Games for Breakfast: The Last Guardian Price Drop

<p>Welcome to Games for Breakfast&comma; a new feature series here on BagoGames&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Games for Breakfast&comma; written by features editor Angelo De Bellis&comma; is a daily opinion piece of about 250-500 words—I gotta keep it brief—that engages topical game news&period; Every new post will go live at 9am EST so that you can grab your cup of coffee and read a brief account of a particular gamer’s take on the latest goings-on in the industry&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p>Good morning&excl; For today’s post&comma; let&&num;8217&semi;s discuss the interesting news&comma; as reported by Polygon&comma; that <em>The Last Guardian<&sol;em> has been given a permanent price cut&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Even though Team Ico’s game has only been out for a few months now&comma; going forward the game will cost &dollar;40 instead of &dollar;60&period; While it’s not any surprise that the game would receive a discount&comma; almost all trip-A titles do&comma; it’s a little curious that it received one so soon after release&period; I haven’t looked into the sales numbers myself&comma; but I’m sure it’s no stretch to say that Team Ico’s near-decade cycle didn’t pay off&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When taking that into perspective&comma; and the fact that there seems to be little buzz surrounding the game&comma; I suppose dropping the price permanently is the only obvious choice to make&period; Though the game will likely not gain ground because of this maneuver&comma; it will certainly convince the few who were teetering over the edge about whether to give it a chance or not&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Perhaps the most illuminating things to take away from the swift actions include the following&colon; the longer you develop a game for&comma; the more likely your are to face the inevitable law of diminishing returns&semi; and&comma; if you’re a consumer with a waning interest in a specific game&comma; maybe give it some time&comma; as the lukewarm response from others will likely cause the price to drop early&period; Equipped with this knowledge&comma; I wonder how Team Ico will handle any of their future titles and if this type of price-adjustment tinkering by Sony&comma; the publisher of <em>The Last Guardian<&sol;em>&comma; will set a precedent for future titles that just aren’t gaining traction&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;