Are you prepared for the possibility of paying $70 for games next gen?

Dan Thunder · Oct 22, 2018

WhovianGamer said:
I don't and won't pay more than £45 for a new game. After day one, I wait until they hit £30 to buy.

I'm pretty much the same. I'll go up to £50 for a launch title if it's something I've been really anticipating but anything else has to drop to £30 at the absolute max before I'll purchase it, even then it has to be a game I'd always planned on getting. Anything else I'll probably wait until it's under £20 on a PSN sale.

Ceadeus · Oct 22, 2018

It's already the case here in Canada. 79.99 and has been this price for a couple of year already. Add both fédéral and provincial tax(quebec) a single game cost us 90$

It was 59.99$ back then like the usa

Elephant · Oct 22, 2018

I'm in the "charge what you think your game is worth" category. But ultimately I'll be buying for what I think your game is worth.

For example i won't be buying a sports game or franchise multiplayer shooter for £40-50+, not with all the dishonest non-transparent microtransactions. You're gonna wanna half that.

Give me a God of War or a Witcher 3, however, and I'll pay more because i think they deserve it. No bullshit, just great games. Take my money.

Saying that, I don't think prices will change. There will just me more "editions".

Roy Mastang · Oct 22, 2018

Already paying 70€ in Greece

Deleted member 10737 · Oct 22, 2018

nope. i already pay a ridiculous amount of money, considering the exchange rate between our money and the dollar. if things get more expensive i'll just buy more games used.

Chromhound · Oct 22, 2018

Games are already 80$ in Canada... I don't want to imagine with the price hike

Tobor · Oct 22, 2018

Stop buying games at launch if you think they are too expensive.

Andi · Oct 22, 2018

Given my current backlog, I see myself buying a lot more games when they get cheaper on summer/winter sales going forward.
I would only pay full Price if I really, really, really want that game.

Phoenix944 · Oct 22, 2018

Never paid 70$ for a game. Unless you buy your games at gamestop maybe?

Raiden · Oct 22, 2018

Please, i already pay 70 euros for my digital releases, thats like 85 USD or something like that.

Dragonyeuw · Oct 22, 2018

Games go on sale too quickly and drop in value to drop $60 at launch nowadays( speaking for myself of course). The industry has trained me to wait 6 months and grab the game for half the release MSRP. Still haven't bought God of War or Spider-mn yet( looking for holiday deals). Most I've paid for a game recently was a sealed copy of Mario Odyssey for $40 off a local FB classified site.

Deleted member 10726 · Oct 22, 2018

I've already seen games being sold for 69.99€ here which is $80

Euler007 · Oct 22, 2018

Solobbos · Oct 22, 2018

Megatron said:
To all the people saying 'sure I already pay more than that anyway in my currency' you DO realize that an increase from $60 to $70 usd would cause your prices to go up too, right? In Canada it could go from $80 to $95-100, for instance.

They didn't the last time it happened in USA.

Also, already paying 59€ (67,86$) for new games if I can't be arsed to find a sale, so no problem.

Gurvyy · Oct 22, 2018

Here, in France, we already pay our games 69.99 euros... soo you know, it will be more like 80 euros here ><

Black_Red · Oct 22, 2018

Yes, its so weird to me that games are cheaper than in the n64 era and not counting inflation.

andresmoros · Oct 22, 2018

I actually think that they should increase the prices. Creating videogames is so God damn hard and it takes so much time. Once you' worked for a videogame company, you understand the industry and value games more.

Jawmuncher · Oct 22, 2018

They can try. I'll kust become even more picky. I haven't bought one title this entire year day one.

Nickerous · Oct 22, 2018

I'll wait for a sale. May just wait to get next gen all together. Maybe a few years into the console's life cycle...

rochellepaws · Oct 22, 2018

Aside from a select few games I'm happy to just wait for games to drop to the price I feel they're worth.

Uno Venova · Oct 22, 2018

I mean, I'll but significantly less games but whatever.

TheThirstyPrisoner · Oct 22, 2018

ggx2ac said:
Considering games went from $50 to $60 in the jump to HD Gaming.

The price of games actually went up to $60 in the jump from 8-bit to 16-bit in 1991. I paid $59 for Actraiser on release and, if I recall, some games even went up to $70. Only first-party Nintendo games tended to be cheaper ($49).

TheExecutive · Oct 22, 2018

Just means I buy less games immediately that's all.

Stone Ocean · Oct 22, 2018

If they stop trying to gouge the shit out of me beyond the base price sure

Starlatine · Oct 22, 2018

if you want to charge 100$ for your games just to discount then to 20$ three months later because people are not buying it then be my guest

i'll keep waiting for sales like i always did.

dead souls · Oct 22, 2018

Lol, I pay around $20-30 per game I buy. There's no way I'm paying anywhere near $70 for anything.

khamakazee · Oct 22, 2018

Some games might try but I continue to see a trend in DLC and other ways to get extra money instead.

empty feat · Oct 22, 2018

I wonder if AAA games increasing price would make more people see the value in smaller budget projects, or if "indie games" would still be expected to be £10 or less.

Deleted member 25108 · Oct 22, 2018

Next gen games arent going to be any different from what we have now. The true experience is not in a $60 game and hasnt been since the middle of last gen.

Renna Hazel · Oct 22, 2018

Some games are worth more than 60, so yeah I'd be willing to pay that depending on the game.

Megatron · Oct 22, 2018

Solobbos said:
They didn't the last time it happened in USA.

