PS3 Game Prices. (sorry if theres already a thread for this)

[BillCosby]

I was just at CompUsa today, and Ive got a friend that works there. I asked him if they had gotten any sku's for the ps3 or for the games. He said they got 2 sku's for games one was warhawk and he couldnt remember what the other was. He said the sku's were $59.99. Sorry if this should be posted somewhere else, but I thought there may be some ppl concerned about ps3 game prices.

[masteratt]

Although that might be the expected price, it's a bit up in the air at the moment and rumours suggest that games can actually vary price between $60 to $80.

This is the only thing that worries about the PS3 at the moment. I will give a big sigh of relief when the price is confirmed at $60.

[LaLiLuLeLo]

if games are running higher than 60 bucks a pop then I've no choice but to call it quits-- can't support a gaming habit where games are higher than that. That's just ridiculous. Of course, I don't think they will, they really don't need to further price people out of the playstation 3 anyway.

[rpgamer_2k5]

Wii games will be priced at $69.99 avg in Canada which is up from the $59.99 average on the current-gen consoles. The PS3 titles will probably be priced at $69.99 at lowest in Canada.

[Viper]

Wii games will be priced at $69.99 avg in Canada which is up from the $59.99 average on the current-gen consoles. The PS3 titles will probably be priced at $69.99 at lowest in Canada.
Where did you hear this?

[LaLiLuLeLo]

!!!! Oh, in canada.
ha. okay.

[rpgamer_2k5]

Where did you hear this? Both Futureshop, and Best Buy lists the $69.99 price tag. But after checking out the US counterpart, the Wii titles will be priced at $49.99US which includes a $10 off discount for new titles. Seeing that Canadians also get a $10 discount, it means that I'll be grabbing Wii titles at $59.99. :Carrot:

As for the PS3, it seems like there is $59.99US price tag which means that the PS3 games will be priced higher.

Sources:
http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/dept.asp?logon=&langid=EN&catid=24333
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/class.asp?logon=&langid=EN&catid=24294

US counterpart
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?navLevel=5&type=category&navHistory=cat00000%2Bcat02000%2Bcat02119%2Bpcmcat 91400050030&id=pcmcat92300050001

[Viper]

Don't go by those listings, they're just placeholders.

[Leedogg]

Both Futureshop, and Best Buy lists the $69.99 price tag. But after checking out the US counterpart, the Wii titles will be priced at $49.99US which includes a $10 off discount for new titles. Seeing that Canadians also get a $10 discount, it means that I'll be grabbing Wii titles at $59.99. :Carrot:

As for the PS3, it seems like there is $59.99US price tag which means that the PS3 games will be priced higher.

Sources:
http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/dept.asp?logon=&langid=EN&catid=24333
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/class.asp?logon=&langid=EN&catid=24294

US counterpart
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?navLevel=5&type=category&navHistory=cat00000%2Bcat02000%2Bcat02119%2Bpcmcat 91400050030&id=pcmcat92300050001

yep, those prices are subject to change at any given moment.

I think that the official game prices won't come out until TGS.

[MrDenny]

I thought sites just list those prices randomly like they do release dates. They always get it wrong. I dont want to pay anymore than 50$. Seriously i only have like 6 ps2 games. I would buy more but i cant afford them.

[Uzumaki]

Well from what I’ve been hearing is that the ps3 is expensive to developed for and 360 is cheap to develop for, but I still expect and hope that the ps3 games cost the same as the 360 games because I’m going to be super picky on what game I buy if they end up costing $60-$70.

[chrismt]

Hmm, well I don''t see PS3 games rising above $60 unless a precedent is set by someone else. Sony has made too much controversial news lately, and this would drive interest further away from the PS3.

Really though, I don't see console games prices rising above the cost of PC games, or else console games would suffer the fate of UMD as people see PC as a superior gaming machine.

[Viper]

Chrismt, they already are above PC game prices.

Games used to retail for as high as $79.99 on SNES (granted that was due to cart costs instead of dev costs).

