PlayStation 3 games will cost $59.99 here in the US. You expected it, we expected it, but with all the silly hullabaloo over those insane Japanese prices, we really just needed Sony to confirm it -- and they have.

Now that's solid communication: wait until people flip out, then clear things up. Why these prices couldn't have been announced sooner is anyone's guess.

Maybe companies prefer it that way. It's not that they're keeping us in the dark, it's that they're keeping their competition in the dark until the last possible moment, making it harder for rivals to prep price-related promotions timed to disrupt launch plans.

Or maybe they just love to keep us buzzing about it over here on the blogs.