Regardless of the current economy, Square was doing pretty well. The TSW fiasco really didnt matter much after FFX's success. Enix is a wonderful company, and they make great RPGs, such as Star Ocean. Putting the Square think tank together with Enix's think tank has got to be the best idea ever, in my opinion. Of course, only time will tell, but I think this could lead to a lot of really really cool games.

And the prices of games has not increased over in America, I dont know about elsewhere. Typically, when the economy is bad, they lower prices a bit to stimulate sales. For example, if only one person will buy the game at $60, five will buy it when it's ten dollars cheaper. At least, that's what I learned in my high school economics class.