| Fumanchu said: What I don't understand is that 10 years ago when Sydney hosted the Olympic games - the Australian dollar was about 0.55USD, recommended retail price (RRP) for videogames was $100. Today in 2010 the Australian dollar is about 0.94USD games still retail for $100. Games have had absolutely no roll-back on prices why is this? |
If people are used to spending $100 per game then why reduce it?
Anyway, it's not as bad as some people make it out be
- games typically sell for $88-$90 at retailers such as big w, target, k-mart, and jb hi fi.
- For the ps3, you can import games from playasia very cheaply --> basically games cost $54-$65 if you import from there although you need to wait about 1 week for the game to arrive.
- Sales: BFBC2 was $55 at eb games last week. Many games go on sale after a few months and reduce the cost to around $69-$79 (that eb games sale was an exception)
- I know ps3 games go platinum more quickly than they do in America, and they are typically cheaper than the RRP of $50 (typically you can get a platinum game for $34-$40.
Basically, the cost of games isn't so bad if you know where to shop and be patient.
Also, most wii games are cheaper than PS3/360 games.
