Battra92 Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 I saw a Final Fantasy soundtrack for 80 dollars recently. I'm sorry but that is absolutely outrageous. I will pirate the shit out of those tracks and then give the finger as I walk away. You can argue the morality of piracy all you want, but 80 dollars for a soundtrack is ridiculous. Frankly, when you set a price like that, you deserve to get a big "fuck you" in the form of everyone torrenting the album. But was that retail or used market price? Digital download Okay now that's just messed up and are just asking for pirates! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 Is that just one game's soundtrack? Or is it like the whole series? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 (edited) Final Fantasy XIII. *edit* On Amazon the CD is over 60 dollars, which is still a "fuck you" price if you ask me. I think, and I'm being generous here, the most you should charge for a game's soundtrack is 30 dollars, and that's if it's a big game like an RPG. If it's a game with barely any more tracks than a regular music CD, you shouldn't charge more than 20. Edited March 27, 2012 by Mister Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 Yeah, I think the pricing should be similar to regular music CD's, based on how many tracks there are and how long they are and everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 @Ethan: I think it should be lower, considering the soundtrack is already recorded to be part of the game. Throwing it on a CD and selling it can't possibly cost them so much that they need to charge the equivalent of an artist whose music is produced to stand on it's own legs. I hate when Collector's Editions have "sample" soundtracks. It has only selected songs, not all of them. CDs still only cost cents to print, right? If youre paying 10 or 20 extra dollars for a CE, you should get the entire soundtrack, not a part of it. Though I ended up eventually not liking the game too much, I was really impressed when I opened up my copy of Persona 4 to find the full soundtrack included. Not a collector's edition. Just a standard edition picked up way after release for a low price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuchikoma Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 I agree with Dean's burger analogy for a lot of DLC. Not all - GTA4's new episodes were like a whole new meal. Things I've read about Dragon Age (or the sequel?) and Hyperdimension Neptunia sound like you get the burger with a bite already taken out. Soundtracks I have no problem with buying separately, though I've pirated some and ripped others (Jet Set Radio is interesting - they're cut into pieces, so you can make custom looped extended versions... Like many, Ragnarok Online is just MP3s inside the main data file.) Deathsmiles L.E. made me want the soundtrack, and claimed to include it, but it was a bunch of remixes so I went and downloaded the real one that I paid for... I was pleasantly surprised to learn I got the soundtracks with Humble Indie Bundle 4 - I've been listening to Super Meat Boy and VVVVVV lately. I've always liked game OSTs though - Einhander, arcade and home versions of Tekken 3, and the Ridge Racer series are some of my favourites. I don't normally buy game soundtracks though. Maybe it's because I'm old enough to remember when "sound test mode" used to be a standard feature in the early to mid 90s. I'm glad Touhou games still include this, even with track commentary. (Actually, Touhou's kind of a freak as game cultrures go, but I've even gone out of my way to import fanmade arrangements by groups like Syrufit, Poplica, Silver Forest, SOUND HOLIC, and Hobby Atelier Carrot Wine. That's a weird case though in that it couldn't be DLC - the original creator isn't involved with them!) But it does make sense to me that soundtracks would be an extra thing. It's much more convenient than leaving the game running in the background to listen to it, or trying to capture it without sound effects while it plays. Some, like Castlevania, even get special arranged soundtracks with real instruments - though that's less of a special thing in the last few generations of console since we can have anything as a soundtrack now. If I bought the OST for something like Journey, I'd expect it to be exactly as in the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted March 31, 2012 Report Share Posted March 31, 2012 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battra92 Posted April 2, 2012 Report Share Posted April 2, 2012 (edited) Maybe I'm showing my rural side off but sorghum is a grain you crack and feed to the cows (though humans can and do eat it.) EDIT: can't type but I still know my cow fodder. Edited April 2, 2012 by Battra92 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantelope V2 Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 (edited) Oh you MS guys..... Edited April 5, 2012 by Yantelope V2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 hmmm. *googles "Office Software"* Top result: OpenOffice. Wikipedia MoneyExpert on free office software Then PC World, amazon, student software..and then MS Office. Maybe not what MS want. At least you can't accidentally buy OpenOffice. Shame the advert sucks and just makes it all look rather silly, corporate counterfeit is a bit of an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 ^Bing has similar results. I'd assume they have endless buyers of office products due to enterprise though so they don't care. I actually like most MS office products, but Outlook is fucking terrible. I use Thunderbird for work and it's a hell of a lot better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 I did initially have the bing results also written up but given that beyond a bit of rearranging the results were pretty much the exact same as google it seemed pointless to add them in. Either way, MS maybe want to work on their search rankings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantelope V2 Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 Maybe we should applaud MS for not adjusting their search results in their own favor. