Ten_Fold
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Right an that same $70 digital launch game will be the same price for like 3 years.
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Sony confirms $69.99 price for first-party PS5 games
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iHaunter
Member
People forget that games used to cost this much yeah. We're just catching up. Studios have hundreds of employees spending years making one game.
Knitted Knight
Banned
Losing war but yeah, buy the Physical.
Allforce
Member
It irks me because as a medium game pricing has hardly any middle ground like so many other forms (TV, books, movies). You're either buying a cheap 9-20 dollar indie title or a 60 dollar "big studio" game. There's nothing releasing at a middle point much anymore.
Some wildly ambitious and expensive AAA title like Spider-Man or Last of Us? Sure, charge out the ass for that experience at first. I can wait but I get that people are hyped over the moon for it and want in ASAP.
If you're going to make the game just a grind for doodads over months and months, price it at 30-40 and go nuts with the DLC and Battle Passes, etc.
Some wildly ambitious and expensive AAA title like Spider-Man or Last of Us? Sure, charge out the ass for that experience at first. I can wait but I get that people are hyped over the moon for it and want in ASAP.
If you're going to make the game just a grind for doodads over months and months, price it at 30-40 and go nuts with the DLC and Battle Passes, etc.
Megatron
Member
No it won’t. Everyone always forgets the rules reset at the start of a new gen. PS5 games will be full price with little to no sales for a year. People will Hitchcock and moan every PSN sale for the first couple years that there are no good prices on PS5 games And all the sales are for PS4 games. It takes several years into a gen before we get good sales.
Doczu
Member
Well thank you very much, i"m officially droping out of next gen untill the console and games are bargain priced.
70-80 EUR is way too fucking much for me and i don't believe any current dlc and mtx shit will go away.
I'm stsying curent gen for as long as i can and i'm thinking about building a cheap gaming rig.
70-80 EUR is way too fucking much for me and i don't believe any current dlc and mtx shit will go away.
I'm stsying curent gen for as long as i can and i'm thinking about building a cheap gaming rig.
Kazza
Member
Just wait a couple of months and you'll be able to get them for £50. Another year and they'll likely be £30 and so on. This is Sony we're talking about, not Nintendo.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
For sure. But too many people itch for day one.
Now if it's a competitive game like a shooter or sports game where you gotta bite the bullet and get in early so you can rank up fast like everyone else, ya it sucks. There goes another $10.
But most games you can just chill out and wait for digital deals or a lucky Gamepass kind of thing.
Ar¢tos
Member
I'm fine with that, I decided to wait for next year to get a ps5.
I have a long wishlist of ps4 games to play still, and hopefully there will be more sales of ps4 games after the ps5 releases.
LeftThumbstick
Member
Please enjoy PS fans, hope those exclusives are really, really worth paying premium for.
Manstructiclops
Banned
If you buy games at those prices you're a complete dickhead. Full stop.
TonyK
Member
And how is possible that we pay the same for seeing Avengers Endgame that for an indie movie?
So £70 here in the UK, or a 40% increase. Yeah, they can fuck off with that. I'm not paying 70 fucking quid for a game.
Not even bothering trying to pre-order now. I was all in for the DE but I can't risk being locked in to those prices.
I guess I'll be waiting for a while. Demon's Souls still didn't particularly impress me tbh, and Horizon being available on the PS4 is pretty deflating too.
Man, they really killed my hype for this thing.
Not even bothering trying to pre-order now. I was all in for the DE but I can't risk being locked in to those prices.
I guess I'll be waiting for a while. Demon's Souls still didn't particularly impress me tbh, and Horizon being available on the PS4 is pretty deflating too.
Man, they really killed my hype for this thing.
Duallusion
Member
I've been digital-only for about 5 years now on PS4 and yeah, thanks, I'll continue to wait for the vast majority of games to hit the sales on PS store, which have been pretty great in the last couple of years.
scoobidoo112
Member
We're in the middle of a pandemic, the economy is tanking, millions of people have lost their jobs or are being furloughed... seems like a great time for a massive price increase (especially for Europe, €80, jesus). I really wonder if / how all of this is going to affect sales these next few years.
Besides, revenue streams have already drastically changed these last two generations. If online subscriptions, season passes, microtransactions and lootboxes weren't a thing, maybe I'd understand, but for the vast majority of releases, you can't convince me that they need this price increase to recoup development costs.
