ESPN LINEUP $19.99 in 2005

[backbreaker]

According to this story there's a strong possibilty.

Another year of sports games at $19.99 "BRILLIANT"

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/11...s_6111980.html

McNealy believes his findings have proved that the company's sports lineup can be profitable at a $19.99 price point--the likely sticker price for the current generation product next year as well.

[Miles_Yuhas]

Quote: Originally Posted by backbreaker

According to this story there's a strong possibilty. Another year of sports games at $19.99 "BRILLIANT" http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/11...s_6111980.html McNealy believes his findings have proved that the company's sports lineup can be profitable at a $19.99 price point--the likely sticker price for the current generation product next year as well.

Hopefully the whole industry will come down. Madden still sold like crazy though at 50.

[Rocky]

Brilliant. Alot of people gave this years games a shot because the price and I feel like many were impressed by it(now the majority of the males in my school plays ESPN NFL or NHL). I think if they were to put out a bit more polished titles in 2005 than it would be huge.

[bearcats_0405]

Thats great if ESPN stays with this strategy then EA sports will most likely lower there prices. Not to $20 but maybe a 10 or 15 doller drop. Once more and more people realize that espn videogames are good games at a good price, than more and more people will buy and I think EA will have no choice.

thats just my 2 cents.

[Brandwin]

I would love another year of $19.99 price tag. I gave ESPN NHL a shot just because of the price tag and I think it might be my favorite sports game online. I almost bought NBA 2K5 because of the price tag and will def get college hoops.

[elicoleman]

With prices like that, more people are to give it a try. I bought NFL, NHL and NBA all this year and plan on buying College Hoops too.

[brudjazz]

We need to be clear about something, though. Is it more sales of Sega that we want, or a better product than EA's, regardless of the cost? I'm not sure you can have the best of both worlds, as we've seen this year that the games aren't quite a steal at the $20 price.

[spankdatazz22]

Quote: Originally Posted by brudjazz

We need to be clear about something, though. Is it more sales of Sega that we want, or a better product than EA's, regardless of the cost? I'm not sure you can have the best of both worlds, as we've seen this year that the games aren't quite a steal at the $20 price.

I feel they're EASILY a steal at $20. Yes, the game(s) may have had frustrating bugs or quirks. But each title was easily more feature-laden than it's EA counterpart, and arguably either it's better or at least, equal. Having the games at $50 and releasing a month or two later isn't going to guarantee games that are relatively bug-free. It's interesting how quickly people forget the huge sales disparity that existed between VC and EA's titles in the previous years.