Game Pricing Trends Examined

Posted by simoniker on Monday June 21, 2004 @10:01AM from the waiting-for-the-bargain-bin dept.

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."

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The Best Times to Buy by xanderwilson · 2004-06-21 10:13 · Score: 0, Offtopic

From the article:

There are at least two key price-drop events. The first is from about the last week in January to the first week in February (25-35 days after the beginning of the year). The second is during the last two weeks of March (75-90 days after the beginning of the year). These are observed across all three platforms: Sony PlayStation 2 (PS2), Microsoft Xbox, and Nintendo GameCube (GC).

Very helpful indeed.

Alex.