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$70/€80 Games - How do you feel about it?

How do you feel?

  • It’s fine

    Votes: 616 18.1%

  • Not a fan

    Votes: 2,778 81.9%
  • Total voters
    3,394
VeePs

VeePs

Prophet of Truth
Member
Oct 25, 2017
17,402
Not happy but... it is what it is I guess. I almost never pay full price for games.

With Microsoft games I use Game Pass, with Sony games their prices drop fairly quickly so as long as that keeps happening I'm good, EA games are similar but drop in price even faster lol.

Activision and Take2 tho... And If Nintendo follows? Fuck. Their games never drop in price lol.
 
alstrike

alstrike

Banned
Aug 27, 2018
2,151
Here in Europe we've been paying 60€ for the last 15 years, so I guess Sony (and other publishers) have a point.
 
nss

nss

Member
Apr 10, 2018
1,807
It absolutely sucks.

It was also absolutely inevitable.

It would feel more palatable to me if games weren't filled with an absurd amount of MTX.
 
Azerth

Azerth

Prophet of Truth - Chicken Chaser
Member
Oct 27, 2017
6,239
its stupid games are making more money then ever
 
Mona

Mona

Banned
Oct 30, 2017
26,151
i'll happily give 70$ to studios like Vanillaware, they're desperate for it, i aint giving the big companies a god damn thing
 
Cyclonesweep

Cyclonesweep

Banned
Oct 29, 2017
7,690
Doesn't really effect me in the end as I like to be patient a bit for sales. That said, it makes game pass an even better deal for me so, that's nice.

The argument that "dev costs have gone up" is true...but like...your consumer base has gone up too. It's not like physical items where it costs you a decent percent of the sale price just to make each and every one you sell, not so with software. Costs up, consumer base up, publishers incomes insanely high now.
 
Soul Skater

Soul Skater

Member
Oct 25, 2017
10,201
I think it's kind of a mistake because of how quickly games devalue already.

more games are just going to have disappointing launch windows
 
DeliciousSunnyD!

DeliciousSunnyD!

Member
Oct 31, 2017
9,642
It has been inevitable for a long time. I'm fine with it honestly. You cannot possibly think video games were going to retain a fixed cost of $60 for 2+ decades, when inflation has been growing the whole time on top of budgets growing huge too. Something has to give sometime somewhere.
 
Coyote Starrk

Coyote Starrk

The Fallen
Oct 30, 2017
53,502
I fucking hate it with every fiber of my being. It's the first time in my life I have considered going straight to PC. I'm not going to pay $500 for a system and then $70 for a game. Not a single solitary chance in hell. So i will either wait for a massive sale/price drop or I will be investing in an average PC.


$70 is a joke.
 
Namikaze1

Namikaze1

Member
Oct 25, 2017
680
Jawbreaker said:
I was expecting it, and I don't mind. I'll get the games I really want at launch and wait for others to be discounted as I usually do.
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Yup. This is what I've been doing this gen and will keep on doing. I think I buy like 3-4 games at full price a year. This year is differently since new consoles but on regular years, 3-4.
 
reclaimerzzzzz

reclaimerzzzzz

Member
Oct 27, 2017
5,137
Conflicted, I don't mind paying the price for a single player game like God of War but I completely understand people not being happy considering that this increase won't lead to less/zero microtransactions.
 
Nameless

Nameless

Member
Oct 25, 2017
15,412
I only buy 3-5 full priced games a year. Won't really change anything. If I'm hyped enough to spend $60, I'll spend $70.
 

SteviaRelievingYa

Member
Apr 30, 2019
1,185
I really can't see myself ever paying $70 for the base version of a game. Maybe if it was one of the best games of all time. It's especially insane to pay that much with Gamepass being a thing.
 
RussTC3

RussTC3

Banned
Nov 28, 2018
1,878
It's too much.

But I don't buy games when they first come out so I don't really care. I'll buy when they go on sale. $50 or less new. I won't pay more than that.
 
Karak

Karak

Banned
Oct 27, 2017
2,088
Its shit and luckily we know some companies are not doing it. We will see how it rolls out
 
Maximo

Maximo

Member
Oct 25, 2017
9,290
Depends how PC games end up being priced too, the higher console price just reaffirms my decision to stay PC gaming.
 
