There’s no way in hell I’m paying $200 for a video game. It ain’t happening. At the same time, let’s not ignore the fact that video game prices do seem to be increasing. Makes sense to me: we paid $40 for PSone games and $50 for PS2 games.
Basically, Next Gen conducted a Newsweek-like investigation into the topic of increasing video game prices. The online magazine took great pains to emphasis that Guitar Hero II could be viewed as an outlier if analyzed with other sales data. That aside, and several Microsoft Works charts later, we find out that yes, video game prices have increased by a few dollars on the whole.
$60 games are here to stay. The only solution is to riot. Obviously.
How Game Prices Are Shooting Higher [Next Gen]
I don’t remember Playstation games being $40. When I bought my machine at launch they were $50 or $60. Heck, even some Genesis carts were more expensive (Phantasy Star IV comes to mind.)
Rock Band at $200? Sure, when you consider what it comes with, why not? Is it any different from Steel Battalion racking up $170?
F that.
-Ious