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:

NaughtyNuts kinda expensive don't ya think?


Its very expensive, gaming has turned into a complete scam!

BashfulPosted:

-Live If they include a downloadable version of the games at release for next gen that are cheaper than the disk, I will be fine with the $70 price tag because I won't be spending money on the physical copy :D

Yeah but I don't know what to say about this, me being on a tight budget it's hard enough to buy $60 games I mean $70, it may seem like only an extra 10 dollars to you but to me being the stingy person I am, I would rather use that 10 dollars for something else IMO.


No I agree completely. This is probably the most upsetting rumor. 70$ is a lot and 10$ can mean you wouldn't have money for bills. You can't pay and 210$ bill with 200$.

SOGPosted:

NaughtyNuts kinda expensive don't ya think?


Hopefully they are actually games worth buying, so our money is well spent.

yayPosted:

NaughtyNuts kinda expensive don't ya think?


I know, games are already expensive enough.

UMPPosted:

kinda expensive don't ya think?

yayPosted:

UntalentedFluffer I sincerely doubt it, If so PC is by far better.


PC is, because we get games $10 less from the beginning.

-LivePosted:

If they include a downloadable version of the games at release for next gen that are cheaper than the disk, I will be fine with the $70 price tag because I won't be spending money on the physical copy :D

Yeah but I don't know what to say about this, me being on a tight budget it's hard enough to buy $60 games I mean $70, it may seem like only an extra 10 dollars to you but to me being the stingy person I am, I would rather use that 10 dollars for something else IMO.

UntalentedFlufferPosted:

I sincerely doubt it, If so PC is by far better.

yayPosted:

STi So about 50 pounds do you think the prices of hardened editions and such will increase ?


Oh geeze, the hardened edition of games will probably be in the $150's...

-Load-Posted:

Mazur
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Dreams 70$ is to much should go back to 50 like how it was back in the day.


That is so true, i think 70 bucks for a game is way over priced


things are getting way too expensive nowadays


That's why i'm getting a gaming pc :)


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