I don't know if Americans realize how much 80 euros is. (just checked as I wasn't 100% sure: 94 USD)
Gamepass subscribers don't buy games at all? This affects everyone.
It's implied in your post.
It's crazy that we were already paying 70€, which already converts to $82.
I wouldn't be surprise if the majority of gamepass owners will not bother buying games at all honestly. Individual games are just getting way too expensive.I'm voting with my wallet, not buying a single game at $89.99 CAD.
I'll wait for a sale, even for Demons souls which I'm dying to play, if I can get it for pre hike I will wait as long as possible, retail or digital. And I hope sales are hit early and hard.
Gamepass subscribers don't buy games at all? This affects everyone.
I don't get so many mentions of gamepass. It's a great service but the games I want to play are not on the service?
Also do people who subscribe to Netflix never go to movies or never watch any other thing besides Netflix
In Europe we'll be paying 24 USD more per game, absolute insanity. Well, if you add the VAT to the American prices it's "only" around 20 USD in difference but still.It's crazy that we were already paying 70€, which already converts to $82.
There is no excuse for the price hike
I don't get so many mentions of gamepass. It's a great service but the games I want to play are not on the service?
Also do people who subscribe to Netflix never go to movies or never watch any other thing besides Netflix
I love that gamepass is always an answer to prices when gamepass is clearly going to go up in price as well because games just got 10 dollars more expensive. Price will creep up if I were anyone that all in for gamepass I'd be getting a few years subs. Price will be up and less deals by 2022.I'm voting with my wallet, not buying a single game at $89.99 CAD.
I'll wait for a sale, even for Demons souls which I'm dying to play, if I can get it for pre hike I will wait as long as possible, retail or digital. And I hope sales are hit early and hard.
Gamepass subscribers don't buy games at all? This affects everyone.
All I have to do is keep paying $15 a month for the foreseeable future. I'd rather own my games than pay $15 and then have to pay for the game on top of that once it leaves the service.This price hike is the best thing that MS could have hoped for with Game Pass.
Yeah, people will point to the fact that the digital store fronts have great sales... But they do that because they have to compete with retail. When they know, for a fact, that a certain percentage of their customers are locked into their storefront they're not going to have as much incentive to do the big deals.
steam was known for insane sales when barely any other stores existed.
there will always be great sales.
I don't agree with this.There's no justification for the price hike other than turning millions into billions. Meanwhile the people purchasing the games have dealt with stagnant wages and a creeping increase to their cost-of-living expenses. And it's not like developers are going to be treated better or paid more either. You don't drive up the price to satisfy your shareholders and then dump all of the extra profit into salaries.
The consumer does not benefit
The developer does not benefit
The executives and the shareholders benefit
To all those bleating "That's why there's GamePass", not everyone wants to play those games. You can't play Horizon on GamePass, you can't play The Last of Us Pt 2 on GamePass, you can't play Bloodborne, Spider-Man , God of War, Uncharted 4, Death Stranding etc etc on GamePass.
Surely Americans have to pay tax on top of the $70, right?
Despite that, I'm pretty relaxed about all this. Sales will probably drop as a result of the higher prices, and publishers are going to have to adjust their pricing models as a result. The prices will surely come down.
Because it's talked about in the article.I don't get so many mentions of gamepass. It's a great service but the games I want to play are not on the service?
Well, yeah, that's the thing. The PS5 Digital Edition is bait. It's 100€ cheaper but becomes more expensive than the proper, good version of the console as soon as you buy like 3 games. And if people take the bait, then the PS6 won't have a disc drive option at all, and you'll be stuck paying ludicrous money for your games.Cyberpunk can be had for £45 on disc, a PS5 game is £70
How does this work? when Sony have no license fees to pay on their own platform it is nothing but greed.
I don't get why it's so much in the UK. A quick calculation shows that the UK price for these titles is equivalent to just over $90 so why are we paying the equivalent of $14 extra for exactly the same product?!
There is plenty of games that gamers buy that are not and will never be on gamepass. It's a fine service but it's not the be all and end all.What don't you get? There will be a lot of huge games on Game Pass that consumers don't have to buy, even on day 1. In theory there could be gamers that only play games released on Game Pass. I know a lot of people who stick only with Netflix and maybe Disney+. They don't buy BR movies or go to theaters. If it's not on one of those services, they don't watch.
In 2021/2022 for example, you want to play a racing sim on PS5? Shell out $70. On Series X? It comes with Game Pass.
I love that gamepass is always an answer to prices when gamepass is clearly going to go up in price as well because games just got 10 dollars more expensive. Price will creep up if I were anyone that all in for gamepass I'd be getting a few years subs. Price will be up and less deals by 2022.
What if you are interested in games that aren't on Gamepass?
@Topic: I usually don't buy Day 1 and I am sure we will see games being sold for 20-30€ a few months after release. Just be patient.
So have profits? This industry is making more money than ever lol.For years companies and analysts have talked about dev costs have risen and risen while games cost remained static and this was not sustainable now for the first time in decades the price goes up £10 and all hell breaks loose, no one likes a price hike but it had to happen at some point.
Also UK consumers are use to price crashes weeks after games launch so outside of the launch games that people will buy day 1, weeks later (by Xmas) they will have dropped in price in the sales.
Deals are starting to disappear now, but I really doubt price will increase.I love that gamepass is always an answer to prices when gamepass is clearly going to go up in price as well because games just got 10 dollars more expensive. Price will creep up if I were anyone that all in for gamepass I'd be getting a few years subs. Price will be up and less deals by 2022.
Well, yeah, that's the thing. The PS5 Digital Edition is bait. It's 100€ cheaper but becomes more expensive than the proper, good version of the console as soon as you buy like 3 games. And if people take the bait, then the PS6 won't have a disc drive option at all, and you'll be stuck paying ludicrous money for your games.