GameStop exec voices concern over the dipping price of digital games

Surprise, the president of the biggest video game retailer doesn’t like what the digital option is doing to the price of software.

GameStop president Tony Bartel told investors during a conference call last week (as Games Industry International first spotted) that he has concerns about how digital games are driving down the price for blockbuster releases. The executive revealed that consumers now expect to pay around $35 for the downloadable version of new games that would typically sell for $60 at stores like GameStop. While this could start to cut into the retailer’s profit margins, Bartel tried to frame this as a problem for game makers as well.