Activision game prices have been announced

by Nick Doerr { Sep 14th 2006 at 3:30PM }

Robert Kotick, Activision CEO, recently announced the pricing for initial releases for the PS3. His company's PS3 games will start at the price of $60. As a bit of reasoning, Kotick offered: "We have not seen a lot of consumer resistance at the higher price points and we expect that all of our next-generation products will be launched at $60 price points." This pricing point doesn't actually apply to the Wii, interestingly enough. In related, but not confirmed news, Spiderman 3 has cost Activision about $35 million to create and rumors are starting that the pricing of that game will reflect that.

With this announcement, does this imply most PS3 games (at least at launch -- or at the very least, games less-than-incredibly-anticipated) will price at or around $60? If so, that's not too bad. Much better than the ridiculous rumors of the $100 price tag. Also, the Wii titles can be assumed to be cheaper, implied through the interview. But how much? According to Joystiq, $49.99. The downloadable Nintendo library has been approximated at $5 NES, $8 SNES, and $10 N64. Any sort of downloadable Sony library and prices should be unveiled at TGS. Even so, getting these game prices is sweet. Does $60 still seem too much for anyone?

Tags: Activision, Playstation 3, Playstation3, PS3, Sony

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Andir2.0 @ Sep 14th 2006 5:17PM

You know people are still going to have a problem with $60. People don't understand inflation in the technology realm. Things are supposed to get cheaper. If they announced $100 price tags, you bet your sweet ass the 360/Wii fans that troll this site would have already posted about 10 times by now.

alienclay @ Sep 14th 2006 6:18PM

yeah, inflation and higher dev costs are a problem and good reason to increase prices, but i've always felt that game prices have been $10-15 too high. but i rarely buy a game at launch anyway, instead opting for greatist hits and/or waiting untill the price is $10-15 less anyway.

that said $60 is expensive but feels about right. and it places $40 psp games more in proper perspective.

Roy @ Sep 14th 2006 6:33PM

Ummm what the fuck? Why are you two acting so surprised? XBOX360 games are 59.99... so why are $60 PS3 games considered "ummm their "OK" I would PROBABLY buy them" shut the hell up... your a bunch of hypocritical ass suckers... lol

alienclay @ Sep 14th 2006 6:41PM

oh yeah, and $50 for Wii games!?!?!, i can pony up $600 for a ps3, esp when games are only $10 more. tell me, which system do you want to play NFS carbon on,$50 on wii for tilt control and gamecube graphics? $60 on 360 for graphics and a xbox live subscription to play online? or $60 on ps3 for tilt, cell processor graphics and free online play?
i thought wii would be $200 with $40 games,... seems like true value is starting to come into perspective,....

alienclay @ Sep 14th 2006 6:55PM

and who says i'm suprised about the price?

Aragorn @ Sep 14th 2006 7:27PM

Roy: well it's not a total surprise, but $60 isn't really set in stone, especially since the Blu Ray disks cost a bit more than your standard dvd.

Anyway... do I think $60 is outragious? not really... but then again, I rarely spent $50 on games back in the day. I find that there are very few games out there that are truly worth the full price, for example, I'm pretty much waiting for hitman to go down and price before I go in for a purchase.

Bout the only times that I do go full price is for great games, or games from developers who I want to succeed (usually smaller ones)

Roy @ Sep 14th 2006 7:57PM

All true... I was just mad because Im tired of lookin' through all these previews and hypotheses and straight up blind accusations of the PS3 based on bullshit rumors they heard or "their thoughts" on how things should be. Stating their claims as those of the "average consumer".... some ppl act like they've never been to preschool where it was CLEARLY taught that "Everyone is Unique" so the words "average consumer" mean nothing to me... lol Well anyways the way I see it you are going to do one of 2 things. BUY a PS3 or guess what???? YUP! DON'T BUY a PS3! lol... personally I WILL be giving 600 of my financial aid money to purchase one and thats my own personal AVERAGE CONSUMER choice lol... And I reeeeeeeally don't give a damn how rediculous u think the price is... lol you guys are like Oppressive religious leaders who try to force their views on others... "IT COSTS TOO MUCH DON'T BUY YOU"LL REGRET IT"... ummm since when do we share the same brain? lol... get a life
ps. This isn't directed towards any of you... im just venting... (sigh) now I feel good =)

Cage @ Sep 14th 2006 8:06PM

"i thought wii would be $200 with $40 games,... seems like true value is starting to come into perspective,...."

Youre right about the Wii. $250 for a gimmick control doesnt do it for me. Too much. I thought they were the clearly cheaper option (as in low enough to add onto the purchase of another)?!? No wonder Nintendo was shooting down the Wii60 combo.

$60 is standard. If thats correct then theres nothing to complain about...

Aragorn @ Sep 14th 2006 8:09PM

Heh, understandable. At this point, I'm kinda on the standpoint of: the PS3 will please those who get it... primarily cuz it's a sizable investment, but mostly cuz... well I mean, look at the last generation. how many people were gonna jump out and say "MY GAMECUBE SUCKS!!!!" Odds are, if you're really interested, you're gonna get it (assuming you can afford it. lord knows my 360 was a dousey).

On the other hand... Sony is just very easy to hate on in this day and age... and lord knows, I have to hold myself back on a regular basis. Their PR dept has been smoking rocks for a while now. I mean, they keep making these absolutely brash claims and boasts that are clearly BS back and the day... and months later... or look... 500,000 units upon launch? gee, that's a lot smaller than 1 million. Most of these issues and holdups aren't really detrimental... but still... Sony really needs to learn how to lock it down.

ndoerr @ Sep 14th 2006 11:22PM

@ Aragorn -- in regards to your first comment about buying full price for smaller publishers/developers... I agree. Pretty much the only games I buy new come from Atlus. Partially because they only keep their games in circulation for a matter of minutes and partially because they're usually worth my $50. I'll be lining up for Devil Summoner on its release, but waiting until January for FFXII simply because by January, Devil Summoner will be nowhere and FFXII will be 25-30 bucks.