[chrismt]

Hmmm, I wasn't aware of this. There aren't any new games coming out yet at that price though, so my statement at least partially stands.

[Sephiroth_VII]

if games are running higher than 60 bucks a pop then I've no choice but to call it quits-- can't support a gaming habit where games are higher than that. That's just ridiculous. Of course, I don't think they will, they really don't need to further price people out of the playstation 3 anyway.
Ahem, Danish(And gamers in other parts of Europe) gamers have to pay 85.27-51.16 USD, so I still don't see how you can complain... Oh, and that's for this gen, new 360 games are generally 102.33 USD.

We're paying th 100 $ now, which is actually your worst fear! The world just isn't fair...

[RavenFox]

I just hope they stay at $59.99. Metal Gear and Heavenly Sword on the other hand Ill give an arm for.

[rpgamer_2k5]

Sephiroth_VII, doesn't that figure include taxes. Exclude the taxes and then post the price. For a North American titles over $60US is quite high. In Canada that would be rounded up to $70. With a 14% tax rate, the final price would be around $80. And you need to take in account that Europe has higher tax rates applied to products/services because of the various social services available in Europe. In Canada, even though we get it better than US, it's still pretty half-assed. Most are not going to be able to afford or not want to spend $79.99 for a game.

I want to see PS3 games priced at the same rate as the 360 which is $59.99 in Canada. I wouldn't mind $49.99, a figure that one of my friends believe that Wii titles will be sold at.

[MrDenny]

59.99 plus 7.25%. Thats alot of money. 2 games can buy me a brand new ds. I really hope they drop to 50$. Im buying a wii first because its cheaper. Wii games better be 50$ max. PS3 will have to wait until next price drop for me.

[sudzy]

The game prices make me nervous. The developers do have to make their money up somewhere, and that somewhere is usually us :(. I think that Sony will cap it reasonably though.

[Beenie Man]

I think the devs will gain back their money through downloadable premium extras , levels, chapters, etc.

[Smokey]

i pay 100 for a new AAA game here & we only got 10% tax & we were paying that before our gst came in soooo..... 60US aint bad. poor apple pays even more again :( higher gst & exchange rate all round for us

[Beenie Man]

I personally believe Sony should:

Shave the PS3 price by a $100($400 for 20GB PS3, $500 for 60GB PS3):

By doing that, consumers will get a superior system compared to the premimum 360 for the same price and a Blu-Ray player, or a all out multimedia system/Full Digital Blu-Ray player for only a $100 more. I personally believe $500 is the sweet spot and $600 feels quiet uncomfortable(especially if your system breaks down)

-Price The Games At $59.99:

By doing so, developers can make up money by offering downloadable extras(not a broken game with completion through downloading chapters, levels, etc.).

Just my:2cents:

[Viper]

Beenie Man, they do that and they may lose more money this gen than MS did last gen. The PS3 is set at a high price for a reason and that's to offset as much of the losses accrued on hardware as possible.

[Sephiroth_VII]

Yeah, the price I stated was after I applied tax, MOMS and all of the other crap they put on top.

I honestly don't care if it's tax that upsa the price. I go to a store, and I pay +100 bugs for a game. That's not fair, no matter what.

Even though we get free medical treatment, it's still unfair. Who needs to be at good health, I only need to be able to move my thumbs;)

[Beenie Man]

Beenie Man, they do that and they may lose more money this gen than MS did last gen. The PS3 is set at a high price for a reason and that's to offset as much of the losses accrued on hardware as possible.

Hmm, I guess your right. However, they must drop the price strategetically with good timing. The way I see it

-They see how the public reacts to the price and overview the initial sales and how fast the system is selling to determine when they will have a price drop.

-When all the fanboys, hardcore fans, HDBuffs, etc. buy the first 6 million units, they should include alot of extras inside the package to get consumers interested(like a free movie, game, etc.)

-Drop the price down $200 by Fall 2007 which will make the 20GB PS3 $300 and the 60GB PS3 $400.

