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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. Real Reason by Soulcat · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And now we see the real reason the music industry is losing money. People have only so much disposable income, and I bet CD sales are losing to game sales, and game price just get higher, bet this year will be another loss for the riaa.