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Does anyone else find it a bit insulting that Sony has Digital Deluxe Editions of all their first party games that cost $20 more?
- Thread starter Waluigi's World
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It feels worse since what used to be $80 is now $90, but it's otherwise a rather standard practice industry-wide. I generally think digital deluxe editions are crap, and if I'm going to pay more, I'll get the physical DE which usually comes with a CD, art book, maybe a steelcase, etc., but hey, these things must sell if they keep creating them.
I have bought a few, but yeah..this is nothing new...?
This wasn't the outcome they were hoping for.
This has been standard practice for ages. Here's a recent example:
Sony can't keep getting away with this!
The tax on these digital games is what always gets me. It adds like three more o's to the ooooof. Why are they taxing my bits?
Hell, I paid for the gears of War 4 ultimate digital edition for $100 to play it early lol
I think they probably mean they've already jacked the price up somewhat arbitrarily, so they could presumably only charge a $10 premium in the case of these things especially given how minimal the actual bonus is. It feels a bit predatory to me personally but I'm not one of the people who feel the need to buy stuff like this.
The Deluxe editions are always terrible so it's no big. It's be worse if they put stuff in there that made me want to buy any of them. Pretty easy to not buy the Gold Sunglasses for $20.
I'm feeling personally attacked.
probably in the process of asking a Mod to close this embarrassing thread.
i'm far more insulted by OP ditching this concern troll thread than publishers trying to squeeze some extra bucks outta diehard fans.
My bet is OP has taken the thread off watch and put on ignore pretty quickly.
One of the worst concern threads I've seen in a while.
One of the worst concern threads I've seen in a while.
Nope. And what Spider-Man fiasco?
Hahaha, yeah. Suffice to say this thread backfired.
Hahaha, yeah. Suffice to say this thread backfired.
I almost died of heart attack seeing this, I'm going to sue MS and Playground Games.
Somehow - yes. But people are buying and it's 20$ extra for Sony - so they keep offering this.
Imho Sony is making the wrong calls right now. I've been riding the Sony train since day one but they are fckn up right now - Microsoft's strategy is well thought through and they are making all the right calls at the right time. Preordering was organized pretty well, acquiring Bethesda one day BEFORE PreOrder starts, putting EA Play in the GamePass. And yet, Sony has the exclusives imho but Microsoft is closing in which feels great.
Imho Sony is making the wrong calls right now. I've been riding the Sony train since day one but they are fckn up right now - Microsoft's strategy is well thought through and they are making all the right calls at the right time. Preordering was organized pretty well, acquiring Bethesda one day BEFORE PreOrder starts, putting EA Play in the GamePass. And yet, Sony has the exclusives imho but Microsoft is closing in which feels great.
There is no problem because there is no problem. Companies set prices for products. Consumers decide whether to buy them. No one is holding a gun to anyone's head.
They're dumb and don't affect the "regular user", but it's still a "yeah I want to be scammed" button that shouldn't exist.
That, on top of an absolutely disgusting 80€ price tag for the base game.
And then the obvious bait that is the Digital Edition, which will become more expensive than the proper version of the console as soon as you buy, like, 5 games.
Sigh.
That, on top of an absolutely disgusting 80€ price tag for the base game.
And then the obvious bait that is the Digital Edition, which will become more expensive than the proper version of the console as soon as you buy, like, 5 games.
Sigh.
Insulted is a bit far, but it certainly doesn't seem worth the money and I won't be picking up any digital deluxes from the launch titles. I'm also planning to buy mostly physical games on PS5 so it doesn't work for me on that front either.
Not going digital but I really don't mind paying 100 dollars for Demon's Souls. Say what you want but Sony exclusives are typically top tier gaming experiences. They make the most sense imo to pay slightly more for. I bought TLoU2 deluxe edition and don't regret it one bit. So I'd say it's okay as long as the quality is there and you want to support that/get some cool extras. The game will still be amazing if you don't have those in the case of Souls at least. :)
This.
I mean, yeah Sony has screwed up a bit lately... but this is not an issue.
I bought the deluxe edition for ghost of Tsushima and cannot even remember what it gave me. They usually aren't worth it imo
I think OP had no idea Digital Deluxe Editions are quite frequent from all major publishers, for the last decade or so.
I never bought them, since I buy mostly physical, but it's not like they ever have something required to play the game, it's just a perk to get a bit more revenue from the diehard fans. When you do the math they are healthy for the industry as long as it's not some pay-to-win MTX.
And the diehard fans are happy to pay the extra.
I never bought them, since I buy mostly physical, but it's not like they ever have something required to play the game, it's just a perk to get a bit more revenue from the diehard fans. When you do the math they are healthy for the industry as long as it's not some pay-to-win MTX.
And the diehard fans are happy to pay the extra.
Then let's talk about everyone doing deluxe editions then.