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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SOGPosted:

Mazur
Zyphr Not looking forward to paying this much...


doubt anybody is, every time i buy a new game now i'm still not happy paying $64


You should definitely rent it first to see if you like it.

MazurPosted:

Zyphr Not looking forward to paying this much...


doubt anybody is, every time i buy a new game now i'm still not happy paying $64

JakesLobbies-Posted:

Zyphr Not looking forward to paying this much...


I know, i feel the same way

ZyphrPosted:

Not looking forward to paying this much...

JakesLobbies-Posted:

mysticalrainbow
Soulful
Yikes Really?! I think that's just way to much..


The games should be really good though, it's a high price but with some games it will be worth it.


I agree. I'm willing to pay an extra $10 for a higher quality game, which these next gen games will definitely have.


Think of this, you will buy over 20 games for the PS4, that's 200 bucks wasted on some jacked up price.

mysticalrainbowPosted:

Soulful
Yikes Really?! I think that's just way to much..


The games should be really good though, it's a high price but with some games it will be worth it.


I agree. I'm willing to pay an extra $10 for a higher quality game, which these next gen games will definitely have.

MazurPosted:

Yikes Really?! I think that's just way to much..


me too, they're already over charging at $64..

MTVPosted:

Amendment
EMT
Amendment
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.


Yup $600 plus $10 more very game you buy


600 bucks for a gaming console? Thats a scam


It'll be around that price range but hey that's gaming for ya

JakesLobbies-Posted:

EMT
Amendment
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.


Yup $600 plus $10 more very game you buy


600 bucks for a gaming console? Thats a scam

MTVPosted:

Amendment
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.


Yup $600 plus $10 more very game you buy


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