EA CEO: Current Pricing Model Will Soon Be Obsolete

Kotaku reports:

"EA's CEO John Riccitiello doesn't think that all of us suckers will pay $59 for video games forever. Just wait until someone does the math on all the money they've spent on Madden over the past 15 years. And his wife divorces him."

[rogimusprime]

the price just jumped up and no one resisted it....even though the quality of the so-called next gen didn't really go up that much; crap games still get made....all the time.

At least with M$ you can always burn your own games. Oh wait, I didn't just say that. Sucks to your pricing, M$. I own you.

[rbanke]

Thats because we live in a time/world where people would rather argue and complain about things rather than take action.

[DethWish]

PS3 games cost just as much as new PS2 games did here in Sweden, no price raise here..
Though this is about 102 dollars according to google :S

[skagrerrrr]

when i went to malaysia, i found that games there cost just a fraction of $59...

plus...

in the end, China will win!

[jackdoe]

EA should set the trend for pricing at $50 a pop then.

[rbanke]

"Just wait until someone does the math on all the money they've spent on Madden over the past 15 years. And his wife divorces him."

especially considering Madden is basically the same game every year

[Marceles]

I can't wait until the PS3 and 360 games are 50 bucks...I could've put a down payment on a house if I had the extra $10 bucks I spent on each new game I bought this year

[Blood_Spiller]

Is that the American housing market?

[Loopy]

Marceles, do you live in a cardbox house? If so, that's a really expensive downpayment.

[ItsDubC]

There are already numerous Wii titles that go for either $29.99 or $39.99 brand new instead of the full-price $49.99. Additionally, handheld titles go for less than home console titles.

I remember being pretty disgruntled when I first heard that games would start selling for $59.99.

[BloodySinner]

Why would you pay $49 for a repackaged GameCube title anyway?

[DethWish]

That would be just like calling a 360 or PS3 title "a repackaged PC game" why pay $20 more for that?

[BloodySinner]

Because the console versions generally have the better features? And how many out there have a high-end PC that can run today's HD graphics at max resolution without slowdown whatsoever?

[KeiZka]

Like... active mod scene? Faster fixes? Easier to add things to games through expansions? Plethora of genres? Retrogaming? PC still wins consoles, hands down, if one is to adapt the challenges PC gaming may sometimes offer. Consoles, after all, are usually just dumbed down PCs, with no other "use" than to play games, though X0 and PS3 are taking it to "Cheap PC" direction.

Essentially, if you are to play on PS3 or X0, you're playing on a cheap PC. Or that is a conclusion I've come to thus far.

[unrealchris]

i like what he says he should be the first to start slashing the prices for that crappy madden they release and all their franchises good price for madden would be 39.99 i would buy a copy
they would probably make the game play and look better if they had competition but wait they monopolize the license

EA sucks with the exception of a few titles

[okcomputer]

Higher prices makes sense, given that consoles are more expensive to make now, but I could see it changing. I'm probably dating myself here, but I remember being in high school when snes and genesis games were $60-70. The prices eventually did go back down for games.

We need to see more competative pricing, like when 2k cut the prices of their nfl and nba games to $30 to undercut ea. Stuff like that brings more attention to (hopefully) better games and is good for us gamers' wallets.

[DJ]

I know it'd be spending more money overall, just because the initial asking price would be a lot lower.

[unrealchris]

the only thing that bothers me is the fact that i can spend 800$ dollars on a pc and purchase way better looking games for around 50.00

[bootsielon]

And stadiums. That way EA saves money, and they make you think you're saving money, but in fact you're not.