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Bloomberg article on next-gen pricing - "Sony was discussion going even higher before settling to $70"
- Thread starter Raigor
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Games have always been kinda underpriced to me, so it makes sense. Like, any game I want I know instantly it'll be worth $60 for how much entertainment it gives me.
I mean it's a product you can get dozens of hours of entertainment out of whether it be replaying the game or if it's that long. Like for me it's a steal that I payed $60 for BotW three years ago and have gotten over 200 hours of quality playtime from it since.
Meanwhile movie tickets, which last you two hours and are a one time thing, are about a fourth of the price.
I mean it's a product you can get dozens of hours of entertainment out of whether it be replaying the game or if it's that long. Like for me it's a steal that I payed $60 for BotW three years ago and have gotten over 200 hours of quality playtime from it since.
Meanwhile movie tickets, which last you two hours and are a one time thing, are about a fourth of the price.
How about stop trying to make 80+ hour games where over half of that is nothing but filler then?
A lot of people like those big games. And if you don't, why do you care what they cost?
Ultimately people are going to pay what games feel worth to them. There are some games I'll pay $70 for, and some that I won't.
Just because some people may pay more , ot doesn't mean everyone would .
I think 70 will be the test . Sure , lot of people only buy 4 or 5 games a year . So not a huge deal I guess. But for people that buy a ton of games , that's of extra money . You also have the people that may struggle to even afford a 60 dollar game so 70 might be tough for some folks .
Money isn't a huge issue to me , so I'm whatever about as I play mostly gamepass games now. Then just buy whatever games omi want that aren't on gamepass .
So idc about the 10 dollar Increase. But if it went to 80 ....a 20 dollar hike . Id probably stop buying games out of principle . Big game companies are making fat money at 60 . 80 , imo , is just pure greed.
Bingo. The condescending "this is businesses" posts gets a little grating when it's consumers slapping others consumers with it, for wanting the balance to be more favourable in this direction. Something you would hope most would push for when discussing large corporations.
And that's a perfectly valid approach, people should pay what they deem to be reasonable. I won't be paying £60 for games I will pick them up when they're cheaper. If enough people hold out on purchasing the prices will go back to what they were slowly but surely. Of course people will simply just keep buying them anyway and prices will keep going up.
I could see them going the Nintendo route soon. They aren't at Nintendo's pedigree when it comes to 1st parties but they are close.
This is the gen where im fully stepping back from day one releases....
Steam sales, and a drip feed of content via game pass is more than enough for me.
I cannot fathom wanting to spend $70+ on a video game.
Steam sales, and a drip feed of content via game pass is more than enough for me.
I cannot fathom wanting to spend $70+ on a video game.
Just done a quick inflation calculation and Tekken 3, that cost me £45 back in 1998, would be £80 today. Hell, stuff like Shinobi on the Megadrive would be £90 at todays prices.
I'm not saying it's right as they cost a ridiculous amount of money but they've been that way since consoles came out and we've been paying less for games that cost exponentially more to create than they used to.
The only thing people can do is vote with their wallets and not buy titles day one. Thank God for sales is all I can say!
Well...yeah, of course there were discussions on different price points until they settled on something. It's not like they held a roundtable and everyone in unison immediately went "70!" and that was that lol.
That's how you...make decisions?
That's how you...make decisions?
They were always going to sell out with the limited number of units available.
The real test is six to seven months when consoles are on store shelves.
The hell kind of a reply is this? I don't like those games, yet I am affected by them thanks to the price hike. Doesn't matter if I like them or not, if their budgets are the primary excuse here.
This isn't an article about Sony. The article is titled "Video Game Prices Are Going Up for the First Time in 15 Years"
Does that sound like 'clickbait' to you? Sony's internal discussions about game pricing is mentioned in pretty much the same tone and context that you've produced above.
Let's try to keep knee jerk reactions to a minimum.
I'm surprised they didn't go $80 tbh
Listen up, in one month a lot of games have sales well except Nintendo games so you don't have to buy it day one
Just wait
Unless you are rich rich
Listen up, in one month a lot of games have sales well except Nintendo games so you don't have to buy it day one
Just wait
Unless you are rich rich
If it's up to me I would go a step further, not paying that price for first party either. Because if they sell, all devs will think gamers are willing to pay that price and their games are special and worth the price. I'm not giving them a cent.
Why do I have a feeling that Activision probably the first to complain to Sony about raising the prices of games. Looks like Bloomingburg is trying to just do a gotcha title (click-bait) to get people to read the article. If you really think Sony is the one that told industry the movie the $70, I have a swamp to sell you in Florida.
Not just Microsoft and Nintendo, but EA and Ubisoft, too! /s
With that said, of course they discussed it. Every company is going to have these sorts of discussions, but it matters little if nothing comes off it.
I'm sure almost every option was brought up and discussed at one point. Even lowering the cost. I have enough money to easily support my gaming but their justification of the price raise rings a bit hollow when they also report record profits and cut employees.
The article name is Video Game Prices Are Going Up for the First Time in 15 Years
What clickbait is thread name
Yeah, they clearly want to go the Nintendo's "our brand is the hot shit" route so bad but i don't think their hardcore customers are as much fidelized and trained to shell out money with no question asked yet.
Yeah fuck that. After Miles Morales and Demon's Souls I'm done. I'm only shelling out the $70 for launch games to play.
"They point to inflation, as well as the ballooning cost to develop triple-A games, as justification."
While making record profits thanks to digital stores, mtx, season passes etc etc.
Also while doging taxes, not paying devs fairly and making games unnecessary big with pandinger bullshit. Nobody forced you to make every game 100h long
While making record profits thanks to digital stores, mtx, season passes etc etc.
Also while doging taxes, not paying devs fairly and making games unnecessary big with pandinger bullshit. Nobody forced you to make every game 100h long
But the price hike isn't universal as far as I can tell. The bloated, 80 hour open world games at PS5 launch are $60 (Watch Dogs, Assassin's Creed) and the first party prestige game (Demons Souls) is $70.
If Microsoft's smart they'll hold $59.99 for 1st party. EA, T2 and Activision might not like it but it's an easy competitive and PR win with consumers, like when Sony dropped their 1st party to $39.99 in the mid 90s to draw a stark contrast with Sega and (especially) Nintendo. Also helps position Xbox as the choice for value with a $299 console, GamePass, etc.
..he said in a Forum complaining about reflective puddles, "downgrading" and moved release dates.
You keep telling that to yourself ;)
The article title is "Video Game Prices Are Going Up for the First Time in 15 Years".
How's that 'gotcha' or 'clickbait'?
I don't even like paying 60 for games.
I can see why they'll raise the prices tho, but as a consumer. I'm patient to wait for a price drop on-certain games
I can see why they'll raise the prices tho, but as a consumer. I'm patient to wait for a price drop on-certain games
They crazy... $70 is already a lot of money, can't imagine it being more especially during pandemic.
Why comparing it with movie tickets? That's not the same thing. You pay for everything that allows you to watch the movie, not just the movie.
You can compare movie ticket price to VR experience place price if you want.
sure they are. Don't you see Era thanking these billion dollar companies all the time?
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEND MY MONEY ON YOUR PRODUCT SENPAI
I agree with you, but you'll have people on this very board tell you that they won't pay full price for a game that's less than 60-80 hours and that's a big part of the reason why we keep getting these bloated open worlds littered with busywork.