Can somebody breakdown the $60 price tag for a game and explain why in most cases physical copies are the same price as digital ones?

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Goatseye on 03 June 2013

I have trouble reasoning and coming up with an answer for the same price tag between physical copy of a game and a digital one.

And why does the price of games tend to stay higher in digital form for longer than physical form?

ex:Modern Warfare 3 is still $59.00 on XBL and on Amazon it goes for $33.72 new free shipping.

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Modern-Warfare-3/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802415608cb

http://www.amazon.com/Call-Duty-Modern-Warfare-Xbox-360/dp/B00503E8S2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1370282053&sr=8-1&keywords=modern+warfare+3#replacementWidget

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aikohualda on 03 June 2013

there will be a law soon about this....

remember the price tag for digital vs paperback books? they used to be the same.....
so it is a matter of months hopefully not years....

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JWeinCom on 03 June 2013

"I have trouble reasoning and coming up with an answer for the same price tag between physical copy of a game and a digital one."

Because if companies sell the item for the same price digitally as they do physically, they make a few extra bucks.

"And why does the price of games tend to stay higher in digital form for longer than physical form?"

Many times, price cuts are due to excessive inventory which is not an issue with digital. I'm sure Amazon has plenty of copies of MW3 that are just taking up space, and they need to unload them. Not an issue on XBL. When it comes to physical stores, you often have stores offering sales to drive customers to their stores, which is another reason for lowering prices.

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Goatseye on 03 June 2013

aikohualda said:
there will be a law soon about this....

remember the price tag for digital vs paperback books? they used to be the same.....
so it is a matter of months hopefully not years....

May the gaming gods hear you.

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AnthonyW86 on 03 June 2013

Completely the opposite really. If they undercut retail prices systematically retailers will go berserk, and you still need retailers to sell your consoles.

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Profits, profits and more profits.

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Goatseye on 03 June 2013

AnthonyW86 said:
Completely the opposite really. If they undercut retail prices systematically retailers will go berserk, and you still need retailers to sell your consoles.

Isn't that price fixing?

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The only thing that troubles my mind is why every new EA game costs €70 on the PSstore. And every new retail game of EA costs €65.
Not that I mind because I won't buy any...

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Screamapillar on 03 June 2013

aikohualda said:
there will be a law soon about this....

remember the price tag for digital vs paperback books? they used to be the same.....
so it is a matter of months hopefully not years....

A law against a publisher selling a game for a price that they want to sell it at?

Last I checked, gaming was a hobby, not a necessity.

Give me a break...

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aikohualda on 03 June 2013

Goatseye said:

aikohualda said:
there will be a law soon about this....

remember the price tag for digital vs paperback books? they used to be the same.....
so it is a matter of months hopefully not years....

May the gaming gods hear you.

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