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  • Victor99
    Living The Dream!
    • Mar 2005
    • 1230

    #1

    Why are Xbox 360 games $59.99?...

    Sorry if this has been discussed before in another thread. Did MS set the price? Or was in a combination of other reasons? I'm still getting three games at launch, Madden 06, Tiger Woods 06, and NBA 2K6. Sixty bucks plus tax is a hard pill to swallow though. Three games=almost 200 bucks. Yikes. I better start working some OT.
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  • nofearsp2007
    Banned
    • Feb 2005
    • 2432

    #2
    Re: Why are Xbox 360 games $59.99?...

    because it costs more to develop games now.

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    • Victor99
      Living The Dream!
      • Mar 2005
      • 1230

      #3
      Re: Why are Xbox 360 games $59.99?...

      Originally posted by nofearsp2007
      because it costs more to develop games now.

      Boy, do I feel dumb. Is that really all there is to it? I guess the days of the 300 dollar console and the 50 dollar game are over.
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      • garnettrules21
        MVP
        • Oct 2003
        • 2392

        #4
        Re: Why are Xbox 360 games $59.99?...

        yea but if you look at it 10.00 more for the quality of games that will be coming out will be worth it. even if you got a minimum wage job like me, just look at it as if you have to work 2 more hours to pay the difference. shouldnt be too bad.

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        • jmood88
          Sean Payton: Retribution
          • Jul 2003
          • 34639

          #5
          Re: Why are Xbox 360 games $59.99?...

          It's only ea games that have announced a price of $60.
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          • Miles_Yuhas
            MVP
            • Mar 2004
            • 2689

            #6
            Re: Why are Xbox 360 games $59.99?...

            Originally posted by jmood88
            It's only ea games that have announced a price of $60.
            Actually. almost all games except for Microsoft published ones, are 60.

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            • Fresh Tendrils
              Strike Hard and Fade Away
              • Jul 2002
              • 36131

              #7
              Re: Why are Xbox 360 games $59.99?...

              I'm not at all surprised the price for games is being raised to $60. The way companies were releasing "special edition" games for $60 seemed to be foreshadowing a raise.



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              • pfunk880
                MVP
                • Jul 2004
                • 4452

                #8
                Re: Why are Xbox 360 games $59.99?...

                Because consumers will be willing to pay $60.
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                • UGA14
                  Rookie
                  • Jul 2003
                  • 342

                  #9
                  Re: Why are Xbox 360 games $59.99?...

                  Originally posted by pfunk880
                  Because consumers will be willing to pay $60.
                  And that's all there really is to it. Demand, demand, demand.

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                  • goh
                    Banned
                    • Aug 2003
                    • 20755

                    #10
                    Re: Why are Xbox 360 games $59.99?...

                    I realized this for the most part makes 0 differance in Canada.

                    While making room for my comp in my game room I found a bunch of old reciets from Xbox & PS2 games and most were 69.99$,now everything is 10$ more instead of 20$ like it was then. The 49.99$ American games are 59.99$ now here and used to be 69.99$ so it's just a small step back here.

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                    • luv_mist
                      Older
                      • May 2004
                      • 9596

                      #11
                      Re: Why are Xbox 360 games $59.99?...

                      I wrote a article on here that stated the price increase on the 360 for games. The increase is only about 1 million compared to what they thought it would be which didn't seem justifiable enough to raise the price. So far, the games haven't been officially announced at their proper prices. It's all speculation from what I'm hearing so far. System is already in stone, XBOX Live is in stone, next step is the games....

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                      • videobastard
                        MVP
                        • Aug 2004
                        • 3388

                        #12
                        Re: Why are Xbox 360 games $59.99?...

                        After about a year the prices will drop. They are able to do this at launch because its new. they know people will shell out an extra 10 dollars because its a new console. I like how PGR3 is 49.99 and is one of best games available at launch.

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                        • Heelfan71
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                          • Jul 2002
                          • 19940

                          #13
                          Re: Why are Xbox 360 games $59.99?...

                          They are $59.99 due to oil prices and September 11th.
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                          • Slymm
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                            • Nov 2002
                            • 3406

                            #14
                            Re: Why are Xbox 360 games $59.99?...

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