EA Questionning The $69 Videogame Price Tag

<p>Blake Jorgensen is the chief financial officer at Electronic Arts&comma; or EA as the cool kids say it&comma; and during the Morgan Stanley Technology&comma; Media and Telecom Conference yesterday revealed that EA are still undecided on what to price their games at when it comes to next-generation consoles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><i>&&num;8220&semi;I think typically at the start of a cycle you&&num;8217&semi;ve seen the pricing raise to &dollar;69 for a core piece of software and then over the life of those it&&num;8217&semi;s drifted down to the introduction price&comma; typically now around &dollar;59&period; We haven&&num;8217&semi;t yet set pricing on our &lbrack;next-generation games&rsqb;&comma; but you&&num;8217&semi;ll probably see a similar trend during the start of the next cycle&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;i><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Do you agree with EA and their questions regarding the future&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;uk&period;gamespot&period;com&sol;news&sol;ea-undecided-on-next-gen-pricing-6404527">Game Spot<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"zemanta-pixie" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 10px&semi; height&colon; 15px&semi;"><img class&equals;"zemanta-pixie-img" style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" alt&equals;"" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;img&period;zemanta&period;com&sol;pixy&period;gif&quest;x-id&equals;515c3c5c-b5ae-4c09-b4c9-67bfb857e3a7" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;