-Move on to a 65nm line(RSX and Cell) which will further cut the price and drop the price another $100 by Fall 2008 which will make the 20GB PS3 $200 and the 60GB PS3 $300.

-Continue with traditional price drops and special bundles(the usual stuff)

-By 2010-2012, release a slimmer, slicker, cooler, smaller PS3 which is much cheaper which will attract the average as they are getting alot of shit in a small affordable machine(Blu-Ray, DVD, CD, Wi-Fi, big HDD, HD games, etc.).

-The smaller PS3 should include:

100GB HDD

2 Controllers

4x or 6x Blu-Ray drive

Whatever they decide to add(All pure speculation)

That is what I believe they should do.

[Infernal]

I think those price drops there are a little too insane. $200 in 2007 and another $100 in 2008... They are moving to 65nm in 2007 btw, not 2008. If anything expect 100 dollars in 2007 and maybe another hundred in 2008, but probably more like $50. Don't expect any $200 price drops though.

[Xerxes]

The game prices have to be on par with their competition [Xbox 360]. If games are not competively priced, then no one will buy them and Sony will have greater chance for at failing. I am sure that Sony games will cost 49.99-59.99 just like the 360. 49.99 for lower end games or 1st party games and 59.99 for 3rd party games, unless they come with a peripherial (Eyetoy, Dance Mat, etc.).

[EvilTaru]

]Wii games will be priced at $69.99 avg in Canada which is up from the $59.99 average on the current-gen consoles. The PS3 titles will probably be priced at $69.99 at lowest in Canada.

I'm interested in how exactly they can justify that kind of pricing for wii games.

[Mitri]

i thought it was confirmed that with being the lowest priced console the games would also be the lowest priced? so for the Wii wii shouldn't worry about pricing above current day.

[masonite]

i pay 100 for a new AAA game here & we only got 10% tax & we were paying that before our gst came in soooo..... 60US aint bad. poor apple pays even more again :( higher gst & exchange rate all round for us


i managed to pay $75AUD for GT4 the week it came out, but that was at JB HiFi. most games i find are around $100 too, but it's been like that for a while. i remember formula 1 98 (or was it 99?) was $100 on ps1, and N64 games were usually $120 when they came out (admittedly due to carts). that's $90US.....

people shouldnt be complaning about $60US though, if we got to pay that for all games i'd be stoked. perhaps with no more regions games might be more "competitively" priced in australia compared to other regions??

[yoshaw]

I don't know how you guys would take this but lets say I'm quite pleased to know atleast Bluray wouldn't cost as much to manufacture as it was initially estimated.

However, this effects PS3 videogame disc prices is anyones guess. But I'd definitely consider it a bold step towards BD prices coming down at some point in the very near future. And probably bringing down with it PS3 game prices as well. So those concerned over initial BD prices shouldn't hold onto it more than the end of 2006-07 year. As suggested in this recent article below.

Sony to Make BD-ROM Cover Layer by Spin Coating by the End of 2006

Sony Corp. has announced that it will manufacture the cover layer formed on the disc surface of read-only Blu-ray Disc (BD-ROM) medium solely by spin coating by the end of 2006.

The company reports that the adoption of spin coating can boost yield to the level comparable with that of the existing DVDs. In addition, further cost reduction is possible since the cycle time can be shortened from the current four seconds to around three seconds which is almost equivalent to that of the DVDs. Meanwhile, sheet coating is currently used to form the cover layer.

http://xs303.xs.to/xs303/06285/sony1.jpg
SMM's BD-ROM mass production line in Shizuoka

Sony has also announced that its affiliate company Sony Music Manufacturing Inc. (SMM) in Shizuoka Prefecture has started manufacturing movie software compliant with the Advanced Access Content System (AACS) copyright protection standard as well as evaluation BD-ROM discs, and released the photographs of the mass production line.


http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20060713/119134/

[VG Aficionado]

Nice stuff yoshaw :thumbl:

[woundingchaney]

I never put much thought when I read around that Sony games are "supposedly" going to be higher than the competitions prices of 50 - 60 USD. Then, the Sony rep came along (whatever the hell his name is???) and basically said he had no idea how much a game was going to cost, thats when I started worry (LOL he didnt say that he had no idea but you guys get my meaning).

