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Cannyvenial May 4, 2020 @ 8:58am
No Man's Sky still $60
Seriously wondering why a game released FOUR years ago is still priced at $60 USD when that should not be the case. Is Hello Games greedy for income? 'cause dropping the price to at least a default $40 isn't difficult to do. Especially with all the money they made overall with this title throughout the years.
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japp_02 May 4, 2020 @ 8:59am 
Again such a thread, lame.
Pay or wait for a discount. Besides, you own the game already so what?
Last edited by japp_02; May 4, 2020 @ 9:00am
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No Man's Sky Resources May 4, 2020 @ 9:02am 
Because it has been a new game 10 times over those 4 years & continues to get massive, completely free, game changing updates.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2084687866
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No Man's Sky Resources May 4, 2020 @ 9:03am 
Originally posted by CannyVenial:
Seriously wondering why a game released FOUR years ago is still priced at $60 USD when that should not be the case. Is Hello Games greedy for income? 'cause dropping the price to at least a default $40 isn't difficult to do. Especially with all the money they made overall with this title throughout the years.
Also, HelloGames don't control the price. No game developers control that. That's not how it works.
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Cannyvenial May 4, 2020 @ 9:14am 
Originally posted by craig_mark:
Originally posted by CannyVenial:
Seriously wondering why a game released FOUR years ago is still priced at $60 USD when that should not be the case. Is Hello Games greedy for income? 'cause dropping the price to at least a default $40 isn't difficult to do. Especially with all the money they made overall with this title throughout the years.
Also, HelloGames don't control the price. No game developers control that. That's not how it works.

The game list them as a publisher and developer. So if not them then who?
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Cannyvenial May 4, 2020 @ 9:17am 
Originally posted by japp_02:
Again such a thread, lame.
Pay or wait for a discount. Besides, you own the game already so what?

I'm concerned with fairness. I don't think it is fair that they keep the game a full $60 price tag and only do discounts to go back to $60. I think it's just taking advantage of people for what its worth
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Steven May 4, 2020 @ 9:19am 
I paid £20 on Xbox, which I think is a great price considering the devs are constantly developing it.
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Cannyvenial May 4, 2020 @ 9:23am 
Originally posted by Steven:
I paid £20 on Xbox, which I think is a great price considering the devs are constantly developing it.

That's a good price. It's great the devs are constantly working on their product, truly it is. Especially given their history from launch to now. Their product should be reduce from the 60USD they charge.
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No Man's Sky Resources May 4, 2020 @ 9:32am 
Originally posted by CannyVenial:
Originally posted by japp_02:
Again such a thread, lame.
Pay or wait for a discount. Besides, you own the game already so what?

I'm concerned with fairness. I don't think it is fair that they keep the game a full $60 price tag and only do discounts to go back to $60. I think it's just taking advantage of people for what its worth
It has consistently fluctuated in price. I got my Steam copy for £12.50 last year. My original copy being full price on PS4 two days after launch.
Steam/Sony/Microsoft set the prices, in accordance with recent & lifetimes sales.
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Cannyvenial May 4, 2020 @ 9:34am 
Originally posted by craig_mark:
Originally posted by CannyVenial:

I'm concerned with fairness. I don't think it is fair that they keep the game a full $60 price tag and only do discounts to go back to $60. I think it's just taking advantage of people for what its worth
It has consistently fluctuated in price. I got my Steam copy for £12.50 last year. My original copy being full price on PS4 two days after launch.
Steam/Sony/Microsoft set the prices, in accordance with recent & lifetimes sales.

So because of supply and demand the prices are constant is what I am getting right?
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No Man's Sky Resources May 4, 2020 @ 9:38am 
Originally posted by CannyVenial:
Originally posted by craig_mark:
It has consistently fluctuated in price. I got my Steam copy for £12.50 last year. My original copy being full price on PS4 two days after launch.
Steam/Sony/Microsoft set the prices, in accordance with recent & lifetimes sales.

So because of supply and demand the prices are constant is what I am getting right?
The prices are not constant. Check back each week & you'll find it for half price or less. The reason it's currently staying near full price is that interest in the game is spiking again, due to HelloGames updating the game so much recently. There's been 3 big updates in in 5 months. 2 of them were in very close succession (Feb & March).
Development is bound to slow down due to social distancing & the price will therefore begin to drop again.
Keep checking. Also add it to your wishlist & you'll get emails when it's specifically discounted.
Last edited by No Man's Sky Resources; May 4, 2020 @ 9:39am
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Tom May 4, 2020 @ 9:44am 
Divide the hours you've played it by the purchase price. For me, it's down to a cost of about a penny an hour. I'll never get such a bargain again, and you won't either.
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No Man's Sky Resources May 4, 2020 @ 9:48am 
Originally posted by Tom:
Divide the hours you've played it by the purchase price. For me, it's down to a cost of about a penny an hour. I'll never get such a bargain again, and you won't either.
Currently on 5058 hours. This pic was in February:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2075373551
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Cannyvenial May 4, 2020 @ 9:48am 
Originally posted by craig_mark:
Originally posted by CannyVenial:

So because of supply and demand the prices are constant is what I am getting right?
The prices are not constant. Check back each week & you'll find it for half price or less. The reason it's currently staying near full price is that interest in the game is spiking again, due to HelloGames updating the game so much recently. There's been 3 big updates in in 5 months. 2 of them were in very close succession (Feb & March).
Development is bound to slow down due to social distancing & the price will therefore begin to drop again.
Keep checking. Also add it to your wishlist & you'll get emails when it's specifically discounted.

Can't add it to wishlist to watch for price changes seeing how I already own the game. I checked the Steamworks Documentation. The Publisher does do the price listing. Not sure about discount pricing but I would assume so too at this point unless I can be accurately corrected. I don't think continuously working on updates warrants the full original retail price as other studios also put effort in free content and patches without charging original price years later.
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Cannyvenial May 4, 2020 @ 9:49am 
Originally posted by Tom:
Divide the hours you've played it by the purchase price. For me, it's down to a cost of about a penny an hour. I'll never get such a bargain again, and you won't either.

That's always a good mindset to have.
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No Man's Sky Resources May 4, 2020 @ 9:53am 
Originally posted by craig_mark:
Originally posted by Tom:
Divide the hours you've played it by the purchase price. For me, it's down to a cost of about a penny an hour. I'll never get such a bargain again, and you won't either.
Currently on 5058 hours. This pic was in February:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2075373551
So, £40 PS4 + £12.50 Steam = £52.50 in UK pounds
£52.50 / 5058 hours played = 0.0103795966785291 (so about 1 pence per gaming hour so far & getting cheaper the more I play).
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If we go by versions of the game, there's currently been 10 major updates / versions, so:
£52.50 / 10 = £5.25 per game
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