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?

[Goatseye]

Heavenly_King said:

Goatseye said:

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

because on digital the publishers still control the prices, while in physical; the store control the prices.   XBL/PSN dont put prices depending on what their respective platform holders want.

Just read up on that. And it makes the future seem grim when you think that everybody is going for all digital sales in the near future.