WTF is this price?

[HoriZonT™]

Bro, in my currency I'll be paying 70 dollars (And it would be the base game)

In comparison:

*Baldur's Gate 3 > costs 59,99 ~ BRL 199,00
*Elden Ring > costs USD 59,99 ~ BRL 229,00 (with dlc: BRL 309,90 deluxe edition BRL 387,50)
*Black Myth: Wukong > costs USD 59,99 ~ BRL 229,00 (Deluxe edition BRL 279,99)
*Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 > costs US59,99 ~ BRL 199,00 (deluxe Edition 309,90 and Ultra Edition 359,00)
*GUNDAM BREAKER 4 > costs USD 59,99 ~ 232,50 (Deluxe 349,90 and Ultimate 387,50)
*Dragon's Dogma > costs USD 59,99 ~ 279,00 (deluxe 319,00)

*KCD2 base game costs USD 59,99 ~ BRL 299 ("deluxe" BRL 398,00)
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According to this site > (https://www.usa.gov/minimum-wage) The Minimum wage in USA is 7,25 per hour. I'm assuming people commonly works 40h a week so it means you'll earn US1160 per month. That being said, the proportion you'll be expending of your money in tripleA games is more or less 5%.

In Brazil we earn per day (The calculus per hour only happens in specific situations, so let's ignore it for now). The minimum wage in Brazil is precisely BRL 1412 per month and 47,06 per day (We always use 30 days for the base calculus). KCD costs approximately 21% of the salary the majority of the Brazilians receive. Elden Ring/Black Myth Wukong costs approximately 16%.

While you, fellow americans, have to work 1 day to buy this game, we Brazilians have to work like 5 days to pay what Elden Ring asks, and for KCD almost 6 and a half days. (Not every job pays for extra hours though).

Fun information: The correct price for AAA games in Brazil is BRL 199,00 14% of the minimum wage. That's the most acceptable here and is the price used since the beginning of times.
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edit1: this is obviously a hyperbole, I'm well aware that the game isn't 70 bucks. But this is my logic: the difference in prices considering the minimum wage is about 16%, if you add it to 59,99 you'll get ~69 dollars. And even if you disagree with my crazy math, 299 BRL is about 54 dollars and I said 70, so its clearly a hyperbole either way.

edit2: d1ck salad eater: someone who pays for a bad/overpriced product. In general this person will defend a company and its practices without being paid for it.

[Thorba]

59,99 at my country looks pretty standard, if it is as good then the first game i pay this with pleasure.

[Elitepatriot]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Panky..:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Elitepatriot:

The price i standard in the United States. It is actually $10 less-than the AAA trash we get these days

Did you miss the concept of "regional pricing"?

Can this be bypassed by just buying a cd key from a third party? Granted I want to give the Dev maximum cash for them making such good games, so I bought on steam.

[HunZolka]

Don't know why, but on Epic it is considerably cheaper. The Deluxe edition costs about as much there as the base game costs here.

Not all games are like this, usually 60 EUR is the price on all new releases, but there are exceptions.

[Radgol]

you know it's not the devs setting price of the game in your country right?

[Panky..]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Elitepatriot:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Panky..:

Did you miss the concept of "regional pricing"?

Can this be bypassed by just buying a cd key from a third party? Granted I want to give the Dev maximum cash for them making such good games, so I bought on steam.

Depends on your region. If you're in a second and third world region, the aforementioned price gouging with grey market keys will happen, in which case, Steam is the cheapest option.

Ideally, just wait for a sale and refuse to pay these exorbitant rates. "Support the devs" is a fallacy when it comes to big/AAA publishers, and I can explain why.

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Radgol:

you know it's not the devs setting price of the game in your country right?

No one is blaming Warhorse here, only Deep Silver / Koch / Embracer.

[HoriZonT™]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Panky..:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Elitepatriot:

Can this be bypassed by just buying a cd key from a third party? Granted I want to give the Dev maximum cash for them making such good games, so I bought on steam.

