I - Insane gaming prices.

Why would I pay 60 dollars for a PC game? The game is only going to be "playable" at the level that is acceptable to gamers for about a year. I didn't get a subsidized price on my PC. Why should I have to pay console prices for bad ports to PC? It doesn't make any sense.

For years console games have been higher priced. The reason behind this is because you get the console so cheap. Yes, XBox fans, your precious console is just as expensive as a PC. You, however, get to pay 10-20 bucks more for your games to make up for it. They subsidized the price of your console, just like they do for cell phones, and then tax your ass on the back end with higher game prices of "premium" services. I will talk about XBox Live later, don't worry.

PC games are now starting an alarming trend of going the 60 dollar route. Most notable are the two feuding FPS titles Medal of Honor: Tier 1 and Call of Duty: Black Ops. Both of these carry a steep 60 dollar price tag and don't offer anything special for it. What happened to the days of dedicated servers and modable games? Remember when we could play custom levels? The days of Tribes, Counter-Strike and Unreal Tournament seem to be completely over. We get small boxes and only get solid new maps when we pay for them later. Ugh.

I am very disappointed with the industry and the outrageous prices that they are charging. I hope that people either don't buy the games or opt for a cheaper alternative. Neither game is really outstanding or even feels new and intuitive, it's the same old rehashed shit you've already played. You just spent 60 bucks to play the newest version with your buds. I'd rather spend 40 bucks and get shitfaces with my buddies and then play Counter-Strike, which is like 5 bucks now. It may not be as pretty, but it's probably better than any of the CoD games.