pokoko on 07 June 2013
| yo_john117 said: I agree 100%. People wouldn't have to buy used if games cost less from the get-go. That is a big part of the reason why I think games will get cheaper in general when the inevitable digital only era arrives. |
Digital games should be cheaper. However, I'm not sure physical games being reduced greatly in price would be all that a thing for the industry in general. You'd still have a lot of people trying to get their cut, only that cut would be greatly reduced. With digital, you have a lot less fingers in the pie.
I could see retail going down to $50 for a new game, perhaps even $40, but below that and I think we'd run into developers not getting enough to sustain themselves. After all, if new games cost $40, you'd still have GameStop selling used games for $35.