Also, already paying 59€ (67,86$) for new games if I can't be arsed to find a sale, so no problem.

You were paying $59 euros for PS2/GameCube/Xbox games?

Enrico25 · Oct 22, 2018

lolilolailo said:
Aren't most of the big AAA already $69.99? And that's before taxes in the US, no?

Big AAA are already 69.99€ here.

75€? Where?

Amazon / GameStop Italy

ridge_racer · Oct 22, 2018

Yup, im ready. I maybe buy 2-3 brand new retail games per year. Every other game i buy is years old and cheap. I can justify a $70 game a few times a year.

KorrZ · Oct 22, 2018

I live in Canada. Games are already $79.99.

Kaako · Oct 22, 2018

They can try and I'll pick up the same games for dirt cheap later after launch.

Rondras · Oct 22, 2018

Sure, if they want to go back to pre-NES where everyone went broke.

NHale · Oct 22, 2018

Wasn't GTA IV $70? Or was the price only increased in Europe? So it can be done but only for special games like a GTA VI. I can't see it happen for all games without a major backlash especially when more games are being sold as GaaS nowadays.

You can't justify increasing prices while you keep pumping DLC and microtransactions into the games, and you are out of your mind if you think publishers are going away from microtransactions if they can increase the prices of the game a mere $10. As we recently knew about the size of that market for Ubisoft and EA that will never happen in the near future.

Also if they increase the prices they risk having even more people taking the smart approach, wait 2 months and get the same game for 50% less considering how aggressive the price drops for games are nowadays even on digital stores i.e. Shadow of the Tomb Raider and NBA 2K19 discounted 1 month after release.

Personally I don't have a problem to pay even $80 for a game I really want but only if they don't introduce any kind of extra monetization and keep supporting it with the same kind of content they do right now. Not ever going to happen though even if they do it it would be just for a couple of years then we would be stuck with $80 + $40 in extra content...

Deleted member 32374 · Oct 22, 2018

I don't pay $60 now, beyond the odd game once every couple of years. Persona 5, Fallout 4, that kind of game.

The base price needs to rise though. Unless you are a fan of the currently system of a base experience for $60 and the true, expanded experience for $100. Which I think isn't awful, on the whole but man does it get a ton of hate. Don't like it? Pay more for base game.

commish · Oct 22, 2018

Games are cheaper now than ever before. Not concerne.

Ombala · Oct 22, 2018

You seldom get a full AAA game for 60$ today.

60fps · Oct 22, 2018

AAA titles like RDR2 or CoD are already 70 € in Europe for standard edition, this goes up to 100/130 € for maximum edition. Imagine that.

Deleted member 6730 · Oct 22, 2018

Since games tend to not hold their for value very long all you have to do is wait a couple of months and most games will be at a cheaper price.

PrimeBeef · Oct 22, 2018

Man we paid $70 for some NES games. $80 for a lot of SNES games. Really we should be paying that or more if we take inflation into account. For me price is not going to be an issue. If I want it I'll pay for it.

qa_engineer · Oct 22, 2018

The cost of software and application development has grown exponentially so I'm ok with it so long as the software is worth it. Publishers have been recouping costs by chopping games up and selling (cash grabbing) as dlc anyway. So if that means less of that and more complete games at launch then great. I'm all for cosmetics as dlc tho.

Anthony Hopkins · Oct 22, 2018

In uk games already retail for £49 which is $63, but you can get em cheaper if u shop around.

shuno · Oct 22, 2018

Nope. Never pay full price, since 99 of 100 full prized games aren't worth it anyway. So after all it doesn't matter to me. And console exclusives you can play for a few bucks, just get them used and sell them a few days later.

Xyer · Oct 22, 2018

Nah. I'll probably just switch to a delayed buying schedule and wait a few extra months to buy the games insanely cheap. Most games drop to $40 after a week or two now.

Now that I've lost the Amazon Prime 20% discount, I'm going to be buying a lot less games. I usually never even play them anyways (I usually lose interest after 10 hours these days). My backlog is huge. $70 would push me away even further.

Sheepinator · Oct 22, 2018

Ceadeus said:
It's already the case here in Canada. 79.99 and has been this price for a couple of year already. Add both fédéral and provincial tax(quebec) a single game cost us 90$

It was 59.99$ back then like the usa

It isn't already the case, because 79.99 in your weak currency is $61US.

Rondras · Oct 22, 2018

NHale said:
Wasn't GTA IV $70? Or was the price only increased in Europe? So it can be done but only for special games like a GTA VI. I can't see it happen for all games without a major backlash especially when more games are being sold as GaaS nowadays.

You can't justify increasing prices while you keep pumping DLC and microtransactions into the games, and you are out of your mind if you think publishers are going away from microtransactions if they can increase the prices of the game a mere $10. As we recently knew about the size of that market for Ubisoft and EA that will never happen in the near future.

Also if they increase the prices they risk having even more people taking the smart approach, wait 2 months and get the same game for 50% less considering how aggressive the price drops for games are nowadays even on digital stores i.e. Shadow of the Tomb Raider and NBA 2K19 discounted 1 month after release.

Personally I don't have a problem to pay even $80 for a game I really want but only if they don't introduce any kind of extra monetization and keep supporting it with the same kind of content they do right now. Not ever going to happen though even if they do it it would be just for a couple of years then we would be stuck with $80 + $40 in extra content...

Might be. I remember buying the game on second hand, like 2 years later, for 55€ and that was considered like a good deal for that game

danhz · Oct 22, 2018

Ill just wait for sales, not worried.

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