Atari to next-gen pricing: GTFO

**Geen** · 22 Jul 2006, 01:50 PM

Originally Posted by Yoshi

I don't get the PSP vs. DS part of this. Nearly every DS game comes out at $35, and nearly every PSP game comes out at $40 MSRP. Considering the hardware is literally a generation apart, I think it's Nintendo's games that are wildly overpriced. Would you have paid $5 less for an N64 game than a PS2 game in 2002?

The big difference between the PSP and the DS is that most games on PSP are $40 to $50 while most DS games I buy are about $30. The other difference is that there are a lot more DS games that look appealing to me while a lot of PSP games strike me as "I'd like to give it a try, but I'm not going to spend that much money on it."

For me, the perfect example would have been Mega Man Powered Up. That is a PSP game I would have been happy paying $40 for. It would have deserved it, in my book. Stuff like Lemmings, which I think looks like a lot of fun, just don't seem to be worth $40 in my eyes. I dunno. I'm confussing and pissing myself off at this point.

**Rem** · 22 Jul 2006, 02:14 PM

I was in game stop the other day and when a woman asked why 360 games are 10$ more than new ps2 games. And the Salaried employee that was playing with his keys explained to her it’s because they were in hi def now. I sincerely hope people don’t believe shit like that.

**Revoltor** · 22 Jul 2006, 02:19 PM

At least he didn't say "Hi Demand"

**Geen** · 22 Jul 2006, 02:26 PM

Originally Posted by Revoltor

At least he didn't say "Hi Demand"

Hi Rez

**Revoltor** · 22 Jul 2006, 02:27 PM

Hi Geen!

**AaronChance** · 22 Jul 2006, 03:13 PM

I think this is only because Atari is on death's door and they figure a $40 price tag will earn them more sales and higher profits in the long run, especially if they can bank on microtransactions. Though I played the TD:U and really liked the whole idea of a free roam racer. The only thing missing was there was no rumble... wtf? Gearing up for the PS3 port already?

**Yoshi** · 22 Jul 2006, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by Geen

The big difference between the PSP and the DS is that most games on PSP are $40 to $50 while most DS games I buy are about $30.

That's just not true though. There have been maybe 5 $50 games on PSP, and GTA was the only noteworthy one. Everything else is $40 or less. DS games have MSRPs of $35.