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Have Sony got away with it again? First with the PS4 PS Plus multiplayer requirement - now with PS5 almost doubling software prices
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The unfortunate truth is that if it doesn't happen to Americans, then it isn't happening. Don't worry. Americans won't take it well when China starts getting preferential treatment in the next 10 years.
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Yeh my bad RRP is £69.99, I was seeing deals earlier and got mixed up. Still represents a 30% increase of RRP (£52.99 - 69.99)
Yeah, and because they are small-ish games, on a non new gen scenario they would be $40.
Horizon Forbidden West will probably be $60 instead of $70 since is crossgen too.
If you have a launch system you are probably going to pay higher prices. But be patient after that.
1. Games on non Nintendo consoles get significant sales quickly.
2. When you purchase the much cheaper game it will have already had multiple patches to fix bugs and possibly add content.
I know some people have said they have a hard time waiting because they want to post about it while others are also playing....but if you can get past that (or simply don't care like me) you will pay less and get a better game.
1. Games on non Nintendo consoles get significant sales quickly.
2. When you purchase the much cheaper game it will have already had multiple patches to fix bugs and possibly add content.
I know some people have said they have a hard time waiting because they want to post about it while others are also playing....but if you can get past that (or simply don't care like me) you will pay less and get a better game.
Miles Morales isn't classified as a full priced game because its scope is similar to Uncharted the Lost Legacy which cost $40, Sackboy is also a smaller scoped game so it is also priced accordingly at $50, like Ratchet and Clank 2016 was at $40. Demon's Souls is a classified as a full AAA game so it is full priced. So games that were $40 last gen are not $50.
Oh come on! The two paragraphs don't exist separately. Sony's games were $50ish at PS1 launch, and it wasn't until 4-5 years in that they started coming in more often at $40. Even so, that was 26 years ago for the PS1 launch. I can't think of another product out there that held its pricing structure that long.
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I am aware of that, I have plenty in the backlog and will just buy second hand but thought it was worth discussing how it seems to have been completely forgotten about all ready
Has a single review mentioned pricing?
Shadowfall was not that price at release because I remember complaining about game price hikes back then too and Shadowfall was one of the few games I bought.
Not double price I'm afraid and finding a budget price for Shadowfall and an overpriced value for Demons Souls (its like 69.99 standard everwhere) plus blaming Sony for something the industry in general is enacting, you are shooting your argument in the foot.
Not double price I'm afraid and finding a budget price for Shadowfall and an overpriced value for Demons Souls (its like 69.99 standard everwhere) plus blaming Sony for something the industry in general is enacting, you are shooting your argument in the foot.
They didnt double the prices.
The price in the US as remain the same but in europe it has increase 10€ every generation.
LOL What kind of begging the question is going on in the thread title? Sony got away with online paid multiplayer? Now Sony is to blame for the video game industry raising prices on something that should have happened years ago? You don't like the prices? Don't buy the games at full price or vote with your wallet.
Does that include VAT? Because with tax in NY I paid $76 for MM Ultimate Edition.
Converted to pounds with VAT added, it's not that far off.
Converted to pounds with VAT added, it's not that far off.
Sony first party games get cheap pretty fast there's really no reason to spend $70 or whatever on them, launch aside. I bought a couple to keep me busy at launch but I don't foresee myself buying many more at that price.
They got away with it with PS Plus multiplayer requirement?
My PS5 is coming tomorrow, I don't normally get a ton of new games but when I do it's usually something I can play for a while or something special like Last of Us 2. 70 plus tax is def a lot but you can always wait if you don't wanna be Day 1, they'll always go on sale soon enough.
My PS5 is coming tomorrow, I don't normally get a ton of new games but when I do it's usually something I can play for a while or something special like Last of Us 2. 70 plus tax is def a lot but you can always wait if you don't wanna be Day 1, they'll always go on sale soon enough.
Don't worry OP, prices will come down like they always do.
And going from £50-70 isn't anywhere close to doubling the price.
And going from £50-70 isn't anywhere close to doubling the price.
Its clearly a european currency. We dont know such a thing as msrp or rrp or whatever. We only know one price ever. The price you see once is the price youre gonna see always and everywhere, and its the price youre gonna pay. If he says it was 70£ that means that 70£ left his pocket.
It's up to the retailer of they want to sell below rrp.
If your talking digital that's a different story.
None of that has anything to do with why the prices went up. It's officially because of inflation, like I said, among other things. As per Bloomberg:
It's shitty, but it is what it is. This is a premium hobby and you don't really have a (legal) choice.
Lmao come on bro I'm in Australia and the prices have not doubled, RRP has increased from 100 to 110/120. Cut the bullshit.
The $69 price you're quoting is from stores that sell at a loss, the RRP for ps4 games was $100AUD, those same stores could sell ps5 games at a loss too but are choosing not to do so.
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Yeh second hand for me will be the near future. It seems retailers are keeping the prices very close to RRP which I guess at launch is understandable. Hopefully after the dust settles we will end up basically where we are now where games are widely available for £44.99 at launch
Yeah, prices are crazy. Was at a store today. Demon's Souls 80€ while Yakuza 7 was 60€. That's just a big difference and personally where I would draw the line
lol why would the price be included in the review? Buy it used or get it via a rental service or split it with a friend.
"sony got away with it again" is an amusing thread title.
I'm sorry but the thread title is borderline troll-bait. They have NOT doubled the price LOL
Yes it sucks they have increased it...will they get away with it? Maybe not if sales are slumped for new releases...or mores if digital sales fall
Yes it sucks they have increased it...will they get away with it? Maybe not if sales are slumped for new releases...or mores if digital sales fall
£35 was standard price for new PS4 releases? When?
??? what numbers and what change
??? what numbers and what change
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Its a shitty argument citing "inflation" and the cost of developing games when the profitability and monetization of games has more than outstripped both (hence profits going through the roof all around)
It can be a shitty argument but also a true one, because I cited sources. It is an overall shitty situation.
But again, there's nothing you can do about it, and gaming isn't some utility or human right that should be regulated lmao
The companies set the price and they control the platform and resources.
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