This is what buggs me why nintendo hasnt released their players choice esp on the DS! mario kart DS has been around for almost 4 years and its STILL at 35 bucks!is it still selling that good that it dosesnt need a price drop?

i really think that games going online, because they are starting small and going up, will change all this. the price will be individually based on the game. so a game can use price as part of its selling point.

In Australia some games cost 110-120 bucks when they first come out (at least in regards to consoles).

In Norway, Twilight Princess still costs 130 dollars in most stores.

I win. Well, not really.

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i know I end up buying almost all the discounted first party 360 stuff. And I likely wouldn't at $60. But the new Banjo is $36 on Amazon, including free Banjo XBLA download. That's like stealing in today's market. Same with Viva Pinata 2 - bought it at $40 immediately and likely would've passed at $60, even though I loved the first one.

I'm still buying the A+++ games for all 3 consoles plus DS, but I rent/borrow/trade for everything else because of the price. If the games were cheaper I'd buy more.

Same on DLC and PSN/XBLA games. I'll buy every passable game at $5 or so. But at $10 I hesitate and usually don't buy, and at $15 or more, I've only bought like 3 or 4, even when I want them.

But these companies employ guys to do the bean-counting, so I assume they know something we don't.

Games cost way to much money 60 dollars is a rip off.
they should still cost 50 dollars here in america

Games that sell well don't get price drops until they're put into a 'players choice' box. Why lower the price on a game if it sells well? A game like Star Wars will eventually drop, but it won't until they think they've milked the current price point.

Wow... it was £40 at launch here in UK, (50-55 Euros I think)... It's currently £30 new on Amazon.

Nintendo doesn't drop the prices on their games because they generally have long legs and don't need it.