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High Price Scare Tactics

Posted by Zonk on from the dirty-pool dept.

GamesIndustry.biz has comments from Mark Rein, VP of Epic Games, stating that he considers the recent talk about sky high game and console prices nothing but scare tactics on the part of large publishers. From the article: "'I guess they just don't have productive tools like we have,' he went on to suggest."

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  1. Even higher? by Oen_Seneg · · Score: 3, Informative

    £35 for a newly released (PC) game is already sky-high. £5 higher and its not going to sell anywhere near as well until it drops in price. I'm not as up to date on the console situation, but I believe the cost of console games is even higher in the UK.

    Not that it matters, I never buy games until 6-12 months after they've been released just because of the £10-15 price drop.

  2. Re:Genese, SNES games $70 by Knos · · Score: 2, Informative

    10 years ago, rpgs such as final fantasy VI (> 30hours) or dragon quest V (> 30 hours too) were released.

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