Aldo: Do you REALLY believe that EA won't charge $60 for Rev games?
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Yep. It's not financially excusable for them to do so, given that the maker - 1st party - has promised no RRP increase, they can't fall back on the excuse of 'increasing development costs' (because it's been designed precisely to avoid that), and the market demographic it's aimed at isn't as tolerant of high prices as the 360/PS3 market (namely, the Rev is aimed at a sector - excluding the hardcore Nintendo fans - that is comprised of people who are at most casual gamers and at least completely new gamers - rather than the 16-30 tech junkie group the other 2 consoles pitch themselves at).
Whilst they would no doubt
like to (same as they'd love to charge $100 or so), the market won't allow them to do so, precisely because the manufacturers have been pushing both their lower price point and the cheapness of development for the console. Anyone knowledgeable about gaming will know that Rev games cost less to make than Ps3/360 (so they won't be willing to stump up), and anyone new to gaming will be looking at the cheapest 'modern' games (so a high price point would render targeting that whole market worthless).
Although given that EA will probably only pump up the sort of generic carbon copy tripe that it has for every other format, ever, it probably doesn't matter what they charge - the whole attraction of the Rev is that in theory you don't get your Need for FIFA 2007:Underground Xtreme NFL Dance or soforth as the default fodder, but something unique that takes advantage of what should be a fairly revolutionary and universally accessible control system (at least, I can't think of any mass-produce home entertainment control like the Revs; even the eyetoy isn't an exact analogue).
Bork bork bork!
