A newly-released English translation of an April Q&A with Sega execs contains some foreboding news: It sure looks like the suits are prepping to up the price on the company's games from $60 to $70, becoming the latest in a line of publishers to leave behind the $60 price point that's been standard in videogames for a good long time now.
Asked if they "actually plan to increase the unit sales price" of games in the upcoming financial year, Sega president Haruki Satomi and senior executive vice president Koichi Fukazawa (it's unclear which of the pair in particular gave the answer) responded that "In the global marketplace, AAA game titles for console have been sold at $59.99 for many years, but titles sold at $69.99 have appeared in the last year".
