Killzone 2 and Bio Hazard 5 (RE5)

How many of those games initially retailed at $20? If you're arguing that there are good budget games out there, nobody will disagree, but what you're basically saying is that if we wait a year these $60 will be much cheaper. That seems kind of obvious.

In any case, we don't really know how much it costs to make these games and get them to the shelves, so it's hard for us to criticize the pricing. It's also hard to say that they'd make more money if they lowered the price; if they lower the price by 15% but only pick up 8% more sales, they're certainly not making more money. There's a simple solution if you're not happy with the prices: don't buy the games. Your wallet is the strongest voice you can use with these companies. Either skip them over and play some of the cheap titles Steve mentions above, or start renting. $25 at Gamefly gets you at least 4 games a month, depending on how fast you play them. Maybe more.
 
Ok...games that start as 20 bucks (which katamari damacy didnt, i dont think)...

Ace Combat, Dai Senryaku: Modern Military Tactics, ESPN sports games, among other fighting games.
 
spudlyff8fan said:
Dark Cloud? Dark Cloud 2? Onimusha Warlords? Onimusha 2? Onimusha 3? Metal Gear Solid 2? Metal Gear Solid 3? Final Fantasy X? Final Fantasy X-2? Phantom Brave? Xenosaga? Xenosaga 2? Splinter Cell? Splinter Cell Pandora Tommorow? SOCOM? SOCOM 2? Star Ocean Til the End of Time? Devil May Cry? Devil May Cry 2? Guilty Gear X2? Resident Evil Code Veronica? Resident Evil Outbreak? Resident Evil Outbreak 2? Zone of Enders? .hack//Infection? Drakengard? Grand Theft Auto 3? Grand Theft Auto Vice City? Kingdom Hearts? Jak and Daxter? Jak 2? Jak 3? Gran Turismo 3? OO7 Everything or Nothing? Beyond Good and Evil? Ghost in the Shell?

eh...I'm tired of this...you get the point.
sorry but you screwed yourself on this one, all those games that you just stated started of with a 39 or 49.99 price, months later, when they reached greatest hits status they went down to 19.99 as opposed to Katamari damacy which arrived in the states with a 19.99 price tag
 
espn sports games had to do it to compete with ea, the years before they went to 19.99 they were 49.99 and ea easily outsold them, Dai Senryaku: Modern Military Tactics I did forget about, but seriously would anybody pick this game up if it's 49.99, ace combat also started out as 49.99, one game you people forgot which you should definitely pick up is Phantom Dust for the xbox