PS3 games to cost $75+

http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/734/734950p1.html

8800-9800 Yen range, which translates as $75-$85. And let's not forget that it's still cheaper in Japan, so over in the UK (after being inevitably raised first above JP and then above US prices) we could be seeing PS3 games retailing at

Wow.
When will it stop?

Isnt 70 dollars the normal price for games in America?

That would be gay if true but it wont be. I expect games costing 50 quid or up to 60 initially.

It's normally $50 in the US.

Oh well that changes everything. I must be thinking of Australia. Or Canada...

Sony really are shooting themselves in the foot.

No they are not. They could charge $100 a game and people would still buy it.

Parents wouldn't.

Speaking for myself, if I found out that the PS3 was going to cost as much as it's rumoured to be, I wouldn't buy it.

That isn't to say, however, that other people wouldn't either. That's just what I would do, and therefore, think that it's too expensive.

It's not "rumoured to be" anything. It's launching at US $499 and $599.

Parents should obviously be more strict.

Parents should give their kids decent meals and teach them how to talk but alot obviously dont. For an example look at the lower class :p:

Well we know that all PS3 titles won't be over 75 dollars in America. Activision have already stated that their games would go for 60 dollars, the same amount as Xbox 360 games.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/733/733047p1.html

The price drop for the console was for the system only, but I thought games were more expensive in Japan than in the US.

[QUOTE=s0ul]...

That's the ****ing worst analogy I've ever heard.

It wasnt supposed to be a anology, it was a counter point to Bebops idea.

"If its what your whiney kid wants for Christmas I'm sure they could get the **** a console. Kids are dumb and parents are suckers."

He said that it was a basic grabby kid to lazy parent shutting them up. Sure it sounds like it always works but price is a factor. Thus me giving the hummer statement, a bit exstream but I think it made a point. If you dont like it fine by me.

[quote]If a kid's getting a 600 dollar games console I somehow doubt his parents are above spending a lot of money on games too.

Im pretty sure we were talking about the whole kit and caboodle, where as the $75-85 games are a big factor for the over all price of the system (assuming people like games with gaming systems ofcourse)


Even if the parent is willing to buy the systems having games priced as they are will affect how many games they buy. Just because a dad buys his kid a system doesnt mean he will buy games on a whim.



[quote]YOU DONT KNOW THAT THATS ONLY SPECULATION LOL DONT TALK ABOUT THINGS IN THE FUTURE CAUSE YOU DONT KNOW ABOUT THEM LOLOL


Oh hell caps lock Im afraid now, your oviously much more superior.

But seriously.

Theres a difference between warning people , lets say, not to judge how good Far cry will look on 5 screen shots to saying if a price raise in a basic item will hurt sales.

Its not exactly hard to see how this can hurt sony.

But I guess the only real way is to see for ourselves.

I'm not really sure what any of that said but I'm going to maintain that you are a *******.

HOLY EXPENSIVE ****

So, PS3 games will cost about $150 to $200 in Australia at launch. Another reason to not buy a PS3, anyway, I never buy games more than $40.

i thought they confirmed games were 70-100?

More like, you got owned heavy. Quitter.

What ever floats your boat. If you want to say you won this debate go ahead, you can even tell your friends! I stopped giving a crap long ago.

[quote]I don't think I'm out of line in arguing with you; don't be such a schoolgirl about it.

But your post are full of low blows , cusses, and Miss information. I would love to debate with you but every you post seems to be a insult to me. Even now you call me a school girl. Im not afraid of a debate, but I see nothing postiive that can come out of it.

$75+ is lame. Nowadays I never spend more than $30 on a game. Around launches that normally changes, of course, but I still never spend more than $60.


When I was a kid, no way would my parents spend that much on a single gift. I got an N64 a year or so after it was released, and a GCN the Christmas after launch, and the two of those together are still cheaper than a base system PS3. This year they won't even get me a Wii, so I'm gonna have to buy it myself. Not all parents spoil their kids to that extent.

Third party games were confirmed to be $59.99. Whether that holds up, who knows.

Gaming is an expensive lifestyle. It had to go up eventually. :(

Yeah, I don't mind new technologies or anything. It's just the fact that games wouldn't cost so much if regular DVDs were still going to be the standard.

Of course, 360 games are on standard DVDs (right?), and they're $60, so blah.

