News - Videogames price hike in 2011?

[HEXUS]

V.A.T rise gives retailers some tough decisions to make.

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[kalniel]

"The price of a 160GB PS3 could jump from £249.99 to £255, with the 320GB model climbing from £284.99 to £291. It’s likely that many games will also see around £1 added to their price, " reads the report.

Meh.

[cheesemp]

"In recent years, supermarkets have competed heavily in this particular area and the likes of ASDA and Tesco have become great places to buy games."

Really? I've found Tesco a lot more expensive than online (i.e play, amazon, steam (sales only) etc). This is true of xbox and even more so with regards to PC games. Its rare I buy any games in bricks and mortar stores nowadays (Maybe 1 or 2 a year compared to about 30-40 online).

[finlay666]

Meh.

My thoughts exactly

I never pay full price for games, in fact I rarely pay over £30 for a game, £20-25 is the sweet spot for me

And I wouldn't pay full price for a console on it's own, in fact a trip to Europe while doing a booze run would probably cover it

[IronWarrior]

The last full price game I brought was BFBC2 at £29.99 on Steam and I have to say, it was worth every penny, really do love that game.

Before that, it was the Left 4 Dead 1 and 2 games, everything else I have brought on sales through Steam.

[Terbinator]

Do you remember that near none existent price reduction when VAT was dropped too 15%. Can't see the prices changing dramatically tbh and sales wise it won't be reflected properly until next Christmas.

[shaithis]

Nothing to worry about.

It's the small everyday items this will effect......all those little "rounding ups" constantly...