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EA cuts current-gen prices

By Tim Surette, GameSpotPosted Jan 20, 2006 3:00 pm PT

Publisher knocks ducats off several console titles including NBA Live, Madden, Need for Speed, Medal of Honor, Harry Potter.

With the transition period between current-generation and next-generation consoles currently under way, several anaysts have prognosticated that games for the Xbox, PlayStation 2, and GameCube could see a price drop. Today, the world's biggest game publisher, Electronic Arts, proved industry experts correct.

The prices of several of the company's current-generation games have been reduced in an attempt to get the most out of its current crop of titles. Madden NFL 06, NBA Live 06, FIFA 06, and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire all seem to have benefited from the price drop, as their Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, and PC versions are all now available for $29.99.

Other games affected by the price slashing include Need for Speed Most Wanted (now $39.99) and Medal of Honor: European Assault (now $19.99).

The price tags of EA's Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, and Sony PSP games remain unchanged.

EA isn't the first publisher to cut back on the price of some of its biggest games. Take-Two Interactive recently knocked the cost of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for the PC, Xbox, and PS2 down to $19.99.

59 Comments

  • RX-78GP02A

    Posted Jan 24, 2006 12:45 pm PT

    nas6192003..your a tool. Instead of being a hypocrite and basing another guy for "not knowing about prices in gaming history" why don't you stfu cuz obviously you don't know either. I remember some N64 games being 70 dollars and I mention one in particular named Donkey Kong 64 when that came out. Even some SNES games were more than 50 dollars when they came out. The PS2/GC/XB generation must be the first generation of games you played tool. Don't make fun of other people unless you know what your talking about. As for this topic..any prices drop is good for the consumer so stop complaining..if you people don't want the games..don't buy em its that simple.

  • buccaneers445

    Posted Jan 23, 2006 4:23 pm PT

    u cant even buy San Andreas, it's AO. What are they talking about, a price drop?

  • MadGamer132

    Posted Jan 23, 2006 2:15 pm PT

    dropping prices is good. at least with gap

  • countrypuppyguy

    Posted Jan 23, 2006 10:53 am PT

    Not to be mean, but do you guys realize how much it costs to make the 360 games? the realy good ones look almost real. Think about how much it cost to get the graphics like that. Some games are looking better than CG movies now. The technology has gotten to advanced to make cheap games any more.

  • deleteuser

    Posted Jan 23, 2006 5:32 am PT

    thats good news.......

  • chrisdojo

    Posted Jan 23, 2006 4:18 am PT

    don't you just love price cuts??!!!

  • wattsu42

    Posted Jan 23, 2006 3:35 am PT

    Well, it was bound to happen eventually - game prices always drop when the current console generation's on its way out.

    Heck, I remember being able to buy all sorts of great PS1 games for under twenty dollars. Most of them were under ten.

    Five dollars for Parappa the Rapper? Aw yeah.

  • MeTaL-HeaD

    Posted Jan 23, 2006 3:11 am PT

    YaY

  • ashb85

    Posted Jan 23, 2006 1:34 am PT

    Nice & wise step I think

  • lilweightlifter

    Posted Jan 22, 2006 7:14 pm PT

    360 games definitely need to be cheaper!

  • owner211

    Posted Jan 22, 2006 4:54 pm PT

    oh joy, try doing that to the xbox 360 and its 60 dollar games!!!!!!!!!

  • pcmacro

    Posted Jan 22, 2006 1:57 pm PT

    I guess the next gen world is now moving along nicely. I get the feeling the announcement for the ps3 release date will come within a month to 2 max.

  • nas6192003

    Posted Jan 22, 2006 1:46 pm PT

    Some moron said all next games have always been more expensive then current gen. May I ask how long have you been playing games because I simply don't remember $60 games for Nintendo, Snes, Genesis, PS, N64, Dreamcast, Gamecube, or PS2. So maybe you should learn a thing or two ABOUT GAMING.
    Games that were over $50 usually came with lightguns or things of that nature so shut up. As long as I can remember buying games back to Mario Bros., $50 was the standard.

  • darkfox101

    Posted Jan 22, 2006 11:07 am PT

    to bad they dont do taht to next-gen ones.. I can barely afford one game..

  • Atarii

    Posted Jan 22, 2006 7:33 am PT

    The only game I would think to get after the price cut is FIFA 06.... naa, I'll wait for Winning Eleven 9 for my PSP

  • pugstar

    Posted Jan 21, 2006 5:56 pm PT

    EA hater, STFU. I'm getting tired of people bashing their games illigitimately. Downplay their games on actual reasons why they're bad, not because they're made by EA. Just because they figured out a way to streamline games and sell em good enough for total profit most of the time does not mean that they're games are all bad.

  • XlpranksterlX

    Posted Jan 21, 2006 2:44 pm PT

    Thats nice, its just that im still waiting for specific games to go on sale. Like Indigo prophecy.

  • bizsumpark182

    Posted Jan 21, 2006 2:43 pm PT

    I wouldn't buy any of the above titles unless I could get them for $10. And even then I would just get Need For Speed.

  • Greatgone12

    Posted Jan 21, 2006 1:39 pm PT

    Either way, most of EA's games are crappy, so they should start them out in the 20$ price range anyways. They'd make a lot of money either way...

  • onimushaiw

    Posted Jan 21, 2006 1:27 pm PT

    that's nice in the US, but over here in EU specially in Hungary where the Premium Pack of x360 $550 and a game starts from $80 , for Condemned you have to pay $90, so just stfu at the other side of the ocean : D

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