Analyst: PS4 and next-gen Xbox games will cost $70

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Michael Pachter, a well known game financial analysts who works at Wedbush Securities made a prediction this weekend at a panel at the the South by Southwest panel in Austin, Texas, that the successor to the Xbox 360 would win the next generation console wars.
He also predicts that gamers will have to spend more money on their next-gen Xbox games as well as for games made for Sony's PlayStation 4 console.

Sources reports that during his talk, Pachter said that games for both consoles would cost $70, which is $10 more than the current high price most PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 retail games. The $60 price tag was $10 higher than games for the PlayStation 2 and the original Xbox.

Pachter's predictions would seem to be going against statements made by a Sony executive just after the announcement of the PlayStation 4 in February. At that time, Sony Computer Entertainment America CEO Jack Tretton claimed on CNBC that PS4 games would have a maximum price of $60. There's no information on why Pachter believes that PS4 games would be $10 higher than Tretton's limit.

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JakesLobbies-Posted:

phlegm An extra $10 isn't so bad. But, I am hearing rumors about it certain games being up to $100? The economy is getting worse and rich companies are charging more? What is this blasphemy??? Lets just hope the rumor about the $100 games isn't true, but I can deal with an extra 10 bucks... :-|


It only seems like 10 extra bucks but only think of the consoles price.

SatanismPosted:

That's really not that bad at all, only $10 more..

ImNotPhlegmAnymoreOKPosted:

An extra $10 isn't so bad. But, I am hearing rumors about it certain games being up to $100? The economy is getting worse and rich companies are charging more? What is this blasphemy??? Lets just hope the rumor about the $100 games isn't true, but I can deal with an extra 10 bucks... :-|

PGAPosted:

This isn't such a bad price.

SOGPosted:

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milkshakeman So.. about 46GBP, a whole pound more than Xbox 360 games when brand new, massive changes I see.


Not bad price for us in GB then :)


Not at all, they usually come down to 20 in a few months anyway.


Lucky for you, it's even more expensive in Australia.

yayPosted:

System32 Unfortunately, they'll most likely also cost 70 euros over here. Poor us! :o


It's about 54 euros now.

MazurPosted:

Favism wow thats a little much... games should only cost $50. that was such a good price for a new game back when the gamecube was popular


I don't even think gamecube games cost that much when the gamecube was really popular!

HaloUKPosted:

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milkshakeman So.. about 46GBP, a whole pound more than Xbox 360 games when brand new, massive changes I see.


Not bad price for us in GB then :)


Not at all, they usually come down to 20 in a few months anyway.

ToesPosted:

Favism wow thats a little much... games should only cost $50. that was such a good price for a new game back when the gamecube was popular


Lol, good old gamecube days.

FavismPosted:

wow thats a little much... games should only cost $50. that was such a good price for a new game back when the gamecube was popular


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