http://www.product-reviews.net/2013/07/10/ps4-xbox-one-games-from-ea-with-warning/?

TLDR: for the new xbox/ps4 EA is looking to charge $80 per game.

7/16/2013 9:48:28 AM

Well they just lost a ton of revenue with the Xbone doing a 180. That's why they got rid of online passes because MS was going to fix that.

Plus http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/11/12/why-they-dont-take-boycotts-seriously/, so people will moan and groan but line up to throw their money at them

[Edited on July 16, 2013 at 10:00 AM. Reason : .]

7/16/2013 9:55:31 AM

Good news for their competitors I guess. I'll be sticking to PC for a while.

7/16/2013 9:56:09 AM

playstation one games were $39.99-49.99
ps2 games were $49.99
ps3 games are $59.99

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7/16/2013 10:09:11 AM

Maybe disc games will be $80, and the digital version will be $60?

7/16/2013 10:10:14 AM

^^ keep in mind PS1 hardware was a lot more expensive than today's hardware (adjusted for inflation).

7/16/2013 10:36:10 AM

Quote :

"Well they just lost a ton of revenue with the Xbone doing a 180."

Something tells me that EA wet themselves when thinking of the possibilities of charging $80 per game and using MS's new subscription box.

Charging a higher price probably won't translate into more money for them. I know I'd never spend $70 or $80 on a game, I'll just (easily) do without.

Edit:
With all the DLC tack ons that are all the rage now I'm sure the goal they've set is to get $100 on average from each individual game purchase.

In semi-related news... EA just lost their exclusive rights to the NCAA and NFL, correct? Any other developers out there plan on doing anything in the sports game category as a result?

[Edited on July 16, 2013 at 11:17 AM. Reason : -]

7/16/2013 11:10:40 AM

Come on, bring it back! $20 and that game was awesome.

7/16/2013 11:30:11 AM

^

7/16/2013 12:31:08 PM

$80 per game. $20 per hour it takes to finish it.

7/16/2013 3:18:41 PM

UK prices are always higher, mostly because taxes (which is like 20% at least for imports) are included in the advertised sale price instead of added on at purchase.

[Edited on July 16, 2013 at 5:45 PM. Reason : EA might try $70, but not $80]

7/16/2013 5:45:18 PM

i think there have been only two games ever(25 years of gaming) that I spent that much on a game and they were isolated and special cases, the robotech ps2 game special edition and an import macross game for ps1

7/16/2013 6:39:52 PM

^i spent 90 bucks on chrono trigger at toys r us in 1995. 75 of it was in toys r us bucks, though.

7/16/2013 7:11:31 PM

Absolutely LOVED NFL2K5. I wish so much that the NFL would end exclusivity with EA Sports.

7/16/2013 10:15:58 PM

NCAA won't renew contract w/EA:
http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/ncaa/resources/latest+news/2013/july/ncaa+will+not+renew+ea+sports+contract

7/17/2013 2:31:09 PM

Games in the future will all be free. No, seriously.

You'll just have to spend money for "add-ons" and other shit that will help advance game play.



No, seriously.

7/17/2013 2:56:54 PM

I predict that within 100 years, computers will be twice as powerful, ten thousand times larger, and so expensive that only the five richest kings of Europe will own them.

7/17/2013 3:05:13 PM

2k series on dreamcast was the absolute best collection of sports games. i also miss blitz

7/17/2013 5:39:52 PM

7/17/2013 8:55:42 PM

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"Games in the future will all be free. No, seriously. You'll just have to spend money for "add-ons" and other shit that will help advance game play. No, seriously. "

I rank this prediction right alongside the "PC gaming is dying" prediction.

Free to play games will definitely become more common, but as long as there is a market for games that you just buy and play then people will keep making them.

7/18/2013 12:13:13 AM

Quote :

"2k series on dreamcast was the absolute best collection of sports games. i also miss blitz"

7/18/2013 12:20:22 AM