Shocker! Most people don’t like paying $60 for a new videogame

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Instead of just sitting around grumbling about not being able to afford all the great releases coming out in the next few months, GameDaily called up some gamers to listen to them grumble about not being able to afford all the great r🔴eleases coming out in the next few months. Specifically, how they felt about Xbox 360 and PS3 game prices being set at a🗹 default of $60, compared to last generation’s $50. Understandably, not many people were all that happy about it.

Based on the national sample’s responses: 43 percent said that they would wait for games to ꦛdrop in price before they’d buy them, 30 percent said they’d buy more used games, 23 percent said they would buy fewer games, 17 percent said that they would rent more games, and 17 percent said that they’d pay full price so long as it was for the “right game.”

Along with the above data, GameDaily produced another that show𒉰s purchasing trends based on gender and age. It looks like guys are far more likely to shell out $60 for a new release than the ꧙ladies are.

How has the ten dollar price hike affected your videogame buying habits? Has it lead you to buy more games for the PC and Wii, where they stil💦l retain a sub-$50 price tag?


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