Today video game consoles are hundreds of dollars more expensive than youd expect based on historic pricing trends. That according to an Ars Technica analysis of decades of pricing data and price cut timing across dozens of major US console releases. The overall direction of this trend has been apparent to industry watchers for a while now. Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft have failed to cut their console prices in recent years and have instead been increasing the nominal MSRP for many current...
