Xbox/PS3 etc games

[Hazza]

When the hell did they get so expensive!!!!....

granted that i haven't played consoles for over 2 years, but they have substantially risen in price!!! Fifa 12 is over £40 in shops... I mean WTF!!!!

 

[Gouldy]

They have come down in price to around the £40 mark for new releases in recent times. I remember paying £55 for metal gear solid 2 fortune ps 2 back in the day.

IMO £40 is reasonable, anything over this is amount is starting to take the mick.

 

[Fletcher]

I got FIFA 12 a lot cheaper than £40.

I can remember years ago Gremlins ( the game) for my NES was £50!

 

[DazBav]

Never buy in shops,websites such as play.com and shopto.net are always doing weekly deals. You just need to catch it at the right time.

 

[Krispwee]

It's because piracy on the current crop of consoles is fairly low in comparison to the previous few generations. Obviously it's still do-able but you risk being banned from PSN or Live and as most people play online now they don't want that to happen. They know people won't pirate because of this so they can quite frankly charge what they like.

If you look at the cost of PC games they are generally lower due to piracy being high on that platform and the games are cheaper to try and make them more attractive to would-be pirates. In terms of playing the pirated games online on a PC it has recently become much easier due to easier to use VPNs and a crack that tricks steam in to thinking you own the game.

 

[Snakey]

Remember N64 games?

A mate paid £69.99 for Mission Impossible!

 

[AK]

You're mad to pay over £25-£30 for a new release. There's always somewhere doing deals.

 

[GarethM]

Go to places like gamestation or CEX and get them pre-owned.