80 euro for a doom game... is this a joke

[Delaborga]

this has to be one of the MOST expensive games i have seen for pc ever.... most games when they are expensive is 70 euro, not 80.... and even that was a stretch. so this is like a QUAD A game title price....

[Ｍａｔｅｚ]

Originally posted by Delaborga:

this has to be one of the MOST expensive games i have seen for pc ever.... most games when they are expensive is 70 euro, not 80.... and even that was a stretch. so this is like a QUAD A game title price....

must be your first game ever then ( :

please dont tell him about collector edition

[Sh. Fred]

Originally posted by Punisher:

what do you expect? somehow they trying to implement the new high standard price, keep in mind: psychopaths which run these companies, NEVER NEVER get enough money! NEVER! so have fun in like 5 years when its normal to pay 90/100€

Somebody has to take out the Italian plumber.

[󠁳⁧⁧ Casscette]

Lol 80 clams, screw that noise.
I'l just wait for the spoongirl edition of the game, if you wanna be that fking greedy.

[Juanjo]

50 dollars full price here

[Nathan]

PSA you can get it for less than 60 using a key site I saw being promoted a while back. it's apparently not a reseller and just an official key site.

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/doom-the-dark-ages-pc-preorders-are-already-discounted/1100-6529000/

They gave me the key already so I have the game in my steam library.

[NoOne]

Need to set a high price to beat tariffs

[󠀡󠀡]

it will get worst so gaming on PC or console will be a privilege soon

[Sh. Fred]

Originally posted by 󠀡󠀡:

it will get worst so gaming on PC or console will be a privilege soon

I'll go down in my bunker and survive off everything I've accumulated over the years.
I was prepping for the apocalypse way way early.

[Dr.Kalashnikov]

https://80.lv/articles/just-36-of-pc-games-are-bought-at-full-price/

This was in 2023

[BubonicDuck]

Originally posted by Dr.Kalashnikov:

https://80.lv/articles/just-36-of-pc-games-are-bought-at-full-price/

This was in 2023

Video games are really normie now, they used to be specialist hobby where you'd pay the equivalent of $250 for a Gameboy and Pokemon.

Sure 80% won't buy full price, but the market is probably 200x larger, with pretty much every child having a console, instead of it being the handful of geeky rich kids.

There's a lot of unemployed brokies who play video games now, something that would have been completely impossible 30 years ago.

[BlackSunEmpire]

Its funny how even Nintendo wants to charge $ 90 for Switch 2 games. 😄

Games which look like made in 2008, with the Switch 2 being not even as powerful as the Playstation 4 from 2013. 😂

For people like Doug Bowser or all of those other "AAAA" publishers there is no such thing as "enough Money" . 🤑

They will raise the prices until the entire quadruple A industry crashes.

[....]

Well the reason is simple - modern companies are big business and mainly only have one target - maximizing profits.

And since gamers seem to be the only group of consumers who will accept anything and even have groups defending every absurdity. I mean honestly - back in the days we made fun of Oblivion Horse armor - today "modern gamers" would probably call it a bargain since its really cheap compared to the insane prices these days for low effort MTs.

In the end gamers as a consumer-group get what they accept - sadly thats not a good thing ... - i mean just look at other markets - peopel would never accept the practices and pricing.

[MILKElikeCAT]

helplessly...¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I cannot stop your determination.

I just said that if the game doesn't make money, it will be cancelled. As someone who likes high-quality games, I can only watch a work lose the possibility of a new work.
What awaits us is that developers will reduce innovative features in order to save costs and use repetitive formulaic content over and over again.

[....]

Originally posted by MILKElikeCAT:

helplessly...¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I cannot stop your determination.

I just said that if the game doesn't make money, it will be cancelled. As someone who likes high-quality games, I can only watch a work lose the possibility of a new work.
What awaits us is that developers will reduce innovative features in order to save costs and use repetitive formulaic content over and over again.

Besides that you seem to argue with yourself you also seem to somehow fail to realize how modern gaming industry works. Just a hint - DEVs in most big budget projects decide nothing. Most of the time their pay is even fixed and indipendent from sales - except for maybe a bonus.

Also if a publisher makes more money with a game or a product in general it doesnt mean that more will be invested. If you want an extreme example - look at Fifa.

[jagerx]

You could be patient. I suspect you'll see that first 15% or so sale like 3-4 months in. Personally I don't care. I'm going to get the hours out of this one. Dollar value per entertainment, these games are so hard to beat.