Slashdot Mirror
Game Pricing Trends Examined
jvm writes "Over at Curmudgeon Gamer, there's a new article, 'A Preliminary Game Price Study', that tries to address the question 'How does the price of a $50 game drop after its release?'. Data, graphs and discussion are provided for almost fifty games across the three big consoles (PS2, Xbox, GameCube) over a span of nearly six months. Among other observations, two price drop periods are noted since the beginning of 2004, and for this data set it appears that Xbox games were discounted more on average than GameCube and PS2 games."
"Can you imagine shelling out $90 for a cartridge game let alone one as awful as Mortal Kombat for the SNES? (This doesn't include you, Neo-Geo home system owners)."
If you even dare to imply that NeoGeo owners would pay any sum of money for Mortal Kombat on ANY system, you're fit to be tied.
The symbols used in the graphs are very nice. The Xbox line has what resembles an X, the Gamecube one has a square and the PS2 has a triangle. This denotes a well thought out legend. I applaud the efforts of this fine website.