How much will you pay for "next-gen" games on the PS3 and Xbox 2? It's almost certain to be more than you do at the moment, with the likes of Activision and Take-Two suggesting that there will be a new premium price point for the triple A games on the new platforms. Now while £50, for example, is unacceptable for a.n.other racing game, is it too much to pay for the next GTA game on PlayStation 3?
A game like that is likely to last you for weeks, whereas a day out at the footy, for example, costs more and is over far quicker. And it wasn't that long ago that the likes of Turok on the N64 cost a whopping £69.99! As usual the early adopters will bear the brunt with prices falling in 2007-8 when everyone else gets on board.
As long as the top price is restricted to the best and not used as an excuse to up prices across the board then I don't have a problem with it - better quality usually costs more. Of course, it's easy for me to say this when I get free review copies, but will higher prices put you off next-gen games?