VeePs

VeePs

Prophet of Truth
Member
Oct 25, 2017
17,402
DeliciousSunnyD! said:
It has been inevitable for a long time. I'm fine with it honestly. You cannot possibly think video games were going to retain a fixed cost of $60 for 2+ decades, when inflation has been growing the whole time on top of budgets growing huge too. Something has to give sometime somewhere.
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You're right, but the marketing model for alot of games has changed.

Expansions are common, DLC is common, Micro-transactions are common, etc.

It feels like gaming as a whole is far more popular also than 20 years ago.
 
PhantomArtifice

PhantomArtifice

Lead Administrator at Final Weapon
Verified
Apr 24, 2019
393
USA
It really sucks, but it was inevitable. I think as a result, I'm going to be waiting on a lot more games to drop in price now instead of hopping on them day one.
 
AngelOFDeath

AngelOFDeath

Member
Nov 13, 2017
2,380
I expected this last gen, I'm not happy about it, but I'm also not pissed at it.

Used to wait for new releases I wasn't day 1 on to be 40 bucks, now I gotta increase that level to 50.
 
DanteMenethil

DanteMenethil

Member
Oct 25, 2017
8,083
Coyote Starrk said:
I fucking hate it with every fiber of my being. It's the first time in my life I have considered going straight to PC. I'm not going to pay $500 for a system and then $70 for a game. Not a single solitary chance in hell. So i will either wait for a massive sale/price drop or I will be investing in an average PC.


$70 is a joke.
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If $70 gets adopted by everyone in the console space it's going to eventually brings its ugly head on pc too, same thing happened with 50 -> 60 on pc.
 

neroxyr

Member
Nov 14, 2018
156
70$ is way to much. In my country games were $92. This will go to more than $120. That's fucking too much
 
PlatypusDude

PlatypusDude

Member
Oct 25, 2017
2,159
Sucks, but not surprised. Feel for everyone who gets screwed over with the currency conversions they're doing.
 
blanton

blanton

alt account
Banned
Jul 28, 2020
1,576
I'm surprised it took this long to happen.

I remember people talking about it back at the start of the 360/PS3 era.
 
SuperBoss

SuperBoss

Member
Oct 25, 2017
6,587
The industry is bigger than ever, there are more consumers than ever, profits higher than ever. This is not necessary, it's greedy
 
Ghost of Jhoto

Ghost of Jhoto

Banned
Jul 20, 2020
1,314
It's w.e, I'm probably falling for corporate trickery but the facts game prices haven't gone up in over 10 years is crazy.
 

Adventureracing

The Fallen
Nov 7, 2017
8,071
The only full price game I've bought this generation is smash bros ultimate. Games simply cost too much IMO and I won't pay those prices. I mostly play older games anyway.
 
Pai Pai Master

Pai Pai Master

Member
Oct 25, 2017
32,703
Atlanta GA
I'm actually fine with it for Sony's big first party single player releases, and similar third party productions.

I already refuse to pay full price for third party games full of microtransactions & stuff. Those tend to drop in price pretty quickly in comparison so I'll just keep waiting for them.

I don't mind waiting 6-8 months to play most games.
 
kmfdmpig

kmfdmpig

The Fallen
Oct 25, 2017
19,448
It makes me feel better about my plan to get a series x and rely almost exclusively on Gamepass.
 
Frag Waffles

Frag Waffles

Member
Apr 7, 2018
1,073
At $70, I will bite at only my most desired of games. No different than today, really.

For everything else I'll get in at substantial discount. Having the patience to play 1-2 years behind launch will save you a ton. Especially now at $70.
 
hey it's that dog

hey it's that dog

Member
Oct 25, 2017
9,128
Not a fan. Going to be buying physical and reselling with greater frequency next gen.

Fortunately, I don't buy that many AAA games, and tbh the ones I do buy are usually Sony first party and if anyone deserves to charge more, it's them. Long, high production value, single-player experiences with no DLC or MTX most of the time.
 
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