I could believe it when I read the article that said that Gran Turismo HD will ship as two separate units. The basic game will ship with zero cars and zero courses–just the ability to play online and purchase cars for under a dollar each and courses for under $5.

The Premium version will ship with–wait for it–two cars and two courses.

There are 750 cars planned for the total game and 50 tracks, so let’s do the math here assuming the worst cost scenario for someone who wants a complete copy of the game.

We can assume the game will cost at least $50 and 750 cars times $1=$750 and 50 courses times $5-$250. This is over $1,000 for a video game!!!

This is more than the PS3 which is already outrageously priced.

Now, I love the ability to download additional content for existing games and I’m even willing to pay for it but there is a limit to this insanity. For example, I bought Call of Duty 2 for the XBOX 360 for $60. Then I bought the picture pack and gamer theme (a menu background for the XBOX and picture you can add to your profile which everyone sees online). Then I bough the additional maps for online play when they came out about six months after the game did (another $10). So, I shelled out about $75 for a $60 game and I thought this was a reasonable return on investment for my entertainment dollar.

But if you think I’m paying $1,000 for a game you’re out of your mind. If I had $1,000 to spend without fear or guilt (and I weren’t happily married), it would be on a hooker in Vegas and not on some video game by a grubbing money-hungry company hell bent on turning people away from gaming altogether and forever.

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  • Read the article that started this whole thing (Hat tip to Ed for sending me the link)

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