I was going to buy GTA5 back in October, but when I got there, something just made me pass on it. I've grown tired of spending the $60 on a game so I'll wait until it goes down in price. I hope GTA online is better in 5 than it was in 4 as I played for about two or three weeks and then stopped messing with it and went to playing single player and just making the AI mad.
Then PS1 came along with CD media, and games dropped to 50$
PS2 games were still 50.
PS3 games went up to 60 because HD assets are more expensive to produce.
PS4 games are still 60.
@VitaDev
Then you got royally screwed because I have been buying games since the Atari days, and they were less than $50. I bought UMK3, DKC, Mario All-Stars, and many more for SNES when they first came out for $30 or $40. I recall going to KMart to buy NES and GB games for about $25 or $30 as a kid and when they were on sale you could get them dirt cheap (bought the first Metal Gear game for less than $10 because Kmart was clearing it out).