I just picked up Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Limited edition (an aside: how limited can it be if it is available brand new, in store, more than a year after launch?)  for $19.83.  Prior to this, in July, EB games was selling the same product for $9.89. At either of these prices the game you get is an amazing value.  But the question is why is the game available for so cheap?  I understand that is what happens with games, there is a big spash when the come out and then a long, usually insignificant tail of sales. The publishers/retailers try to get the most of the title by cutting its price in an attempt to move units and eventually it makes its way from the wall shelves to the discount bins.  That is the way things work. Unless of course you look at some Nintendo titles - in particular the Mario Kart series which continue to sell well month after month.  It seems as the new Nintendo console buyers are recruited each month a large percentage of them pick up certain titles almost by default and as such the games continue to sell at or near their  introduced price.  Why has that not translated to other consoles.  Both the 360 and the PS3 add new gamers each month.  Why, if you by a PS3 for example, do you not  automatically pick up a copy of MGS4?  Does it have to do with limited mass appeal of certain genres?  Or does it say something more about the difference between those that own a PS3 or 360 and those that own a Wii?  The only title that I can think of that has been close to an 'Evergreen' title for the more graphically endowed current-gen systems is Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.