Why do PS3 greatest hits cost 29.99?

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#1 pimpdude205
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When xbox greatest hits only cost 19.99?
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#2 supmt
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The more important question is, why do "greatest hits" games tend to cost less than non-"greatest hits" counterparts, when supposedly they are greatest hits because they sold a lot more, therefore suggesting higher demand which normally would lead suppliers to raise prices in order to maximize profit?

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#3 spawnassasin
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does xbox even have any games that are platinum hits

im not trying to troll or anything its just everytime i go to the store to buy games i have never seen a platinum hit game for xbox

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#4 pimpdude205
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I'm not sure. I'm not trolling either I was just at target today and I noticed that an xbox "greatest hit" was 19.99 and a PS3 one was 29.99, so I was wondering.
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#5 BaraChat
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Most of them can be easily found for 19.99 or less.

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#6 Vyse_Legends
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Because that is the price Sony decided on?:?

How the hell are we supposed to know?:P

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#7 Gxgear
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You can find almost all the Greatest Hits titles at 19.99.

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#8 MFbronz
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maybe cuz its blu ray??? i dont know ....
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#9 NamelessJay
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My local wal-mart has all of their greatest hits PS3 games on for $17 right now. Since I have pretty much every game that is a greatest hit now I only picked up Modnation Racers :P

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The more important question is, why do "greatest hits" games tend to cost less than non-"greatest hits" counterparts, when supposedly they are greatest hits because they sold a lot more, therefore suggesting higher demand which normally would lead suppliers to raise prices in order to maximize profit?

supmt
No, the most important question is why the **** are the greatest hits in those ugly red cases.
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#11 SummerHillard
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The more important question is, why do "greatest hits" games tend to cost less than non-"greatest hits" counterparts, when supposedly they are greatest hits because they sold a lot more, therefore suggesting higher demand which normally would lead suppliers to raise prices in order to maximize profit?

supmt

That really depends. Some games that aren't GH stay very high in price, while others drop like a rock. So it could go either way.

Personally, 90-95% of the games I purchase are GH anyways. This generation especially, it seems like any game worth a crap becomes a GH eventually, with only a few exceptions.

In addition, not all of the GH titles are $29.99. As I posted before in a recent thread, SCE titles seem to like to stay at the $30 mark, but almost every other third-party game will eventually hit $19.99. Although some retailers might keep them higher.

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#12 DISSESHOWEDO
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[QUOTE="supmt"]

The more important question is, why do "greatest hits" games tend to cost less than non-"greatest hits" counterparts, when supposedly they are greatest hits because they sold a lot more, therefore suggesting higher demand which normally would lead suppliers to raise prices in order to maximize profit?

funsohng

No, the most important question is why the **** are the greatest hits in those ugly red cases.

Have you seen the european platinum editions ?That's ugly !!!

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#13 fighter91
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You can find almost all the Greatest Hits titles at 19.99.

Gxgear
I disagree. I've been looking for Heavy Rain and Uncharted 2 Greatest hits for 20 bucks but had no luck. Kmart had a sale for them for 20 bucks last week but all of the stores by me and even the online store, was out of stock for BOTH GAMES.
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#14 bluezclue
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Every single game I have bought for the ps3 in the past 2 years has been less than $16... then again I dont go to gamestop to buy my games... ebay is your friend
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#15 lensflare15
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[QUOTE="funsohng"][QUOTE="supmt"]

The more important question is, why do "greatest hits" games tend to cost less than non-"greatest hits" counterparts, when supposedly they are greatest hits because they sold a lot more, therefore suggesting higher demand which normally would lead suppliers to raise prices in order to maximize profit?

DISSESHOWEDO

No, the most important question is why the **** are the greatest hits in those ugly red cases.

Have you seen the european platinum editions ?That's ugly !!!

Are you talking about the boxes with the Yellow cases? If so, I agree they are ugly (I've got one). Red cases are much better than those...

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#16 jshaas
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There's actually several PS3 GH titles for $20. $30 is the starting point when a game is garnered with the GH honor. Look at it this way... it's 50% of the launch price.
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#17 2Chalupas
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This thread is all wrong anyway. The platinum hits on XBOX first start out at $29.99 MSRP just like on PS3. 360 games tend to drop in prices much faster than PS3 games though. But I'm pretty sure for cross platform games once the price gets cut it gets cut on both systems.
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#18 DeltaOneSeven
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Screw GameStop, head to Amazon. They got sexy prices.
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#19 DeltaOneSeven
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does xbox even have any games that are platinum hits

im not trying to troll or anything its just everytime i go to the store to buy games i have never seen a platinum hit game for xbox

spawnassasin
They're really select games. I can only see CoD4 in my library.
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#20 Gxgear
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[QUOTE="Gxgear"]

You can find almost all the Greatest Hits titles at 19.99.

fighter91

I disagree. I've been looking for Heavy Rain and Uncharted 2 Greatest hits for 20 bucks but had no luck. Kmart had a sale for them for 20 bucks last week but all of the stores by me and even the online store, was out of stock for BOTH GAMES.

Too bad for you, I guess.

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#21 TonyDanzaFan
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I like the red cases. They is sexyyyyyy
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#22 BonoBoy
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When xbox greatest hits only cost 19.99?pimpdude205
They hit way harder!
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#23 Megavideogamer
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Because thats what Sony Corp has priced the PS3 greatest hits. I just dislike the Red cases.

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#24 PoisoN_Facecam0
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I can honestly say I have never bought a greatest hit game.. I buy them the day they come out.. They are hideous also.. Personally I would prefer if there were never any greatest hits, I hate both prices dropping, and reprints..
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#25 russiaAK47
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i think its the blu ray disc