Prices of Games

[Govant]

I was looking at some prices of new games today, and I was surprised to see most of them up at CAD 69.99. Personally, I am ok with paying between 49.99 and 59.99 for new games, but 69.99 seems like way too much. I do understand people will buy them regardless, I am just curious when the price climb will stop. I also understand we are in the more advanced age of gaming and technology, so prices will be up a bit.

Just curious if any one else thinks this way, or if I am ranting all on my own haha.

What are the USD prices?

 

[darktheif28]

The USD prices are around $59.99 but I agree that it's getting a bit out of hand.

 

[Fenring]

$60 USD. If you don't like the prices, don't buy the product. If you still want it, buy used or save your money like the cool people do.

 

[Thunderhorse31]

Most games in the U.S. start at $50 and $60, with collector's editions pushing up another 10 or 20 bucks.

Prices will never go down. If you try being so bold as to offer a good game for cheap, EA will just buyout the license and drive the price back up to "normal."

After 5 years, no one will remember.

 

[Paulie92]

Most Australian games are about $119.99 Au which despite the exchange rate is still a bit more expensive than that let alone the $90 Au that it used to be when I was a younger lad (about 5 years ago)

 

[icame]

Yeah they are pretty high here. I even saw Eb games (Gamestop in the US) trying to sell the new tiger woods game for $75. But even at 69.99 with the 13% tax your nearly looking at $80. When a new game is a third the price of a new system things have gotten a bit extreme. I just wait for them to go down a bit then buy them. I have a Huge backlog i need to get to right now anyway.

 

[Blue_vision]

Again, as a Canadian, the only $70 game I've seen is MW2. Am I missing something?

But that's why I appreciate not buying a bunch of games. And whenever I do feel like spending money, I go for Steam sales and Indie games.

 

[Govant]

Look up some of the new releases. And yeah I do not buy a whole lot of games either. I just have a few series I follow.

 

[Jodan]

i was miffed when i saw 39.99cad now i have to save up or (more frequently) wit till the price lowers although by playing year old games i get the power of heinsight(sp) and can pick and chose the games that stood up best. and yea old hardware (pc gamer) is cheaper too)

 

[cartographer54]

$59.99 is the usual price for just released American Games (Games sold in America, ahem). 50 bucks seems like a fair price to me, but game developers need to make money, so $60 it is.

 

[migo]

I just wait for prices to come down. Won't buy anything over $20, and I'm only willing to go over $15 if $20 is for a used copy of a game that usually sits at $40-$50.

 

[Kagim]

I was looking at some prices of new games today, and I was surprised to see most of them up at CAD 69.99. Personally, I am ok with paying between 49.99 and 59.99 for new games, but 69.99 seems like way too much. I do understand people will buy them regardless, I am just curious when the price climb will stop. I also understand we are in the more advanced age of gaming and technology, so prices will be up a bit.

Just curious if any one else thinks this way, or if I am ranting all on my own haha.

What are the USD prices?

Where are you in Canada? And are you in a major city?

I live in a medium size town in BC and i rarely if ever see a game hit 69.99. Almost always 59.99 new and one of the four stores in my mall is usually selling it for five bucks cheaper.

As well overall i remember when i was a kid, I'm 21 now, most games were 49.99 new anyways. So over 14 years of buying games they only seem to have gone up in price about ten bucks.

Consoles are not that much cheaper either. While $200 for a nes or snes might not sound like much it definitely cost a lot back then.

Prices really haven't changed a whole lot. More so just rose as people in general started to make more money.

 

[Good morning blues]

I can't even remember the last time I paid full release price for a video game, because they're just not worth it to me. I find it particularly galling that games cost so much more in Canada when the currencies are so close to par. $60 US is roughly $63 or $64 CAD, why the hell am I paying $70?

 

[ohgodalex]

I hate video game prices. I loved owning a Wii, on account of every game being 49.99 or less. In retrospect, saving 10 dollars on my sometimes-monthly game purchases wasn't so great, but it felt like so much less money.

 

[Govant]

I live in a medium sized town in Nova Scotia. Tax is also 15% here. And I rarely, if ever, buy a game near release. I was only wondering if anyone else noticed how with this gen of games, prices dont seem to go down as much.

However, I will add that my Wal-Mart is usually good at lowering prices. Transformers: War for Cybertron was 39.99 a couple days after release. It was a sale that week. And I jumped on it quickly.

 

[teutonicman]

Again, as a Canadian, the only $70 game I've seen is MW2. Am I missing something?

But that's why I appreciate not buying a bunch of games. And whenever I do feel like spending money, I go for Steam sales and Indie games.

Madden games are sold for $70, I can't understand why(rhetorical) but they are. Actually an unusual percentage or games are now $70. http://tiny.cc/16at5 Ranging from Madden to Dead Space 2.

 

[migo]

I live in a medium sized town in Nova Scotia. Tax is also 15% here. And I rarely, if ever, buy a game near release. I was only wondering if anyone else noticed how with this gen of games, prices dont seem to go down as much.

I don't remember pre-2005 any current games dropping to $10, so both extremes seem to be present for this gen.

 

[Enigmers]

Again, as a Canadian, the only $70 game I've seen is MW2. Am I missing something?

But that's why I appreciate not buying a bunch of games. And whenever I do feel like spending money, I go for Steam sales and Indie games.

I remember when Bayonetta came out, I think it was $70, and Darksiders was 60$ (I bought Darksiders and enjoyed it.)

 

[Blue_vision]

Madden games are sold for $70, I can't understand why(rhetorical) but they are. Actually an unusual percentage or games are now $70. http://tiny.cc/16at5 Ranging from Madden to Dead Space 2.

Odd. I haven't seen many $70 games. Though, I would have thought that with the gaming market expanding so rapidly, it'd give room to lower prices. Y'know, if they didn't take the soulless corporation view to making media. That's why I love Indie games
But yes, Madden would totally do that.