Depends on your region. If you're in a second and third world region, the aforementioned price gouging with grey market keys will happen, in which case, Steam is the cheapest option.

Ideally, just wait for a sale and refuse to pay these exorbitant rates. "Support the devs" is a fallacy when it comes to big/AAA publishers, and I can explain why.

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Radgol:

you know it's not the devs setting price of the game in your country right?

No one is blaming Warhorse here, only Deep Silver / Koch / Embracer.

ofc, never in a million years I would pay this price. The sad part is: I saved the money to buy KCD 2, but the value is exactly as Elden Ring and Black Myth Wukong. They just lost customer that was going to buy it full price, now I'll wait for a sale

[StarFighter]

I made a similar post a of couple days ago. I agree that KCD II pricing is a bit out of our reality and quite bad compared to games with similar quality that just released.


I also saved a bit to buy this game on release and was hoping to get it by at most R$ 250.

[Panky..]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย StarFighter:

I made a similar post a of couple days ago. I agree that KCD II pricing is a bit out of our reality and quite bad compared to games with similar quality that just released.


I also saved a bit to buy this game on release and was hoping to get it by at most R$ 250.

All AAA pricing.*

None of these AAA companies are in touch with the consumer or economical scenarios. They genuinely think people from second and third world countries are going to buy at those extortionist rates, ignorantly trying to maximize profit per copy sold, but people won't buy something that doesn't have an appealing price point out in these regions.

[Kaia]

In Switzerland, the regular edition costs CHF 67.90 (USD 79.85)
and the deluxe thing CHF 90.50 (USD 106.42)


It's highway robbery, but i really don't care tbh. Not touching this title with a 10 ft pole for the next 4 years until it's patched and polished, so i will likely get that during a sale for a fraction of the cost.

Game studios in general need to pull their head out of their behind with those prices, but that's no skin off my back. More than plenty of excellent titles to spend my free time on, so that's their sales figures to tank.

[HoriZonT™]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Kaia:

In Switzerland, the regular edition costs CHF 67.90 (USD 79.85)
and the deluxe thing CHF 90.50 (USD 106.42)


It's highway robbery, but i really don't care tbh. Not touching this title with a 10 ft pole for the next 4 years until it's patched and polished, so i will likely get that during a sale for a fraction of the cost.

Game studios in general need to pull their head out of their behind with those prices, but that's no skin off my back. More than plenty of excellent titles to spend my free time on, so that's their sales figures to tank.

Yes, I'm not in a rush to play KCD 2. I just complained because I wanted to buy it at a reasonable price.

[Panky..]

Just do what Grummz suggested, avoid every single AAA first party release. Once their sales and stocks tank, they'll get the message that it's the consumer who dictates terms, not the corporate.

[Rocky Jet]

Ill be getting the Gold Deluxe edition

[Muerte]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Kaia:

In Switzerland, the regular edition costs CHF 67.90 (USD 79.85)
and the deluxe thing CHF 90.50 (USD 106.42)


It's highway robbery, but i really don't care tbh. Not touching this title with a 10 ft pole for the next 4 years until it's patched and polished, so i will likely get that during a sale for a fraction of the cost.

Game studios in general need to pull their head out of their behind with those prices, but that's no skin off my back. More than plenty of excellent titles to spend my free time on, so that's their sales figures to tank.

70 bis 90 stutz zum alpha testä

[Meanator]

game is $80 my end. just do the smart thing and don't buy it. if your just there for the story watch a video when someone publishes it so you get the story you wanted without the over pricing.

[Aldodrem]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Meanator:

game is $80 my end. just do the smart thing and don't buy it. if your just there for the story watch a video when someone publishes it so you get the story you wanted without the over pricing.

Is what I will be doing because it sounds like a remastered and tweaked version of the same exact story line as the og. parents killed run off and fight, boring. If they wanted to do the same wars in the same time period they could've did a sequel from another characters perspective instead of same old Henry.