Simple if no one buys games at that price they will bring the price down. But we have people who will take their mommy and daddy's monnies and buy these games.

So what, Was charging Xbox360 users money for Xbox Live not enough?
Was the high price tag on 360 accessories not enough? 120gb HD = $150
Wifi Adapter = $100
Seriously, whats up with nickel and dime business going around here. You Can easily get an external 120gb HD for $50 or less and Wifi Adapters can be bought for $40 or less. Even Capcom doing it, with SF4 costume DLC and RE5 Versus DLC, content already on the disk but we have to pay to unlock it.

Misleading title. The title suggests that Microsoft raised the price for some specific reason, when in actuality Microsoft mistakenly set the price too low in the first place and then realized their mistake.

but MS should've kept the price at that as a sign of good faith. And Major Nelson has lost major points in my book with locking the thread

I agree this article is BS and just trying to spin a favourable mistake for people into bad press for MS.

Still, I'm getting very annoyed at all of the 1200 point arcade games lately. It's not like most of them are any better than most of the 800 point games that have come out. I get the feeling that after Braid (Which, in my opinion, WAS worth 1200 points, even if Jonathan Blow is an arrogant twat), MS figured they could charge more for all their games =\

I think the games are too expensive overall.