Analyst: Game Prices To Fall
Natal and PS3 Motion Controller to bring in price cutsPublished 26/11/2009 at 15:30 by Tuffcub
Crytek UK Trademark “Self Defense” [14]
Codemasters: No Motion Control [18]
Developer: Move Is Better Than Natal [40]
A new report by EEDAR (Electronic Entertainment Design And Research) indicates some good news for 2010. The introduction of Natal and ‘Sony Motion’ should bring in a raft of casual gamers and thus help prices fall.
“Sony Motion and Project Natal will play their role in driving prices down. EEDAR believes that both the Sony Motion and Project Natal will create resurgence in demand among the casual market. Given that the casual market is more price sensitive and that overall economic health is not expected to dramatically improve in 2010, it is expected that there will be a sufficient increase in lower priced games targeted at this casual/mainstream audience to drive down the median price of titles for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.”
The bad news is that the forecasted price cuts will not happen until this time next year and that ‘premium’ titles will remain at the high price point.
As a side note, “Sony Motion”? Is that the official name?
Source: IndustryGamers
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Charmed_Fanatic | 26/11/2009 15:35
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Sony Motion? Probably just a short way of writing it?
FireasBall | 26/11/2009 16:27
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i Think it’s Playstation Motion
I’ve read that in some places and it seems to be the right name for it
discharge | 27/11/2009 01:24
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S&M? – heck I’d buy two
hazelam | 26/11/2009 15:42
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so shovelware minigame compilations then?
fantastic
patch | 26/11/2009 15:54
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^ This. The “casual market” tends to buy the cheap dross, while the AAA Wii titles still retail for top money. Super Mario Galaxy is still £33 despite being out for 2 years. Twilight Princess? £30 and it’s a 3 year old Gamecube game.
TheShepanator | 27/11/2009 20:01
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uh oh… I sense a fangirl flame-war coming on…
Amphlett | 26/11/2009 15:48
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I would imagine that the premium titles will continue to be fought over by the supermarkets, and long may it last!
bajere | 26/11/2009 15:49
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Killzone party
Sackboy at The London Olymics
Drakes ‘mystery of treasures’
The list will go on….
…if i want mini games ill get my wii out thanks
oMega-W | 26/11/2009 16:04
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“…if i want mini games ill get my wii out thanks”
*cough* Interesting choice of words…
tjgb | 26/11/2009 16:35
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bajere | 26/11/2009 19:53
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haha
Tuffcub | 26/11/2009 16:00
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I think you’re all missing the point – the lower price point of “Sackboy at The London Olymics” should drag down the price of Need For Speed 2010 or whatever.
Damigos | 26/11/2009 16:22
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When prices go down happiness goes up
rht992 | 26/11/2009 17:01
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well if games are cheaper for the consumer then WOOP WOOP! . . . i’ll shut up now
herotoozero | 26/11/2009 17:11
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To be fair the premiuim game of the year could have been had for £26, along with quite a lot of other top titles through last year with the supermarket wars and anything sub £30 is a reasonable price to pay for a newly released game?
legalisemurder | 26/11/2009 17:13
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A price cut for games that no gamer wants isn’t too useful.I doubt cheap prices for motion controlled games will have any impact on the cost of decent games.Rising unemployment is more likely to push prices down.Even that…nice man from activision said job losses will impact the market.
carlosfilippsen | 26/11/2009 17:24
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Good news.. We really do need a price cut on games.
gazzagb | 26/11/2009 18:11
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So crap games will be even cheaper, and good games will still be just as expensive…
Oh well, a price cut is a cut i suppose.
SYY2127 | 28/11/2009 01:40
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YAY!!!!
djnino | 28/11/2009 12:15
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Will the “playstation motion” actually do well? I couldn’t see myself buying one. If I wanted controller motion I would purchase a wii! I think it’s a mistake for Sony to produce this, consider too that they already got enough crap from Nintendo for “stealing” controller ideas from them.
Many new games are being released now for a decent price if you shop about, I picked up modern warfair 2 for £26 and Uncharted 2 for £32.99!
I can remember back to my teenage years when a snes game used to cost me £49.99!!!
colmshan1990 | 28/11/2009 13:20
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I will buy one anyway. I want the motion-control for the Resident Evil 5: Alternate Edition (or whatever it’s being called now). Apparently, the motion control worked really well in Resident Evil 4 on the Wii, and I want to try it out for myself, without buying a whole new console. (Even if it is only for a small bit of the game).
seedaripper1973 | 30/11/2009 04:21
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yeah, well i remember buying mastertronic speccy games for £1.99
Imaruler | 30/11/2009 01:46
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Sony’s motion controller is awesome