EA Will be Charging More for Next Gen Titles Comparing to Other Companies

Product-reviews writes:

We told you not too long ago that both Sony and Microsoft had officially priced their respective PS4 and Xbox One games at $60, the same retail price as current software titles for the PS3 and Xbox One. At the time, doubts started to appear after first-party, not third-party games were only mentioned frequently. Now we know the real reason for this, as EA has now confirmed their PS4 and Xbox One prices and it looks like you are going to have to pay more for their games.

[DrRobotnik]

Does a bear Sh!t in the woods?...yes.

[jimbobwahey]

It's a shame because I was looking forward to Need For Speed Rivals, but if EA are going to be greedy scumbags then they won't see a penny from me.

They've also killed any chances of checking out Battlefield 4 as well, now my eyes are on Killzone and Call of Duty instead :)

[steve30x]

EA has been greedy with years.

[abzdine]

so this is why they cancelled the online pass? for people buying new to still pay extra?

no EA game for me what so ever!

[fardan85]

If EA start to charge more than $60 then I hope gamers will be vocal one more time, this time against EA.
I hope the media will be filled with gamers voices and huge backlash.
I will not support EA business practice. If they release a game which I really want then I'll simply wait for the price to drop down to $60 then get it.

[fardan85]

What EA plans to do is absurd.

[JokesOnYou]

I know I'm going to get alot of hate for this but actually if you add inflation games are actually cheaper than they were in the 90's, we are just use to getting bargain prices for so long now. I always expected prices to go up this gen. Now with that said I think if all publishers went up $5 then that would make sense from a business perspective but anymore than that will likely turnoff alot of potential customers. Either way today's economics are not what they used to be so I fully support the idea that we should take a stand against price increases.

[Name Last Name]

Too bad BF4 sales will suffer for this.

[mewhy32]

Well all I can say is that if they charge more for their games than the competition does then they probably won't sell as much as their competitors.

[SDS Gamerfiend]

EA can suck my BAWLS! I'm not paying a penny over $60 USD!

[Software_Lover]

People said they wouldn't pay over 50.00 for a game. Look what happened. I remember when gas was .99 a gallon.

[DeadlyFire]

Why would you pay $60 USD. That is still high. Should be $50 bucks or less. I get most of my games these days around 20-40 a piece. Only takes 3 months for some games to drop down to $40 bucks.

[3-4-5]

Then they will be selling less.

[THamm]

If I remember correctly, EA did this on the SEGA genesis era aswell

[SnakeCQC]

someone has a long memory lol

[WalterWJR]

I think EA stopped making games for the saturn or dreamcast as well because of some dispute.

[princejb134]

EA must be smoking that good stuff
Gaming is already an expensive hobby.
I always though development gets more expensive not by leaping in graphics but depending on the console architecture.
For example this gen developers complained a lot on how ps3 architecture was difficult thus needing more man power and extra hours.
If ps4 architecture is almost perfectly similar to a PC than they don't need to spend that much extra resources to get it onto that console, especially since developing starts on PCs anyway

[cellfluid]

Exactly what use to take months now takes days....

[abzdine]

that Shaq Fu on Genesis cost my parents too much money i remember :D :D

[xReDeMpTiOnx]

If its the rumored 81$ for each EA game then I will not be supporting EA this gen even though I love BF.

Watch bf go from the most pre ordered to the fastest cancelled pre order

[SnakeCQC]

its not going to be $81. Things are always cheaper online so even if it is you could get one for 60 or less

[xReDeMpTiOnx]

As much as I want to believe EA wouldn't charge that much, at the same time EA has done some dumb &@!@"'n

[ZodTheRipper]

It'll be 69,99. Still too much.

[mcstorm]

Ive been saying this for a long time but making games more on new consoles will keep users on the current gen for longer as they are still making the same games on the PS3 and 360 as the one and PS4 and why will people want spend between £399 and £420 on a new consoles to then spend £60 or more for a game that is on there current console for £40.

This will also be the reason why COD carry's on out selling BF games into the next gen to as price dose matter to a lot of people.

[SnakeCQC]

it was never 60 quid for a game the most i ever saw any game was 45 to 50 and that was for call of duty titles

[mcstorm]

I never said it was £50 or £60 for a game im saying if EA make there next gen games this much it could hurt there sales for the next gen games.

[Fishy Fingers]

Shop around, RRP means nothing. I dont expect to pay anything more than a few pounds over what I've paid this gen. Which to be honest, I can live with. Shop around, or avoid buying day one. Gaming can be as expensive, or cheap as you make it.

Next gen titles will still cost less than I used to badger my parents into spending on a SNES game for me. So I personally dont feel that hard done by.

[SnakeCQC]

exactly

[first1NFANTRY]

the only games i purchased this gen from EA where fifa 11, fifa 13 and till this day they haven't made any significant changes nor have they fixed the lag online.

next gen i'm going with Pro Evo Soccer. i'm not giving anymore of my money to these scum. and i'll be buying BF4 later when it drops in price.

i'm seriously sick of EA's overpriced games.

[Zichu]

Yeh, as much as I enjoy gaming, I'm not spending £55 on regular edition game.

I know it's the RRP and even this gen, the RRP is about £50, retail stores don't sell them for £50. GAME usually sell them for £40 to £45, which I don't even spend. I buy them from ShopTo which are usually £38 and then you get a quid back on near enough every purchase.

