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Sega Goes Cheap to Battle EA in NFL Game Sales?
An anonymous reader writes "According to as yet unconfirmed reports on DealRush.com, Sega is going full force at EA's football market share by slashing their football game's price by 60% and only asking $19.99 this upcoming year, instead of the usual $49.99. EA, the current market leader in football games, outsells Sega's title, year after year, by a wide margin. This year Sega may have adopted a new strategy to hook them with price, and follow through with quality in an effort to increase sales. EA has yet to respond. ESPN NFL ships in August for Playstation 2 and Xbox. [A GameSpot report has a Visual Concepts spokesperson indicating there will be 'big announcements regarding the game soon', but there's no official word.]"
Over here (Europe) EVERYTHING is 60(~US$70).
Only second hand crappy games would be $50. You'd have to dive deep into the bargin bin to get one for $19.99.
Some games are works of art, some are god awful pieces of software unfit for use. Not only that games are the same price across systems?! Why is the current system of price fixing in effect? Someone call the FCC! The FCC's european counterpart!
At least PC games have a good spread in price. I picked up C&C:Red Alert 2 for 7!!! Hot danm!
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"it's amazing that competition is helping lower prices" ???
I wouldn't say that in an economics classroom - you'd just get blank stares and dirty looks.
Of course competition lowers pricing - it almost always does. I say "It's about damn time," because the pricing of video games just doesn't make any sense. There aren't enough video game publishers for there to be true free market conditions.
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Spoken like someone who hasn't played the series in any depth. To the casual observer and intellectually shallow person who feels the need to berate anyone who enjoys sports video games and sports in general [in an attempt to feel superior], the Madden series may look like a series of roster updates. This is not the case. I'd explain a number changes that have come about through the years but why bother? You've already judged without any knowledge whatsoever. Go back to thinking you've got some great intellect; your dream world is where you should stay.
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That may be true, but Sega has really built up a solid reputation in the past 2-3 years with their 2kX sports games (especially their baseball game - EA scrapped their baseball franchise and all of its history and reputation to start all over after World Series Baseball slapped it around for several years).
And with their new publishing deal with Take Two, you've got to think that there will be more advertising and marketing than before.
I was ecstatic when I saw the new price point. I immediately pre-ordered the game. In the past, I've always just played the "year behind game" where I'd buy the previous year's iteration in the bargain bin after the new one came out. Download the last roster update (Xbox Live) and then manually tweak them to reflect the new years starting rosters. Ta-da. It's a new game to me and I didn't shell out full price for a glorified sports game expansion pack.
The whole exclusive players contract thing was just a rumour. Ended up being not true.
No reason to lie.
The title is Eats, Shoots & Leaves. The official site is here. Also, it is a book, not a short story or an article. Either underline it or put it in italics - do not put it in quotes. And where's the question mark?
Now: I have yet to pick the book up. However, I do have a BA and an MA in English, which might explain it for you.
Can already be pre-ordered at Gamestop for 20 bucks.
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