I personally think it would be suicide for Sony to release games above the comp. in this instance, having a higher priced console is manageable (especially considering it is a one time purchase) though higher priced software could be the nail in the consumers wallet.

[VG Aficionado]

I am certainly more concerned about the price of games than about the price of any system. There are many PS3 games I would like to buy and I think that I will either have to import them (good thing all games will be region free, the fact that all languages could be featured in the same disc and that in any case the English version will be interesting enough for me) or wait until prices drop to platinum levels.

[Smokey]

the problem i see Masonite is that they use the euro as an exchange for the games as they have with the console. i can see myself trying to import certain games, but im a bit lazy for that lol. i never buy too many games anyway. mgs, v8s, splintercell, socom, gt & a few others. id say i might buy a few more this time round though :)

[Viper]

I'm interested in how exactly they can justify that kind of pricing for wii games.
That's not official at all as has been stated already. It's just a retailer with placeholder figures.


Keep in mind that the N64 had higher game prices than the PS and it still had the best selling games of the gen. Xeres, saying no one will buy them just because they are $10.00 extra is proven false by past generations.

Beenie man, that's some aggressive price cutting. They can't just cut the price because they feel like it. They'll cut costs as cost of materials and manufacturing warrant them to do so.

[overclocked]

The supply/demand is the only mainfactor for this gen, as it always is, always will be.

I am certainly more concerned about the price of games than about the price of any system. There are many PS3 games I would like to buy and I think that I will either have to import them (good thing all games will be region free, the fact that all languages could be featured in the same disc and that in any case the English version will be interesting enough for me) or wait until prices drop to platinum levels.

Yes, but its as usual. I wont wait for Platinum but rather see if i can save 10Euros here or there and sometimes more, then i can always buy from other people.
At around ~50Euros level i think its fine but the first games will be between 60-70. I think in the first halfyear i will spend around ~50-55Euro(or about 500-550SEK) per month.

[Beenie Man]

I really hope that first party games are $49.99 and 3rd party $59.99. If they are like $65 that wouldn't be so bad. However, anything above $69.99 or $100, I might have to wait a few years to get a PS3 as the PS3 would be a little too expensive for good experience.

[Mitri]

I personally think it would be suicide for Sony to release games above the comp. in this instance, having a higher priced console is manageable (especially considering it is a one time purchase) though higher priced software could be the nail in the consumers wallet.

i don't think that the higher price will be the nail. i think that the fact that you paid 70usd for a game and then its an incomplete game because you still have to pay for extra content(or episodic content. take your pick) will put the game at a staggering price of....i depends. that is the nail.

[yoshaw]

i don't think that the higher price will be the nail. i think that the fact that you paid 70usd for a game and then its an incomplete game because you still have to pay for extra content(or episodic content. take your pick) will put the game at a staggering price of....i depends. that is the nail.

By your logic stated above, ES-IV Oblivion should have already nailed a coffin for 360. Yet that is not the case.

If a game is good and then extra content is made available for it. There will be customers regardless of a select few hating microtransaction'd extra content or whatever. There is no such nail or a coffin for microtransactions anytime soon. Every road that is being created by console developers leads to microtransactions. There is no way around or over it as far as we know till now. Microsoft has already done it with a few key titles. Sony has been shouting slogans of it eversince GDC and even Nintendo has shown interest.

As far as episodic content is concerned. Alone in the Dark on consoles would be the first such title. It's success or failure should make or break a full fledged episodic business on consoles. Or maybe another key title in development out there(who knows!). But I'm not expecting it to just go away because I don't like it. There is much good in it for developers to let it go at a whim or after hearing Mark Rein's speech. lol

[Smokey]

^^^very true yoshaw :)

[Smokey]

come to think of it i reckon i paid about 110+ when mgs2 came out on that day here :)