Some N64 games cost eighty bucks. So sixty isn't bad. Just stop buying ****ty games you can probably beat in a rental. Problem solved.

Yeah, but they were cartridges. See how the advancement of technology from cartridge to standard DVD lowered the price? Well, why couldn't that trend continue? Oh, right, because we have to go back to a more complex way of doing things.

Right, but I'm saying it's cheaper now then it was. So what's the big deal? Sixty bucks isn't asking a whole lot. Sure, fifty would be nice. But it's only a ten dollar increase. Not much.

I'm not sure about this, but I thought the price speculation was for Japan. I'm pretty sure software is more expensive there, so wouldn't our range be a little lower? $60 sounds pretty reasonable, seeing as how 360 games cost that much.

See, but did you hear Sony is making all developers make the game over 400 hours long, so like a game should last you like a year and stuff I read this on the internet.

im not buying the ps3, its way too much, the games prices are way too much, all the ps3 is, is a gold digger

It isn't for Wii. And 20% more money is 20% more money no matter how you look at it. The fact that $100 doesn't get you 2 games anymore is absurd.

Except there's generally a reason you're paying ten bucks more. Plus, most games I'm seeing for the Wii are a rip-off at $49.99.

Nah, not really. Sixty bucks for the games that are actually worth your time definitely aren't a rip-off. I pay thirty bucks for a two hour movie, sixty for a ten-thirty hour game is pretty good.

I can't say that another Tekken will be worth $60, even if I were a major Tekken fan. Paying $10 more for a last-gen game with next-gen graphics isn't my idea of a good purchase. 'Swhy I don't have a 360 yet. I think it's excellent that a system that actually has a next-gen approach to gameplay will have its games available at last-gen's price.

Then don't buy them? Chances are they aren't worth fifty either. But they're not going to price every game appropriately based on it's quality. It's simple enough to judge what's worth fifty or sixty and what isn't.

...I don't. You seem to have misunderstood me completely. I was saying there were more crap games than good ones. End of.

... okay. Thanks for providing me information that's common knowledge to anyone who's ever even touched a game?

It's ok. Thanks for making us post longer than we had to?

You're welcome?

Shut up. I'm leaving this country and never coming back.

k, miss you.

No you won't. :(

I already am :( Come back soon :(

I don't see this as a big deal compared to the outrageous price of the console itself. If someone's willing to shell out $600 for a PS3, an extra $15 or $20 a game shouldn't be a problem. Plus, like somebody said we were paying $60 for N64 catridges a decade ago. So this isn't all that crazy when you put it in comparison.

... and theres always gamefly. I've been considering that for awhile. Although I think that's only an option in the U.S.

Do Gamefly, it's what I use and I totally love it.

The highest-priced N64 game I ever saw was ironically the one that was worth the least: Superman 64 for $64.99.

Yeah that's what I remember. $80 would be ridiculous. If thats the case its surpising N64 did nearly as well as it did.

Ocarina of Time cost the same amount for the limited edition as the regular one here in the States: $59.99. At least that's the way it was at Toys R Us, where I got my copy.

... so are you telling me my memory is incorrect, even though I know for certain, or just saying how much you paid for really no reason at all?

[quote=Vampiro]Except there's generally a reason you're paying ten bucks more. Plus, most games I'm seeing for the Wii are a rip-off at $49.99.

Which games? If you take it as granted that last-gen games were worth $49.99, I don't really see how Wii games couldn't be worth it when they're doing way more interesting things than last-gen games were doing in the same time period.

Most of those games were rip-offs too. But Wii games don't look all that exciting. out of all of the launch titles, I see two that are worth fifty bucks. The rest are ****ty ports and minigames. It won't be until a year from now, give or take, when Wii games will be worth the full price.

few bucks more not a big deal

nintendo use to sell games more than this back in 90's

hmm highest price for n64 game i saw long ago was selling at 110 Canadian

I WIN THE DEBATE

anyways im not gonna pay more than 60 bucks a game for any system.

[quote=Vampiro]Most of those games were rip-offs too. But Wii games don't look all that exciting. out of all of the launch titles, I see two that are worth fifty bucks. The rest are ****ty ports and minigames. It won't be until a year from now, give or take, when Wii games will be worth the full price.

How do you value most of your games, then? What, in your opinion, must a game do to be worth $50?