Honestly, the more I think about it, considering the times we live in, the more it starts to make sense why Microsoft went the Xbox Series S route. The idea of spending 299 plus game pass ultimate will probably be a lot more appealing to some in this economy than spending 399/499 on whichever console you prefer, plus an online subscription, plus $70 games. We'll have to wait and see I guess.
Besides, revenue streams have already drastically changed these last two generations. If online subscriptions, season passes, microtransactions and lootboxes weren't a thing, maybe I'd understand, but for the vast majority of releases, you can't convince me that they need this price increase to recoup development costs.
Honestly, the more I think about it, considering the times we live in, the more it starts to make sense why Microsoft went the Xbox Series S route. The idea of spending 299 plus game pass ultimate will probably be a lot more appealing to some in this economy than spending 399/499 on whichever console you prefer, plus an online subscription, plus $70 games. We'll have to wait and see I guess.
Question I'd like to ask. How long does it usually take till they put a high profile game on discount? Last of us 2, GoT, etc.
GaviotaGrande
Banned
Edit: Sorry, I read your post wrong.
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LostDonkey
Member
Will wait for sale as usual. don't think I've spent over £30 for any game this gen, won't do next either.
The Bloody-Nine
Member
AV
We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
That's crazy. The thing that bummed me out from the presentation was that I assumed only Spider-Man was ready. Damn, nice.
Gen.Grievous
Member
PC games will probably follow suit.
Paid 60 euros for Cyberpunk on Steam and paid only 44 euros for Wicher 3 on steam (both preorders btw).
Paid 60 euros for Cyberpunk on Steam and paid only 44 euros for Wicher 3 on steam (both preorders btw).
Duallusion
Member
By my estimate, you can get them 50% off (at least) in around 6 months on average.
phat_crazy
Member
You don't think they would do any early sales for any of their new games?
I could see them doing half off sales or 50 instead of 70 sales
I've seen some surprising PS store sales at times
But you are probably right and they are going to keep those prices on lock
You will be at the mercy of PS sales with the digital edition unless you don't mind paying 70 for a 4 hour game
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Gen.Grievous
Member
MSRP was 70 euros in the PS store so it's a 10 euro price hike.
In the Netherlands (and probably a lot of other euro countries) when buying at retail you tend to pay around 60 euros though. I expect you'll be paying 70 euro at retail now. So you'll basicly start saving money by getting the disc based version of the PS5 after 10 retail game purchases not even counting resale of games.
HerjansEagleFeeder
Member
Call me crazy but at this point, if you really pay 80 a game per month, pay for online and all.. you better get a PC it's more expensive upfront but - depending on your personal use case - actually cheaper in the long run. This suddenly becomes much more obvious with these new price tags.
GreatnessRD
Member
Damn, I haven't seen this big a heelturn since Hulk Hogan joined The Outsiders forming the nWo.
You hate to see it.
You hate to see it.
dDoc
Member
Yeah for most PS4 titles day one price ranges from 55-60.
I have disposable income but I am not paying Eur 80 (Eur 20-25 more then what I am used to and also more expensive than the USD versions) just because I am based in a different continent.
So in my case a PS5 purchase just got delayed (hyped for DS remake but not really interested in Morales) and will be definitely not buying many, if any, day one games any more. Also got a PC to game on. So if a lot of players are of the same mindset Sony has just shrunk(maybe temporarily) the PS5 user base and game attach rates.
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Phrixotrichus
Banned
Meanwhile I got CP2077 on preorder for 38€ on PC.
Well, my dudes, here you see why the PS5 DE is only 399€/$
Well, my dudes, here you see why the PS5 DE is only 399€/$
ChuckeRearmed
Member
USA has always had a lot of stuff much cheaper than Europe.
Infested Goblin
Member
And yet we still need to pay to play online on console. LMAO
ZehDon
Gold Member
Wanna know how I know you're Australian?
genesisblock
Member
Are they fucking kidding me? They have the audacity to charge for cross-gen games at this price for a resolution bump and some texture packs???
That's it, putting all my focus on PC now until the consoles get their act together.
That's it, putting all my focus on PC now until the consoles get their act together.
Memorabilia
Member
I have ocean front property in Arizona I'd like to sell you...
losslessFlac
Member
What about new crossgen games like Horizon 2? Will they raise the price on base PS4 games?
I can't see this staying to just Sony. They wouldn't want to price their games more than everyone else unless there was a consensus to raise prices across the board for new titles.
I can't see this staying to just Sony. They wouldn't want to price their games more than everyone else unless there was a consensus to raise prices across the board for new titles.