Where the hell did this come from? Apparently, game publishers are about to increase the price of games for the first time in a long time. The proposed hike being floated around is three to five bucks. Weren't we just talking about a price slash on console games just a year ago? I can understand how the rising costs of production would push the profits down a bit; but five dollars? I cringe whenever I pass Doom 3 on the shelf. The 55 dollar price tag just seems so high. Of course, with an across-the-board rise in price, the AAA titles would run around 60 bucks when they first come out. My worry is this will only hurt the industry by making piracy more acceptable to morally ambivalent gamers (not talking about you or me, of course). Sixty bucks is a lot of diapers, and I really don't want to have to decide between S.T.A.L.K.E.R and a clean crib. This CNN Money piece covers both sides of the argument well.
