Have console game prices become unreasonable?

[The Ghost of RubangB]

MontanaHatchet said:

The Ghost of RubangB said:
I blame stagnant wages, as well as Microsoft and Sony for not having the balls to keep the prices at $50 like Nintendo and PC game makers did. They act like they're charging a premium for a real next-gen experience or whatever because they have higher resolutions, and it's costing them because people aren't falling for it. And besides, PC games look better and cost less.

Looking at the software sales of the 360, I don't know how you can say that. How did Call of Duty 4 vastly outsell its last generation predecessors when the game itself cost more than them? How come the 360 is kicking the Xbox's ass at similar points in their life spans? How did the Xbox family go from having only two games selling over 3 million to three gmes selling over 5 million?

While the 360 is a great success compared to the XBox, I'd say that's just because the XBox was an abysmal failure.  I'd say the same about the Cube sales-wise, but at least it made a profit.  I think CoD4 vastly outsold its 6th gen predecessors due to better name recognition, being a better game, being more critically acclaimed, and having better online, and being released when more gamers have their consoles connected to the internet.

But compare any of that to the Wii, and it's a different story.