Japlabot Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 My brother was going to the shopping centre, so I asked him to pick up Vice City Stories (PSP) and Bully/Canis Canem Edit (PS2). He shopped around at all of the major retailers (EBGames, Big W, Kmart, Target, etc) and the PSP Game was about $60 and the PS2 Game was about $80! One would think that the PS2 Game would be cheaper, because it's not a secret that the PS3 is here. The PSP Game would logically be more expensive because the PSP is not obsolete. I got him to return it. $80 (AUD) is too much for a PS2 game. For $80, I could get a Mod-Chip in my PS2 and download it, and then buy it when the price goes down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljames28 Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 That's kinda cheap compared to our prices, a PS2/PSP game in the UK would be about $100 AUS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spik3balloon Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 Your logic is slightly flawed :) A new console being released does not necessarily cause last-gen game prices to fall. Look at Xbox games, they're still the same price even though the 360 is here. The PS2 is also not obsolete. It's selling like hot cakes due to the fact that it's dirt cheap now, and it's probably outselling the 360 right now. Plus a PS2 game has more 'content' than a PSP game, and would probably have higher production costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted December 16, 2006 Subscriber² Share Posted December 16, 2006 Dunno about PSP games but I can pick up Canis Canim Edit (Bully) for ?14.99 here:)) Try shopping online as well, you tend to get games a lot cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunters0 Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 lucky for us in the UK as the New consoles have come out the last gen games have gone way down in price :D Plus we get $3AUS to the ?:DD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaPrime Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 AU$70-$80 is not too bad for new console games. And PS2 is far from obsolete here, since most of the Top 10 games usually come from it: Compared to DS games which retail for $60-$70, and Xbox 360 games at $90-$110, it's not really asking too much. If you wait a few months as the price will be $40-$50 soon enough. Or you could just try eBay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOGglee Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Your logic is slightly flawed :) A new console being released does not necessarily cause last-gen game prices to fall. Look at Xbox games, they're still the same price even though the 360 is here. The PS2 is also not obsolete. It's selling like hot cakes due to the fact that it's dirt cheap now, and it's probably outselling the 360 right now. Plus a PS2 game has more 'content' than a PSP game, and would probably have higher production costs. i agree with the 'logic' part... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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