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MS and Nintendo Won't Go Budget

Posted by Zonk on from the who-wants-more-sales? dept.

GamesIndustry.biz reports that Microsoft and Nintendo will not be following Sony into budget pricing. From the article: "Sony's initiative will inevitably force its two console rivals to fall in line sooner rather than later. With price pressure on full price titles forcing the high street to adopt aggressive tactics, older titles are looking disproportionately expensive."

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  1. With all 3 consoles' successors about a year away by Txiasaeia · · Score: 4, Informative
    ...it's definitely time for the prices for these console games to come down. Although I love my Gamecube, this is what drives me nuts about it: the prices never seem to really go down. Take, for instance, super smash brothers melee: up here in Canada, it's *still* $40 or $50 brand new, depending on the retailer, and it's what, four years old? There are the odd exceptions, but it's extremely rare to get *any* gamecube game brand new for under $40, unless it's crap.

    PC games drop much quicker, which is nice because people who want to play the game on release date get to pay a premium and the rest of us just have to wait a month or two before it drops $10-15. On the other hand, I've been waiting over six months for Resident Evil 4 to drop from $50 to $35 or $40, and it's still only down to $45.

    Sony's move is definitely welcome; too bad I don't have a PS2 ;)

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  2. Nintendo already by FidelCatsro · · Score: 2, Informative

    Nintendo'S Budget range are all priced around 30 Euros last time i checked.,
    Which looking at the exchange rate , and the average higher price of consumer electronics and software in the EU pretty much means they are about in line with Sony's new US pricing scheme.
    I'm not up on the Xbox side of things but I would imagine it would be simmilar

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  3. Re:With the GBA's successor already here by Deltaspectre · · Score: 0, Informative

    As far as I remember the DS is not in the GameBoy line, it's a whole different thing that happens to play GameBoy games... like the GBP for Gamecube. However I agree with your points on pricing

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  4. Re:Sony blowing smoke by Fred+Or+Alive · · Score: 2, Informative

    The original Slashdot blurb was misleading. Sony were cutting the price of their budget range (PlayStation Platinum) from £20 (~$35) to £15 (~$25). This article is saying that Microsoft and Nintendo are saying Xbox Classics and Gamecube Player's Choice are staying at £20.

    It's of more intrest to European games, but it does illustrate how overpriced games in Europe are.

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