Of the hardware I currently own:
[PC:] I find $20-$30 is the sweet spot for larger games, but we're spoiled on PC with all the services competing to get every dollar they can from us. That and the fact most games that get a GOTY/Director's Cut/etc start fairly low on PC as well.
[3DS:] Most titles will be the same price throughout the generation unless bought used online. The sad thing is I find most DS/3DS games to be longer than the average console/PC game and have no issue spending $30-$40 on most of them.
[Vita/PS3:] $20-$25 seems to be the average price I tend to bite if I'm interested. Hard to judge what will go on PS+, but if I want it bad enough I'll buy it. PS3 doesn't really count as I've been able to find most games for $20 or less brand new as I bought mine during the current generation.
Overall $20-$30 seems to be a fair price to me whether it's retail price or on sale. Taking prices and inflation into account... games are cheaper than ever it would seem. Playing games primarily on PC over the years has ruined my concept of what value truly means as I can get the best games every year for under $10 in some cases. I do feel guilty while buying them cheap, but PC developers are all for it and encourage the deep discounts. I think 2014 was proof that many games aren't worth their $60 price tag as they turned out to be products of hype, completely broken at launch, and in some cases the marketing was flat out lies (Alien: CM fiasco).
Let's hope 2015 turns out to be better and that there are games that are more convincing that the asking price isn't a smack across the face.
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