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Title: 360 Game Prices Dropping
Post by: KAGE360 on May 25, 2006, 01:53:00 PM

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Xbox 360 gamers have a reason to be joyous now knowing that many of the Xbox 360 titles have received major price cuts at many video game retailers. Among the games to have received a slash in price we see Burnout Revenge, The Outfit, King Kong, and a slew of EA sports titles, all to cool $39.99 USD. This is good news for many who complained about the steep $59.99 price tag that accompanied all the above titles and should encourage you to check them out if you’ve been holding off. Make the jump for the list of now-known affordable games.

http://www.xboxic.com/news/947

this is great news to anyone that is still undecided on any of the titles.  

Title: 360 Game Prices Dropping
Post by: Nascasho on May 25, 2006, 03:10:00 PM

w00t!

Title: 360 Game Prices Dropping
Post by: whiteblur67 on May 26, 2006, 10:46:00 AM

im shocked that ea games were cut in price

Title: 360 Game Prices Dropping
Post by: krims0n on May 26, 2006, 10:54:00 AM

I was a bit surprised by the Burnout Revenge cut, but not the others. I guess it's not selling that well as almost everybody has played it on another platform.

Title: 360 Game Prices Dropping
Post by: KAGE360 on May 26, 2006, 11:34:00 AM

QUOTE(miggidy @ May 26 2006, 01:18 PM)

So much for higher developement costs as the reason for their original $60 price tags
It goes to show that games can still be very profitable even under the regular $50 suggested retail price....

maybe they sold enough at the $60 price tag to break even or take a hit in profits and sell it for cheaper.  with a lot of the games that are just cleaned up last gen ports with an extra coat of paint, i can see it being easier for them to lower the price.  but for total next gen games using the newest engines, technologies, and resources i imagine it would be harder to lower the price.

Title: 360 Game Prices Dropping
Post by: krims0n on May 26, 2006, 01:00:00 PM

QUOTE(miggidy @ May 26 2006, 12:18 PM)

So much for higher developement costs as the reason for their original $60 price tags
It goes to show that games can still be very profitable even under the regular $50 suggested retail price....

Hmm? Basic economics. As demand decreases you must lower the price to increase sales and stay profitable.

Title: 360 Game Prices Dropping
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on May 26, 2006, 01:54:00 PM

QUOTE(krims0n @ May 26 2006, 02:07 PM)

Hmm? Basic economics. As demand decreases you must lower the price to increase sales and stay profitable.

true... but a 33% price drop within months of release is kinda drastic...
im happy though, now its time for some titles i want to buy to drop!

Title: 360 Game Prices Dropping
Post by: Joergen on May 26, 2006, 02:01:00 PM

And some retailers have already dumped said games out of their inventory with clearance sales, and taken a hit selling at a loss.

If anything this official price cut from the manufacturer is almost too late, but still welcome.

Title: 360 Game Prices Dropping
Post by: Kernal69er on May 26, 2006, 06:50:00 PM

Basicaly who cares, let's be honest all those games except Burnout are poor xbox360 examples and can be had on ebay for under $30. And even Burnout is just a port from last gen with little added

Title: 360 Game Prices Dropping
Post by: Johnny Johnson on June 01, 2006, 12:23:00 PM

I noticed that Circuit City has a few of the games for under $30!

http://www.circuitci...s...x 360 games

Title: 360 Game Prices Dropping
Post by: Foe-hammer on June 01, 2006, 04:26:00 PM

QUOTE(Kernal69er @ May 26 2006, 06:57 PM)

Basicaly who cares, let's be honest all those games except Burnout are poor xbox360 examples and can be had on ebay for under $30. And even Burnout is just a port from last gen with little added

Agreed.

Title: 360 Game Prices Dropping
Post by: twistedsymphony on June 01, 2006, 05:07:00 PM

actually the games are staying at their higher price ponts LONGER then expected...

http://forums.xbox-s...howtopic=516883

Title: 360 Game Prices Dropping
Post by: esc1 on June 01, 2006, 05:23:00 PM

Yep.  About time really.  IMO the only games on the mkt worth $60 are Oblivion and maybe GRAW.  $60 a title is still a little hard for me to swallow.