Do you expect gaming to become a more expensive hobby next gen?

[archbrix]

NintendoPie said:

archbrix said:

I think most games will remain at the $60 standard, but I wonder about Nintendo's 1st party games. They've been $50 since the Gamecube but back in the N64 days they were $60 (Goldeneye launched at $70), so they may take this opportunity to hit $60 once again.

There have been games here and there in the past that have been very expensive: Back in the 8-bit era, Phantasy Star for the Sega Master System retailed for $70 ($80 at some retailers), and its Genesis sequel was $70 as well. And don't even get me started on Neo Geo game prices, which were around $200 each...

My point lies here... software is already expenisve enough at 60$ Game companies won't want to raise it even more, if they did that would practically be a suicide to their company and console. People don't want to pay upwards of 50$ for just software, they already raised the price to 60$ AKA pushing it.

I never said that game companies would raise the price of games above $60 (I said they won't, in fact); or is your post's point saying that you believe Nintendo won't raise their game prices to $60?

I'll say that I certainly hope they remain $50, but they're no stranger to $60 games, during N64 days due to the cartridge format.  With all of the big HD games being $60 today, it's not inconceivable that Nintendo could do the same.  Surely not all of their games would increase, but top tier HD games like Zelda WiiU are simply going to cost them more/take more resources to make than Wii games, and it wouldn't surprise me to see a new Zelda WiiU game retailing for $60 just like the new Halo, Gears, or Uncharted would.