if anyone like me wonders when will games get back to 49.99 like last gen

Actually if you adjust the price for inflation, old generation games were actually $340320420432

Haahahaha just kidding, but seriously though don't let one of those 'if you adjust for inflation' morons correct you. You are getting screwed over.

it will never return that way. The only way u will see that is if the game is old and they drop the price of it.

Lol I actually bought most of my ps2 collection @ $20 or below used. I bought very few games new but times have changed so it's hard to find games cheaper, which means that we need to be more informed consumers. Also developers get no money from used sales so I'll actually get my games new to help thank developers for their hardwork. jyoung312

I remember paying $59.99 for Mortal Kombat on the Genesis in 1993. Back then gas was under $1 a gallon, a stamp was 29 cents and everything was cheaper. Now, 15 years later, gas is $3 a gallon, a stamp is 41 cents and everything else has gone up, except videogames. We're all lucky actually. ch2423

Exactly, we are lucky it took this long for the price of games to go up. Back in like 1988/1989 my mom paid $300 for my Sega Genesis and $50 per game. So the price of games has been unchanged from the NES/Genesis days all the way up the PS2/GC/XB days. All the while everything else has been going up in price... Lucky is right, especially since I've had to buy all my own videogames since I was 15, back in the PS1 days.

[QUOTE="ch2423"]I remember paying $59.99 for Mortal Kombat on the Genesis in 1993. Back then gas was under $1 a gallon, a stamp was 29 cents and everything was cheaper. Now, 15 years later, gas is $3 a gallon, a stamp is 41 cents and everything else has gone up, except videogames. We're all lucky actually. gintheplacetobe

Exactly, we are lucky it took this long for the price of games to go up. Back in like 1988/1989 my mom paid $300 for my Sega Genesis and $50 per game. So the price of games has been unchanged from the NES/Genesis days all the way up the PS2/GC/XB days. All the while everything else has been going up in price... Lucky is right, especially since I've had to buy all my own videogames since I was 15, back in the PS1 days.

Exactly.

I don't think many people realize that we're lucky to only have to pay $60 for a game. I remember paying more then that for most of my N64 collection: Mace the Dark Age, WCW vs NWO, Mortal Kombat Trilogy...the point is that many games were even more expensive at certain times back then.

Anybody who thinks that paying $60 for one game is too much should think about the very small increase in the price of games versus the huge increase in cost to research, develop, manufacture, and advertise a new game. The cost has gone up for them much more then it has for us, so feel good that games don't cost even more.

I understand that $60 is a lot of money to some people, but still, games could easily be more expensive. We've been fortunate that they've only gone up $10 in such a large period of time.

Boo Hoo... £30 for a game

we pay £40 for a new game in the UK that's about $80 to you.

:)

Yeah, Like a lot of people have already stated, we are lucky to buy games at $60. If fair was fair, they would be over $100.

If 60 is too much , just look for sales or buy used. It can be done on a budget.

For those talking about the cartridge game generation, I definitely can agree. At it's peak, some games were $70 back then. I remember paying $70 for Chrono Trigger when it came out. Those 32MB cartridges had some high costs, and PS1 & PS2 generation games actually went down, so it's kinda weird to see prices go up and down over the years.

But I'll just have to agree with the sentiments that we won't really see games drop back down to $50, especially since the video games industry keeps making record revenues and profits.

It'll never go back to $50 IMO (at least until this gen becomes last gen). It's just the cost of business. It takes a tremendous amount of resources to develop a game nowadays (it's a franchise really). A large development team has to work a year or two just to kick out one game. That plus the cost of marketing, and these companies are way in the hole with a game until they can sell enough units to recoup their costs.

When you consider a good game; the entertainment value and the amount of hours of enjoyment you get out of it, I think the cost is fair.

[QUOTE="gintheplacetobe"]

[QUOTE="ch2423"]I remember paying $59.99 for Mortal Kombat on the Genesis in 1993. Back then gas was under $1 a gallon, a stamp was 29 cents and everything was cheaper. Now, 15 years later, gas is $3 a gallon, a stamp is 41 cents and everything else has gone up, except videogames. We're all lucky actually. nyc05

Exactly, we are lucky it took this long for the price of games to go up. Back in like 1988/1989 my mom paid $300 for my Sega Genesis and $50 per game. So the price of games has been unchanged from the NES/Genesis days all the way up the PS2/GC/XB days. All the while everything else has been going up in price... Lucky is right, especially since I've had to buy all my own videogames since I was 15, back in the PS1 days.

Exactly.

I don't think many people realize that we're lucky to only have to pay $60 for a game. I remember paying more then that for most of my N64 collection: Mace the Dark Age, WCW vs NWO, Mortal Kombat Trilogy...the point is that many games were even more expensive at certain times back then.

Anybody who thinks that paying $60 for one game is too much should think about the very small increase in the price of games versus the huge increase in cost to research, develop, manufacture, and advertise a new game. The cost has gone up for them much more then it has for us, so feel good that games don't cost even more.

I understand that $60 is a lot of money to some people, but still, games could easily be more expensive. We've been fortunate that they've only gone up $10 in such a large period of time.

I had all those games, and loved em. Especially Mortal Kombat Trilogy, best MK ever!

Games are $60 now because they figured out people are willing to pay that much. The whole "development costs" argument is nonsense. Simple economics will teach you:

charge more...less sales

charge less...more sales

They end up balancing each other out and having the potential for the same profit margin. We aren't "lucky" to be paying what we are now, considering it's our fault in the first place for the price increase.

It's essentially the same concept with rising gas prices, the price is high because they've figured out people need it and are willing to pay for it. Nothing more.

Games are $60 now because they figured out people are willing to pay that much. The whole "development costs" argument is nonsense. Simple economics will teach you:

charge more...less sales

charge less...more sales

They end up balancing each other out and having the potential for the same profit margin. We aren't "lucky" to be paying what we are now, considering it's our fault in the first place for the price increase.

It's essentially the same concept with rising gas prices, the price is high because they've figured out people need it and are willing to pay for it. Nothing more.

DaddyLongCaddy

A little over simplified, but I agree.