how much

All depends on where and when you make the purchase. Although I'd imagine they would still retail around the same as a new current gen console game costs or maybe £5 or so more.

Similar to how there was about £5-10 difference between PS2 new releases and the PS3 ones were IIRC.
 
Sony have stated that PS4 games will cost the same as PS3 games. Game prices have hardly changed in the last 20 years, big name Super NES titles were often £50+ in 1992, Street fighter 2 was £65 retail in that year and you couldn't find it for a penny less new.
 
I'd say £40 still, but I can see certain retailers pushing the price up a bit more or publishers wanting a higher RRP. I've 99% stopped buying in-store anyway and have learned to be patient, refuse to pay full price for something that isn't worth it.
 
kdd said:
Sony have stated that PS4 games will cost the same as PS3 games. Game prices have hardly changed in the last 20 years, big name Super NES titles were often £50+ in 1992, Street fighter 2 was £65 retail in that year and you couldn't find it for a penny less new.
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My parents paid 59.99 for Donkey Kong 3 on the SNES :p was the best game I ever got. I had to beg for them to buy it lol. Games have gotten cheaper I also think though that is down to gaming being more common now adays compared to the old where gaming was seen as a "anti social" thing to do.

The second hand market has also helped a lot as games generally get cheaper as time goes on by quite a lot. I mean when God of War 3 came out I remember seeing it for ~50quid. Now it can be picked up for ~12quid :p
 
Some stores try it on and I've seen Black Ops 2 pushing £50 - then they'll state a RRP and you save whatever blah blah. And I guess those not in the know would fall for that.

Everyone I know likes to shop around. Everyone I know uses the internet.
 
you can pretty much guarantee they will be close to RRP @ launch and for a couple of months afterwards too.

so @ launch expect to pay £45-£60 (there is even a store which has them up for £69.99 currently), i think most people have paid around £50 for a game @ previous launches.

after 6-12 months this will drop to £30-£45 (what they are now for a new title)

of course it always depends on the game itself, some are always intended to be a budget or a premium option, so you could see some for cheaper or a lot higher.

nobody knows the prices as it is the developers who set them, then retailers add on a mark up.
 
Psycho Sonny said:
nobody knows the prices as it is the developers who set them, then retailers add on a mark up.
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You mean publishers, the devs aren't at all responsible for that side of things, unless of course the title is self-published, in which case it would likely be a digital product.
 
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