled a pre-order on it for many months and just waited to see. I'm now seeing the rave reviews and friends comments and want the game even more now. Except for one thing... the price.

Now I get it. The social and industry norm now is that PC gamers buy games at console pricing. All part of an inflated market for those trying to make an extra dollar. But I can assure you that I have NO plans to EVER purchase a PC game for $59.99. I wont do it, and wont even give it a second thought. I wont go into the details other than I've been gaming for YEARS when new top titles released at $19.99 on CD-ROM and 5 1/4" disk. I saw the industry adjust with the times and slowly go to $29.99 then $39.99 and then stick for many years at $49.99. This new "concept" of paying now another $10 and often times for digital downloading is absurd and frankly disappointing that you'd think me that stupid.

So Bethesda... plan on something soon. Drop the price to a normal respectable PC price ($49.99) and I'll gladly pay it. I have every intentions on owning this game when the price is right. I want very much to experience the game and enjoy it... but I absolutely refuse to contribute to the inflation. Now of course the argument could be made that with my IGN account I could have purchased it from D2D during the pre-order period for $47.00. Trust me I wish I had. But the thought of it originally being a full $60 pricetag from the start bothered me. We're now seeing EA doing it, Activision, and others. Bethesda is one of the latest to fall victim to the "norm".

I guess I should also say that I own a PS3 and 360 (among almost every other console since the Atari). I've paid full price to include $59.99 for console games for a long time... but I accept that for consoles. I don't for PC's. Again I wont go into the reasons because I don't want a flame war. But Bethesda... please drop this price soon so I can enjoy the game!

You are complaining because a PC game costs the same as its xbox equivalent? Um if anything the PC version should be worth MORE, considering you can add mods, make the detail go higher than you can on xbox, more easily download dlc, and numerous other things that just make it better than an xbox game.