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I'd have to say that I agree with Hal Halpin (president and founder of the Entertainment Consumers Association). Because of the developing technology, such as subscriptions to GameFly©, or downloadable games through XBOX Lives© new dashboard. I believe that we will most likely see a stand still of $59.99 for games, if not a slight price drop because of competition between publishers/developers and these subscription services that allow you to download or simply rent games for a cheaper price. In addition, one thing that publishers need to take into consideration when determining a price, is piracy. If prices continue to rise too greatly, then you could see an incline in people copy or pirating games. This could lead to revenue drops for these game companies and thus, they'd be loosing more money then they hoped to gain.
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I'd have to say that I agree with Hal Halpin (president and founder of the Entertainment Consumers Association). Because of the developing technology, such as subscriptions to GameFly©, or downloadable games through XBOX Lives© new dashboard. I believe that we will most likely see a stand still of $59.99 for games, if not a slight price drop because of competition between publishers/developers and these subscription services that allow you to download or simply rent games for a cheaper price. In addition, one thing that publishers need to take into consideration when determining a price, is piracy. If prices continue to rise too greatly, then you could see an incline in people copy or pirating games. This could lead to revenue drops for these game companies and thus, they'd be loosing more money then they hoped to gain.