Speaking to Gamespot, Rob Blythe, a consumer analyst for Macquarie Bank, has claimed that he expects video game prices in Australia to undergo a correction in the next year.
Game prices — in Australia it’s the ultimate taboo subject, but we managed to get hold of Ed Fong, Managing Director of Ubisoft and Paul Yardley, Managing Director of GAME, to talk game prices in Australia. Can we go lower? And how can the local industry compete with the rapid growth of online shopping?
We’re currently attending the first Game-Tech conference, a conference geared toward discussing the issues that affect the Australian Games Industry specifically. In a cross discussion, Sony’s Michael Ephraim and Managing Director of Ubisoft Ed Fong were both asked about the challenges facing the Australian Games Industry today. The answer? Retail and the price of games specifically.