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$60 Games Are Here To Stay

Posted by Zonk on from the damn-you-tantalizing-game-titles dept.

Next Generation explores the price jump for 'next generation' titles, looking into the success of the $60 price point for videogames. They have a copious number of graphs and charts to support their findings: "Even without Guitar Hero II, prices in 2007 are still at historically high levels. In January, fully four of the top 10 games sold for $60 or more. In February, that jumped to five $60 games, and the average rose accordingly. While there were four $60 games in March, they shared the top 10 with two Nintendo DS games which brought the average down sharply. This happened again in March -- the month of Pokemon -- and also in May."

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  1. $50 games by Twiceblessedman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wii games are $50 US, $60 games are not here to stay.

  2. Why in my day... by casualsax3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... games cost $90 and we had to play them on the Sega Saturn.

  3. $60 games are here to stay *on the shelf* by Interl0per · · Score: 4, Funny

    Fixed ;)

  4. Re:piracy by spun · · Score: 4, Funny

    I pirate games because there's nothing like the smell of black powder wafting across your forecastle after you've laid a broadside into an EA Game heavy with gold doubloons from the Spanish main. Aaarrrr!

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  5. Re:They did not go up in price, the dollar went do by Opportunist · · Score: 3, Funny

    But energy can neither be created or destroyed, how can it be inflated?

    (That's what you get for discussing economy with geeks...)

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