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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Twist-Version-7Posted:

Damn, that's alot for one game:/

gtapro151Posted:

well to the pc i go

Ted-Posted:

It's already $90 here in Australia for a game hopefully it doesn't go up anymore

terminatorben15Posted:

Gossip Wow $80 with tax...what makes a disk cost so much?


Oh yeah, you dont get any content on the disc such as a campaign and online multiplayer, they just give you the disk for you to have...

JakesLobbies-Posted:

BLACKMAMBACV Like 77 bucks with tax that's a lot of money just for a **** game


It sure is, its a complete scam. I am starting to loose hope in gaming.

BLACKMAMBACVPosted:

Like 77 bucks with tax that's a lot of money just for a **** game

milkxkingPosted:

Seregor Video games are expensive as is, but why are so many people acting like a 10$ increase is that astounding? You're already paying 60$ for the game, if that 10$ bump is what it takes for you to realize that something is overpriced or over valued....


Yeah but $60 is already too much for a video game.

JakesLobbies-Posted:

Teh oh and its not $80 its 70 dollars :)


Who said it was 80$

yayPosted:

Gossip Wow $80 with tax...what makes a disk cost so much?


$70 it says, not 80.

SOGPosted:

Gossip Wow $80 with tax...what makes a disk cost so much?


Who knows, it's always been this price here in Australia, usually around the $95 mark, just for a new 360 game.