If stores are going to sell EA games at £55, I won't buy them until they have dropped to half price or more.

[JBSleek]

"PS4 and Xbox One RRP price with them, as their games will have a full retail price of £54.99."

That means nothing what so ever people. The stores will set their own prices this is just a suggestion on what they should sell it at but almost every sells products below that price.

[KrisButtar]

with a higher price tag I can see used game sales a lot more

[MysticStrummer]

EA Will be Selling Fewer Next Gen Titles Comparing to the Past

[patsrule316]

I want Dragon Age and Mirror's Edge. Need for Speed Rivals looks cool, but I think I would prefer The Crew instead. I don't care one bit about battlefield or the EA Sports games. Regardless, I don't plan on paying $60, let alone 80 for any of those games. I'll pay $30 a few months later. And yes, I will buy them new, not used, but thanks to used games still existing, the economics of supply and demand will let the prices fall.

[TheEvilWithin]

Looks like there defending there tittle as the worst company for a third year in a row lol They need those bragging rights lol

[RedDevils]

Don't be surprise if Activision beat them to it LOL

[TH3KARMACHARGER]

I am probably wrong, but perhaps this premium is made so that fans of the series will be able to get it instead of people who just buy PS4/Xbox1 and decided they want the "Call of duty game"

* I have heard people who say Battlefield is a COD series T_T

[stage88]

Wouldn't expect anything less from EA.

[360ICE]

If the games are worth it, I'll pay. Will probably find a good price eventually, anyway.

[Animal Mutha 76]

They can try.

I'm a patient chap happy to wait for a deal.

[titans9999]

Brink on 2K, EA sucks shit!

[Master-H]

I'll buy their stuff used then, and if one of their interesting titles have some really annoying DRM when it shouldn't ( singleplayer portion ), then i'll pirate that s**t on my pc. Take that EA !

[MadMen]

Bye Bye EA your games are now boycotted to me.

[Arty84]

So basically which so much discussion of reasonable pricing, one the points of offering all digital games to compete with steam type sales on computers and ea just says fuck that...we want more money

[InTheLab]

Yeah...Kinda expected EA to jump out the window. All your good will for getting rid of Online pass died when Xbox announced it's awful policies, and this only makes it worse. Particularly since EA games have taken a dive in quality over the last 5 years...

[tracyllrkn]

Yeah people, it's called a business. They're trying to make money. If they only charge like $5 extra, not a big deal, but charging like $10 extra is too high.

[grassyknoll]

It's an absolutely unnecessary price rise. The PS4/Xbox One versions will be PC ports. Will only buy EA titles used (just to prove a point!)

[Kietz]

(just to prove a point!)

People will always find a reason to be cheap.

[grassyknoll]

Well, I probably not gonna buy any, I don't think EA have made a truly great game since Bad Company 2 & Dead Space.

[tigertron]

I hate myself for pre-ordering BF4...

[MadLad]

Yes.
Yet again, let one big, greedy corporation create a new, higher standard price for every AAA release . . .
Activision at the start of this generation, EA at the start of the coming one.

[CKsquid]

On amazon uk all next gen game prices are listed at £54.99
This is the sole reason i have yet to pre order my ps4,
I flat out refuse to pay £55 for a single game, regardless of quality.
£40 is a good number, dont change what isnt broke.

[gnothe1]

At 80 dollars EA wouldn't get not one sale from me....no way no how..

[RGDubz]

Been telling everyone this for months. XD

[wishingW3L]

EA only become more and more evil with the passing of time but I hope they don't blame gamers when their games flop sales wise.

[sigfredod]

So EA is not getting my money on day one launchs, i will wait for the price drop to get BF4, simple as that, there is no reason to pay extra just because is EA

[FrightfulActions]

I guess they're hoping to win the Worst Company in America reward three times in a row.

[Wingsfan24]

Why don't we just fucking wait for an official word from EA instead of freaking out over nothing. As a comment before said, companies set their prices according to what they think, THINK, is the right value. Just as Amazon states on their site, payment will only be made on the final price as they can change. And OH, looky here, http://www.amazon.com/Battl...

[Lockon]

I love Battlefield but I refuse to buy BF4 if it's gonna be over 64 dollars.

[isarai]

One more reason for me not to buy any EA games, i'll get Mirrors Edge 2 used but i that's all i'll be getting from EA if this is there plan.

[FAT MAN GO BOOM]

Thanks EA it makes it easy for me not to BUY Your Games any more... I average about 8 to 12 EA games in a Generation .... Not any more there will be ZERO EA games bought from me in the next Generation...

[Indo]

So thanks to EA, I be saving $81 on not buying their games.

[ShaunCameron]

There were only two games I ever paid more than $59.99 for. And those two games were Madden 11 and NHL 11. $69.99 each. Both made by EA. In 2010. Not even a month into owning the XBox 360.

[jjb1981]

I hope EA gets as much criticism as the Xbox one is!

[madpuppy]

I'm patient, I have no problem waiting for a game from EA or any publisher to get down to a price I am willing to buy it for. Let the impatient take the hit.

[Skate-AK]

I think the pressure of other publishers prices will keep them $59.99.

[king_george]

is this actually confirmed by them? sucks cuz weren't they trying to get rid of the bad reputation they've had for awhile now?

this wont help...