Publishers decide the prices and they'll price the games based on how much they believe consumers will pay for them. If SE price FFVII at $10, it's because they believe people are willing to pay $10 for it. The only way they'll reduce that is if people aren't buying it at $10. As it's still $10, it seems people don't mind paying.

That's the price of nostalgia if you will.

Oh, and the only way free 2 play models work for publishers looking to actually make money:

1. Micro-transactions
2. Subscription which gives in-game benefits
3. Pay to proceed where the free game is effectively a demo
4. Adverts
5. A combination of the above

Bit hard to implement these in an old game, and more likely to generate negative PR than anything.

This may be one of the craziest things I've read on this site.

"This may be one of the craziest things I've read on this site."

People seriousely NEED to be way crazier then.

"If people thought they were too expensive, they wouldn't buy them."

Sure about that ? 

Everyone and their mother keep buying shit at macdonald and their price are WAY TOO HIGH for what it is. Does that stop people to buy ? No, because they're used to it.  

Same goes for a lot of stuff in life, the mass have always been poor consumers. And this is the same for video games. 

Video games are too pricey for what it is. This is just fact. Does that stop people to pay 70$ for Fifa or Call of (just small changes from one iteration to another, and that's coming from a serious fifa player). Clearly, that's a no. And that's because people are also used to it here.

I suppose you want McD to give their food away for free right? After all, Big Macs have been available for quite some time now.

@OP:
$5 would be a honest price for games so old, and it's quite normal on PC. On PC.

Wtf did I just read.....Maybe I drunk too much will need to read again later to make sure im not seeing things. You want Sony to give out free games? It doesnt matter how old they are! and you want Sony to pay other Studios so that we can get these games for free LMAO!!!! Sony didnt post a profit on there game division last quarter and you want them to loss even more money LMAO!

Those LMAO really happened btw