80€

[Ravyn]

I was going to pre-order, then I saw the price, guess I'll be waiting for a sale...

Your thought ?

[max]

Originally posted by KillingArts:

Originally posted by max:

The game's price in US is $70 (before taxes), which is similar to many other new games.

For Europe it might be a new thing, but my guess is that the publisher decided to no longer sell for lower price than in US. From there, add VAT and you get 80euro. Previously when the price was set to be the same number as in dollars and before tax, then it effectively put Europe in lower price bracket. Again, it's only my guess, but maybe some publishers don't see this as justified.

I am aware of the dollar price. And I really don't care about it. Fact is, the game is more expensive than any other game. It's unusually high. No matter the reason, I don't like it, just like most people.

Sure, I'm not asking you to like it. Just trying to provide an answer of sorts to your question (at least this explanation works in my mind). Some publishers are still fine selling in EU for lower price while others are not.
Is selling for the same price in both regions really justified? I have no idea.

[Kreesty]

Originally posted by max:

Originally posted by KillingArts:

I am aware of the dollar price. And I really don't care about it. Fact is, the game is more expensive than any other game. It's unusually high. No matter the reason, I don't like it, just like most people.

Sure, I'm not asking you to like it. Just trying to provide an answer of sorts to your question (at least this explanation works in my mind). Some publishers are still fine selling in EU for lower price while others are not.
Is selling for the same price in both regions really justified? I have no idea.

Don't you have tax-free states or ones with lower taxes that bring the price down to around 72–75€ equivalent? That’s still less than what we’re forced to pay here.

Also we should get regional pricing, but some countries just get screwed over for no good reason, like in my case, while others with a similar or even better economy enjoy buying games at half the price in EUR.

There are just so many things wrong here.

[max]

Originally posted by Kreesty:

Originally posted by max:

Sure, I'm not asking you to like it. Just trying to provide an answer of sorts to your question (at least this explanation works in my mind). Some publishers are still fine selling in EU for lower price while others are not.
Is selling for the same price in both regions really justified? I have no idea.

Don't you have tax-free states or ones with lower taxes that bring the price down to around 72–75€ equivalent? That’s still less than what we’re forced to pay here.

Also we should get regional pricing, but some countries just get screwed over for no good reason, like in my case, while others with a similar or even better economy enjoy buying games at half the price in EUR.

There are just so many things wrong here.

Couple of states are vat free, and the price to the customer there is precisely $70.
Most states are in the %10 final vat area, which is half or less than what is found in EU (didn't check many countries, but looks like so).

Direct equivalence of currency is tricky. But to use some very rough estimates, I guess that $70+tax for people in US is mostly (but not universally) cheaper than 80euro for people in EU. Here I use "cheaper" as relative to person's purchasing power, rather than raw currency.

[sgtpepper9900]

i thought the whole point of digital releases is to safe money for discs, packaging and goodies ... and its still 80€

noooooooo ... microsoft .... nooooooo

[KillingArts]

Originally posted by sgtpepper9900:

i thought the whole point of digital releases is to safe money for discs, packaging and goodies ... and its still 80€

noooooooo ... microsoft .... nooooooo

What they save in production and distribution goes to Steam and other platforms. I read an article about that many years ago. It was roughly 30% for physical distribution, and that's exactly what Valve started taking from them. Probably because Valve looked at those numbers and set their fee accordingly. So this whole promise of lower prices for digital games was a lie from the start, and they all knew it.

Pricing is not about covering costs anyway. They price their games for as much as they think they can get from us. And obviously they think Doom is big enough of a name to ask for more than other games.

[Goodsoup]

€ 80 is absurd. There's no way to justify it. Especially not for what amounts to a 10-15 hour (if we're lucky) single player game.

[KillingArts]

Originally posted by Goodsoup:

€ 80 is absurd. There's no way to justify it. Especially not for what amounts to a 10-15 hour (if we're lucky) single player game.

I have no problem with full price for a 10-15 hour single player game and I frankly find this relatively new notion that every game has to offer absurd amounts of play time rather horrible. We never had a problem with full price for a good single player experience. Think of games like Doom 3, Half-Life 1+2, Bioshock 1-3, Alan Wake, Max Payne, Resident Evil and so many more. Did you not think those were worth the money? And now that we have this open world trend, suddenly all games have to have 50 hours (which in many cases is to a large degree walking from A to B and generic filler quests ^^).

But what I have a problem with is to simply ask for more money than all other games. 60€ would be totally fine. 70€ would be acceptable. 80€ seems like an insult. :/

[NoOne]

I can easily afford it, but I will wait for sale as I don't suffer from FOMO.

[Redxlotus]

I have learned my lesson. Took me 30 years though XD.. But playing a game day one is so overrated. There are so many other things you can do. Just wait till the game is on sale and buy it then. If anything it will play better then day one anyway lol.

Dont fall for this trap!

[Arnemsis]

Originally posted by Ravyn:

I was going to pre-order, then I saw the price, guess I'll be waiting for a sale...

Your thought ?

Only idiots pre-order.
Wait for discount or torrent.

[BlackSunEmpire]

I will simply play it on Game Pass.

That's probably the main reasoning behind the pricing anyway, nudging people onto game pass. It's bad for the studios , but good for Micro$oft.

PC players have it anyway pretty good when it comes to pricing.
If you are willing to wait a few months after release, you can get most games for under $30.

Imagine being a Sony Pony or Xbot and realizing that there are literally zero good first party games, justifying buying those outdated consoles. Like the State of Play today was ruff. Sony literally gambled everything on live service, then canceled almost every live service game, because nobody wants it and now they have no games to bridge that gap for the next 5 years or so.

Imagine forcing Bluepoint to make a God of War live service game instead of a Bloodborne remake. Years wasted. 😅

[xu^]

waiting for sale, no other games are close to this price, i can wait to play a single player only game for cheaper.
if it'd had multiplayer, i "might" have bought it at full price, but SP only, nah.

[HK-47]

Originally posted by xu^:

waiting for sale, no other games are close to this price, i can wait to play a single player only game for cheaper.
if it'd had multiplayer, i "might" have bought it at full price, but SP only, nah.

Would you be more likely to buy the game if the price was rounded from 80 to 100?

[xu^]

Originally posted by BlindBat:

Originally posted by xu^:

waiting for sale, no other games are close to this price, i can wait to play a single player only game for cheaper.
if it'd had multiplayer, i "might" have bought it at full price, but SP only, nah.

Would you be more likely to buy the game if the price was rounded from 80 to 100?

obviously not, im UK, this game is £70 , which is £20 more than any other AAA game, they want to ask that much, then they shouldn't be to surprised, if many ppl hold off on it.

[fuegerstef]

Originally posted by xu^:

Originally posted by BlindBat:

Would you be more likely to buy the game if the price was rounded from 80 to 100?

obviously not, im UK, this game is £70 , which is £20 more than any other AAA game, they want to ask that much, then they shouldn't be to surprised, if many ppl hold off on it.

According to statistics most AAA title have the £70 price tag since 2023.