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.]"

Comments

Re:so great

[MarkPNeyer]

"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.

Re:my thoughts

[bigman2003]

The whole exclusive players contract thing was just a rumour. Ended up being not true.

Re:Correction

[gamgee5273]

No, no, no. Man, the assumptions just fly around here sometimes, don't they?

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.