Why is this game so expensive?

[Raijix]

A remake of Romancing Saga 2 is less expensive than a 2D remake. Is it just because this is DQ and thus people will buy it? They are severely overestimating it.

[Ikagura]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Raijix:

They are severely overestimating it.

In which way? DQ 3 is regarded as one of the best JRPG of all time with FF7.

It's a HD2D remake not a 2D one.

[Koby]

The SaGa series is awful, Dragon Quest isn't.

And this game is currently on sale for pre-orders as cheap as $46.

[Gamerdude535]

It's an extensive built from the ground up remake not a low effort port. and HD-2D aren't exactly the cheapest games to work on It's so tiring seeing ya'll complain about the price lol

[Meredius]

You'll probably get a 50% discount by christmas sale 2025... and maybe bundled with 1+2.

Although they are leagues ahead of where they were with octopath 1 - the 2nd entry was fantastic with a ton of graphical touches.

[Topzchi]

what did you expect the price be, 20 dollars or even less? 5?

[Mauricio_Magus]

This is a remake of one of the most beloved games ever made, it's easily worth 50 bucks.

I would also not be surprised if this was more expensive to make than the Romancing Saga 2 remake, but whatever, I'm getting both day 1.

Also you can just wait for a sale.

[Soulhacker]

Actually the pricing may turn away potential new PC players from this game, but the old fans of the series, especially those grew up with DQ, would still pay for the game at this price tag.

But ironically it will not be the price tag that would be turning away the old fans now. :(

[Ikagura]

It's funny how, no matter how much efforts and attention a game or remake gets, as long as it's primarily 2D it is de facto not worth its price because in people's mind "2D is easy, 3D is hard".

[Koby]

People seem to forget that even in the 90s games were $60+ brand new. It's one of the few things that inflation hasn't really touched until more recently with the $70 price hike.

If games had gone up like other things over the years, this would be costing closer to $180, but realistically game devs know people aren't going to be paying that kind of cash for a game (hell the average person is struggling to put food on the table in this economy and minimum wage in a lot of the US is still only $7.25 an hour) so they've tried to keep the base game prices down while getting more money through DLCs and whatnot.

Square-Enix is one of the few that don't typically add a hundred day one dlc's to their jrpgs though. At the end of the day, the $60 pricetag is more than fair and yet we're getting discounts on pre-orders making it as low as $46.

[Ikagura]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Koby:

People seem to forget that even in the 90s games were $60+ brand new. It's one of the few things that inflation hasn't really touched until more recently with the $70 price hike.

If games had gone up like other things over the years, this would be costing closer to $180, but realistically game devs know people aren't going to be paying that kind of cash for a game (hell the average person is struggling to put food on the table in this economy and minimum wage in a lot of the US is still only $7.25 an hour) so they've tried to keep the base game prices down while getting more money through DLCs and whatnot.

Square-Enix is one of the few that don't typically add a hundred day one dlc's to their jrpgs though. At the end of the day, the $60 pricetag is more than fair and yet we're getting discounts on pre-orders making it as low as $46.

As much as I think that 70$ games with 20$ worth of DLCs is a scam I agree that even the original game costed a lot according to inflation.

[Melodia]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Koby:

People seem to forget that even in the 90s games were $60+ brand new

Hell, just the other day I was thinking about when I got Final Fantasy Legend 1 back in the day -- a Gameboy game that lasts a few houts -- for $40. Over $90 or so today.

And as mentioned above, for the price you're getting a complete game with absolutely no extra monetization. And remember SQEX is quite good about having plenty of sales -- so if it's too much, just wait. In a year it'll almost certain be minimum 40% off, more if you're a GMG XP member.

[Koby]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Melodia:

if it's too much, just wait. In a year it'll almost certain be minimum 40% off, more if you're a GMG XP member.

Exactly. If you think the price is too much, wait for a sale. It'll come down eventually. That makes more sense then yelling that the game costs to much and expecting day one prices to be so low that it doesn't even cover the cost of development. People seem to forget they don't have to pre-order or buy day one. They can wait until it's at a price they find is "worth it" or "affordable" for their budget.

[Mulyono]

Apparently updating the game setting to be A and B is quite expensive, so raised the game will help them to cover that A&B stuff

[Waifu4Life]

DEI consulting is not cheap, have you seen how much Sweet Baby wanted to extort from the Black Myth: Wukong guys?

Maybe I should go knock on SquareEnix's door and sell them a rock that repels tigers for $7m.

[Bumblescrump]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Waifu4Life:

DEI consulting is not cheap, have you seen how much Sweet Baby wanted to extort from the Black Myth: Wukong guys?

Maybe I should go knock on SquareEnix's door and sell them a rock that repels tigers for $7m.

If you believe that is how much consulting firms get paid you are not very smart and should stop ditching class to post on the steam forums.