I saw this topic on TXB and I liked it so much I thought I'd offer it up for discussion here.

For the time being, many of the titles coming to the XBOX are ports from other platforms (mostly PS2). Since the cost of porting a game is significantly less than the cost of designing a game from the ground up, the publisher can and should reduce the price of ported games.

I've b1tched about ported games many times on XBA. If a ported game (like GTA, MG, etc.) premiered at 40-50% off of a native XBOX game I would have a much easier time justifying the purchase price. By the time GTA is ported to the XBOX it will be in the PS2 bargain bin. Why should we pay more than PS2 owners?