$59 is often considered too much nowadays, because the "Triple-A" games are often released with Collector's Editions that sell for even higher prices, such as $69.99 or higher.

But people now realize that it's bogus to pay that much, because in a short time you can buy used games at low prices, or even new games at lower prices online.

...And just for the heck of it, I thought I would mention something very important that would help the economy of the United States:

Has anyone ever noticed that high-school teachers only actually "work" about 180 days of the year! School "Districts" pay teachers to "work," yet they do not have to "work" during the summer, even though there is a NEED for "summer school." As a result, we are TAXED even higher prices, because the school Districts hire NEW "summer-school" teachers, instead of telling the existing teachers to simply DO THIER JOB by "teaching" during the summer.

I was reading an article about this that talked about a school district in Michigan called the "East China" School District where Elementary, Middle-School, and High-School teachers make over $50,000 a year to start out of college with a Bachelors degree, and then INSTANTLY have a salary increase to over $60,000 when they get a Masters degree...Even though most of the teachers are going to graduate-college during the summer, rather than teaching summer school.

Note: If there are any people out there who deal with Racism, that East China school district in Michigan has virtually ZERO employees who are African American. I think that is terrible because of the racism that exists there. Experienced people of multiple races apply for the high-paying jobs in the East China school district, yet the school district turns their back on those experienced employees so that they can hire recent college graduates with no experience, just because those recent graduates went to school in the East China school district. The employees simply don't want to give those high-paying wages to people who are African American or other minorities. Our country is supposed to be past that point, but it seems that there are still some places where that has not happened.

I never pay more than £25 for my games, no matter the title. Games just aren't worth their £40/50 rrp.

If new PS3/360 games were £20 on release then maybe consumers would take a chance on games they'd never consider buying, thus sales of games like Valkyrie Chronicles, etc would benefit and publishers would take "more of a risk" putting out new IP.

As long as games remain expensive then they'll never reach the heights of other mediums i.e. books, movies, music because the price tag of games scare potential consumers away.

With games like Resident Evil 5, Killzone 2, Street Fighter IV on the way and priced over my £25 limit (i won't budge on this), i'll have no choice but to wait or purchase the game second hand.

Developers/Publishers maybe pissed at the second hand market, but they only have themselves to blame because if games weren't too expensive in the first place, then the second hand market wouldn't be as big as it is.

I've got no respect what-so-ever for publishers and their pricing policies as the second hand market benefits me and others.

Especially at times like these due to the credit crunch.