[quote name='SevereTireDamage'][quote name='eldad9'][quote name='Ledhed']You do realize that cartridges cost exponentially more to produce than CDs right?[/quote]
They can't cost "exponentially more". You might have meant "significantly more"..
What does that even mean? 1 cart costs twice as much to make as 1 disc, but 2 carts cost 4 times as much as 2 cds?[/quote]
Actually, that's probably not far off the truth.
Anyway, I'm sure EB is overcompensating on price so they don't get complaints later. For instance, I think we're all pretty sure the system itself will cost less than $200 - and it sure won't cost more than $200. You can say the same thing about the games, there's no way they'll cost more than $50.
That way they can't get complaints filed against them for overcharging in the unlikely case that the hardware and software do end up costing more than was authorized.[/quote]
If EB was truly determined to do it that way, though, they'd set outrageous prices so no one would order. $500 for a game and $20,000 for the console? Sounds like a relatively safe pricing level to me!
Back to the card issue...yes, they're more expensive. Still, think about what kind of abuse the games for a disc-based portable will go through. At the very least, I can easily see it being damn hard, if not impossible, to find used PSP games in decent shape. If people can kill console games so easily, just think about what will happen to portable games... *shudders*