Why is this game $60 when I seen the ps5 version for $20?

[Terrorize Exercise]

What kind of sense does that even make?

[Kurabiye]

i never thought ps store could be cheaper. but here we are (same goes for monster hunter world and dlc)

[Alby]

cause consoles are for peasants

[An Irate Walrus]

TFW different platforms, with different business relationships with devs/pubs, get different sales at different times.

Heresy! Perdition! Dogs and cats living together!

[Duilf]

Most Japanese companies wants customers to buy on consoles. The reasoning is simple Sony a major Japanese company owns the PS, and many TV products. Sony isn't the only Japanese company selling in these fields. Therefor sales in any of these fields are likely to flow into the Japanese market multiple times. Subsequently if you went to Japan the Console to PC ratio would vastly favor consoles. It is a cultural thing, and a main part on how they run their global economy. Therefor it only gets hostile when say Microsoft is also pushing for a monopoly.

If you want games from Japanese companies on Steam at a discount wait until the summer, winter, and company sales when Steam forces the discount as part of their agreement. Still they tend to do the bare minimum so buy bundles/editions to get a real discount on DLCs.

[Koala 4peace]

Originally posted by Alby:

cause consoles are for peasants

That's mean. XD

[Nibbie]

Got any proof for this claim? It doesn't seem to be on sale right now, and the only information on previous sales I saw with a quick search showed the lowest its gone is ~$40 US, which I'm pretty sure it what it has been on sale here for. If a physical store was doing some sort of clearance on it for some reason, that is obviously entirely beyond the company's control.

[E Z K A T O N]

Originally posted by Nibbie:

Got any proof for this claim? It doesn't seem to be on sale right now, and the only information on previous sales I saw with a quick search showed the lowest its gone is ~$40 US, which I'm pretty sure it what it has been on sale here for. If a physical store was doing some sort of clearance on it for some reason, that is obviously entirely beyond the company's control.

One would assume he's referring to this.
https://www.ign.com/articles/elden-ring-black-friday-2023

Now sold out, however.

[Terrorize Exercise]

Originally posted by Nibbie:

Got any proof for this claim? It doesn't seem to be on sale right now, and the only information on previous sales I saw with a quick search showed the lowest its gone is ~$40 US, which I'm pretty sure it what it has been on sale here for. If a physical store was doing some sort of clearance on it for some reason, that is obviously entirely beyond the company's control.

Best Buy for one.

[Duilf]

Originally posted by Terrorize Exercise:

Originally posted by Nibbie:

Got any proof for this claim? It doesn't seem to be on sale right now, and the only information on previous sales I saw with a quick search showed the lowest its gone is ~$40 US, which I'm pretty sure it what it has been on sale here for. If a physical store was doing some sort of clearance on it for some reason, that is obviously entirely beyond the company's control.

Best Buy for one.

Then there is that. Physical electronic stores have fallen on ever increasing harder times. Of course they have better sales then most digital storefronts they need to draw in a crowd.

[Sabaithal]

Because they've given up selling for the console I suppose. That's the only explanation I can come up with, since they never used to reduce the price of anything. Ever.

[nfinite.recursion]

Best Buy:

PS4 version - $29.99
PS5 version - $39.99
XBox Series S/X - $39.99

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/elden-ring-standard-edition-playstation-5/6468170.p?skuId=6468170

Best Buy is just doing their usual Black Friday deals while also clearing the shelves of excess stock. Nothing special or at all unusual.

Where $20 sale? As others have pointed out, console digital storefronts almost never have any worthwhile sales. That's the price of being a console peasant. Elden Ring has been on sale on Steam several times. Last sale was fairly recent.