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madbassman39 Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 ^Bing has similar results. I'd assume they have endless buyers of office products due to enterprise though so they don't care. I actually like most MS office products, but Outlook is fucking terrible. I use Thunderbird for work and it's a hell of a lot better. I haven't used thunderbird, but the MS free version Windows Live Mail client is, IMHO, way better than Outlook. I don't think Outlook has kept up with the fact that internet emails very well at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 Haven't tried Windows Live Mail. It's just an ease of use thing. Outlook has too much unnecessary shit for what I need. I need multiple account support with easy search, sort, and tagging options, and Thunderbird absolutely destroys Outlook in that regard. The only benefit I saw when I was using Outlook was that you could setup meetings within the app. Useful, but my company is only 5 people, so we really don't fucking need it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 Maybe we should applaud MS for not adjusting their search results in their own favor. I was under the impressions Bing searches were using Google searches anyway. (which would explain the similarity in the results). Google not only don't adjust results in their favour, they even docked Chrome in search results* after it turned out some advertising firm they hired was doing dodgy SEO stuff. Your'e working for a search engine, surely if they wanted their product higher up, they'de just move it higher up you fucking morons. *Currently for me it comes after Wiki, Opera, Safari, "TheBrowser.com", webopedia, mozilla, avant browser and then Chrome, followed by W3schools and lynx.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madbassman39 Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 (edited) I don't think Outlook has kept up with the fact that internet emails very well at all. That makes no sense. Outlook hasn't kept up with the fact that internet email clients (gmail and such) have become very efficient on their own.** Windows Live Mail seems to do the same as what you describe thunderbird does. Its simple, but it manages to import all of my email folders (unlike Outlook). The only problem is the latest windows 7 update seems to have crashed it. Maybe I should download thunderbird and give that a shot. Edited April 5, 2012 by madbassman39 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 I don't think Outlook has kept up with the fact that internet emails very well at all. That makes no sense. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuchikoma Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 I came to sort of like Outlook at a place that used a well-run Exchange server - that's the real purpose of it, IMO. It always made me nervous though because I'm old enough to remember working in IT when the "love bug" hit - it swept through the company like wildfire on Outlook clients (though we did have it under wraps before noon... It did annihilate a ton of engineering drafts, but they were backed up!) But yeah... it's nice for setting up meetings and recalling messages. It's also sure to be found in most offices since it's part of MS Office. Not saying it's awesome, but it has its place if you have a company of like, 100-1000 people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120309/09000418051/stardock-ceo-wants-to-maximize-sales-not-stop-piracy.shtml Standard fair from "those that get it". Problem is Stardock just tend to suck at making games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 http://www.complex.com/video-games/2012/04/the-10-paths-to-game-piracy Friend linked this on FB. Personally I hate the "one page per item" format, but does a decent round up of all the various reasons folks pirate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Do all of that site's articles have sexy ladies at the top? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 Sick website brah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 Well disable Operas content blocker then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuchikoma Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 You've blocked images from that site. If you right click and select "Block Content" you should be able to unlist it. Or just "Edit Site Preferences", click the "Content" tab, and uncheck "Enable content blocking". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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