why is it that when a game gets a 7 its considered low ? why do all games have to be $60+ each? isn't there space for budget titles say $40 or less. and don't drop prices because they sell well. shouldn't you just have your games cost $40 - $50.

we all know that movies with middling reviews may not win any awards but we still watch them. now you might say that this is because that movies cost less to watch. but you still have to WANT to spend your time watching them. the same can be said for games. we play them because we WANT to. wouldn't we want to spend more time and money if the games cost less?

the only reason that these games cost so much is $$$. it takes money to make games. so they want a return on the investment ASAP. but if you know your game is going to sell well, say 10,000,000 copies, would you sell more if the game cost less?

Lower priced games have a stigma of being a lower quality game.  So by pricing your game lower may hurt more than help in terms of sales.

There are certain games that would make waaaaay more money if they were priced at $40. Sadly, publishers don't seem to see this.

Lots of XBLA games do the same thing. They charge $15 when they should be charging $10. Lots of them would do far better at 10.

200,000 sales at $15 is a lot worse than 1,000,000 sales at $10.

@Rolyatkcinmai said:

There are certain games that would make waaaaay more money if they were priced at $40. Sadly, publishers don't seem to see this.

Lots of XBLA games do the same thing. They charge $15 when they should be charging $10. Lots of them would do far better at 10.

200,000 sales at $15 is a lot worse than 1,000,000 sales at $10.

This. But unfortunately, everyone thinks they've got a hit on their hands.