Software Price Cuts Incoming?

04 Jan 2010 at 13:20:09 by Andy Alderson

Software prices may fall in 2010 according to a producer at EA.

Senior producer Jason DeLong, from the publishers Canada studio, told Game Informer that he expects game prices to fall due to the profitability of downloadable content.

"I think that we’re going to start to see – maybe not in the next year, but in the near future – games go down the route of smaller up-front experiences and lower prices at the beginning," he said, "and then the ability to extend the game through episodic material or future feature material. I think that’s a direction we’re probably heading in." 

"Games are getting more expensive, and times are tough, and it’s getting harder to purchase every game you want,” he added.

“So, how can we keep people playing and offer them more but not have to make them break the bank to do it? It’s going to be an interesting creative problem for us to solve."

What do you think? Will you be happy to pay less for “smaller” games and then expand them with DLC later? Let us know in the comments section below.

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