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Sega Is Considering a Price Increase to $70 in Line With Nintendo, Ubisoft, and Other Publishers

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Sega is considering following in the footsteps of Nintendo, Ubisoft, and other publishers and start charging $70 for future titles.

During a financial earnings call held towards the end of April (the translated transcript of which was spotted by VGC yesterday), Sega Sammy CEO Haruki Satomi and CFO Koichi Fukuzawa alluded to the idea of increasing the price of Sega’s upcoming titles when asked why the unit sales price is set higher than usual for the upcoming fiscal year.

“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,” they said.

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