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Lady_Satine
Title: Head of Lexian R&D
Joined: Oct 15 2005
Location: Metro area, Georgia
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Granted, it's only toward the UK price of PS4 games, but I think it's a safe guess that this will be the new tier of 'HD tax" on games.
http://www.cinemablend.com/games/EA-Raises-Prices-Next-Gen-Games-54-99-57437.html
The United Kingdom based retail outlet, GAME, has verified that the price of next-gen titles from Electronic Arts for the PlayStation 4 (and presumably the Xbox One) will be raised from £39.99 to £54.99. Development costs and all that jazz.
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@om*d
Title: Dorakyura
Joined: Jul 10 2010
Location: Castlevania
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Well, that equates to over 80 USD, which is ABSOLUTELY FUCKING ABSURD. The games better give me handjobs for at least two months straight for that price. Anyone who pays that much for a single game that is not some special collector's edition or something of the like is a moron.
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The Opponent
Title: Forum Battle WINNER
Joined: Feb 24 2010
Location: The Danger Zone
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For an x86-based console, that is ridiculous. Games at that price better be natively 4K.
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
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pfft fuck that noise. im glad gamefly exists after reading this BS.
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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
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So $20 more than Wii U games? Hmmm... maybe Nintendo wins this generation after all.
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JoshWoodzy
Joined: May 22 2008
Location: Goshen, VA
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Title says EA games. Not just PS4 games. People are dumb. Sony and Microsoft already said their first party games are $60.
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Syd Lexia
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Right, but the question is this: do other third parties follow suit?
Sony and especially Microsoft aren't exactly known for their robust first party software line-ups.
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DarknessDeku
Title: Deku Scrub
Joined: Dec 08 2007
Location: The Forest
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This makes the free to play games look appealing.
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Beach Bum
Joined: Dec 08 2010
Location: At the pants party.
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I'm actually surprised game prices haven't went up before now, not that I want them to, but this has kind of been a long time coming. I imagine Activision will follow EA but I don't know that too many others will right away. When their games still sell though everyone will up their prices.
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Douche McCallister
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Title: DOO-SHAY
Joined: Jan 26 2007
Location: Private Areas
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I can almost guarantee that EA will charge $80 for hard copies and $60 for Digital Copies. So the whole DRM ban comes with an upped price tag now. They will lose so much business it's not even funny.
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AngeloA2
Joined: Jun 10 2012
Location: Brasil
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When the PS3 Generation begun here in Brazil, the price of some games where over R$300,00(because taxes), considering the minimum wage is about R$680., not everyone could have games right away. Now people may have to sell two kidneys and their most beautiful daughter to pay a game. Not Cool
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