I feel kind of bad for Microsoft.

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Machiavellian said:

BloodyRain said:

Machiavellian said:
Ahh but things are not over yet. Because of MS DRM, what if they dropped games to 40 or even 30 because of their restrictions and Sony still have to charge 60. Of course this is just pie in the sky type of thinking about with MS system so locked down, it could happen to negate Sony no DRM.

I get what you're saying, but I don't think ms has the power to dictate the price of games. I think there is a standard set in the industry, lets say ms could, it would be first party only. There's no way in hell are 3rd parties going to charge cheaper

Thats the beauty of this DRM system.  Publishers and developers will be fine with lower margins on games if they are always getting money when a game is sold.  MStake a cut on what they take and publishers will be more friendly with a more friendly price on the X1.  Since Sony system is pretty much the same, that mean publishers will have to fight the 2nd hand game market just like they do now.

I doubt this will happen but you never know if the X1 start out of the game really show and MS has to do something to get things kicked started.  I know for a fact people are willing to put up with DRM if the price is right because we have seen so within these forums.

The thing is the used games market, though certainly taking profits away, isn't cutting them down by a large % (defiantly not the 50% needed to justify $60 down to $30). At the very most I could see them going from $60 to $50, but to be honest i doubt they will. Would make more sense for them to just pocket the extra profit.