WTF is that price

[Spy Boy]

Some time ago 70€ became a new standard price in the industry, even that many games still were sold for 60€. I don't think that it was really justified but whatever, a lot of time passed since 60€ price tag was introduced.

But this game has 80€ price tag for some reason. It's like if it would have 70€ price tag in 2016, when normal price was 60€. Do you understand what I mean? So, really, WTF?

For 80€ you buy some deluxe editions today. I haven't seen a single game which would be sold for this money if we speak about standard edition. It's ridiculous. Those greedy CEOs can survive without another yacht. I will use torrents.

[electrifying]

Doom has denuvo, so I advise you to find a job

[m99noble]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Jamie:

They are already talking about bumping it up to $100 now. Sad part is, you will pay it. you will own nothing (because its digital) and you will be happy.

...You own if it you have a copy from your friend on your 4tb ssd with other gifts your friend has given you...Yo Ho, Yo Ho, A Pirates Life for Me.

[SumatranRatMonkey]

Gonna pass I think, Doom Eternal didn't have enough playtime for the price and I bought 3 copies for friends to MP.

Gaming CEOs dream of charging $1000 per game BTW on the basis that it's so much cheaper than many other hobbies currently. But then I wouldn't have hundreds of barely played games sitting in my Steam library either.

[Spy Boy]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von SumatranRatMonkey:

Gonna pass I think, Doom Eternal didn't have enough playtime for the price and I bought 3 copies for friends to MP.

Gaming CEOs dream of charging $1000 per game BTW on the basis that it's so much cheaper than many other hobbies currently. But then I wouldn't have hundreds of barely played games sitting in my Steam library either.

This Doom will not have multiplayer at all, by the way.

[^;..;^ | ViralOmega]

Start fighting for higher wages because its going to get worse. The industry is hoping Rockstar will charge $80-100 for GTA6 so they can consider it the norm https://www.ign.com/articles/gta-6-price-many-in-the-video-game-industry-hope-for-80-if-not-100-analyst-says

[Spy Boy]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von ^..^ | ViralOmega:

Start fighting for higher wages because its going to get worse. The industry is hoping Rockstar will charge $80-100 for GTA6 so they can consider it the norm https://www.ign.com/articles/gta-6-price-many-in-the-video-game-industry-hope-for-80-if-not-100-analyst-says

It must not be a norm and I wouldn't pay this price not matter what my wage is. They shifted "norm" from 60€ to 70€. Ok, fine. Not even a decade passed since then. I will either pirate game or skip it all together. Many AAA games mostly suck anyway now. Especially at launch.

[Angel in the Dark]

I never buy games at full price. I wait for sales.

[Wehzy]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Jamie:

They are already talking about bumping it up to $100 now. Sad part is, you will pay it. you will own nothing (because its digital) and you will be happy.

Nah, i won't pay 100 euro for pixels. If 100 euro becomes the standard then i just won't buy games in future.

[J4MESOX4D]

£69.99 is ridiculous and for a game to cost this much, it really has to justify its price i.e huge budget, exceptional quality, massive operational upkeep costs etc.. Not sure if it's a combination of Microsoft trying to claw back their Bethesda acquisition or if they are trying to push people to game pass. Either way, there doesn't seem to be anything here that would warrant such an outlandish price.

I'll see if I can get a discount closer to £50 at launch if I am desperate for something to play, otherwise wait for a usual deep sale. Also £100 for Premium with two day early access plus undisclosed content is ludicrous.

[Spy Boy]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von J4MESOX4D:

£69.99 is ridiculous and for a game to cost this much, it really has to justify its price i.e huge budget, exceptional quality, massive operational upkeep costs etc.. Not sure if it's a combination of Microsoft trying to claw back their Bethesda acquisition or if they are trying to push people to game pass. Either way, there doesn't seem to be anything here that would warrant such an outlandish price.

I'll see if I can get a discount closer to £50 at launch if I am desperate for something to play, otherwise wait for a usual deep sale. Also £100 for Premium with two day early access plus undisclosed content is ludicrous.

And it's a single-player shooter with very limited story (I mean, it's not RDR2 or something). There will be DLCs with new content but they are obviously not included in base price.

Also modern technologies like AI and ray-tracing actually saves time and cost to devs, they also often use textures/models banks and so on.

[󠀡󠀡]

Price is normal and soon this will be standard for any big publishers to charge this as minimum

[Sticky White Stuff]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von 󠀡󠀡:

Price is normal and soon this will be standard for any big publishers to charge this as minimum

No, it's not.

If Elden Ring can push 60€, others games can too.
You might pay those extra +10€ to Sony or Micro$oft for buying their cheaper device, and selling the software for more to make up for the cost, but not on PC.

[^;..;^ | ViralOmega]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von G L U E:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von 󠀡󠀡:

Price is normal and soon this will be standard for any big publishers to charge this as minimum

No, it's not.

If Elden Ring can push 60€, others games can too.
You might pay those extra +10€ to Sony or Micro$oft for buying their cheaper device, and selling the software for more to make up for the cost, but not on PC.

Get ready for a new normal

The industry is hoping Rockstar will charge $80-100 for GTA6 so they can consider it the norm https://www.ign.com/articles/gta-6-price-many-in-the-video-game-industry-hope-for-80-if-not-100-analyst-says

[J4MESOX4D]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von ^..^ | ViralOmega:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von G L U E:

No, it's not.

If Elden Ring can push 60€, others games can too.
You might pay those extra +10€ to Sony or Micro$oft for buying their cheaper device, and selling the software for more to make up for the cost, but not on PC.

Get ready for a new normal

The industry is hoping Rockstar will charge $80-100 for GTA6 so they can consider it the norm https://www.ign.com/articles/gta-6-price-many-in-the-video-game-industry-hope-for-80-if-not-100-analyst-says

GTA 6 will probably be worth $100 because it's one of those once in a generation titles that are in development for over 7 years and have an astronomical cost. It'll be a game that provides hundreds, if not thousands of hours and also has a free online component.

Sadly with GTA and all these industry analysts talking waffle, other publishers will treat GTA 6's potential price as the norm even though their products are inferior across the board. This new Doom game already feels somewhat watered-down and we already know it's not a $500m 6+ years in development project so I already can't see the justification of it costing its £70 price.

The AAA market is already on its knees but price increases like these across the board will finish it off. Sadly i can see many still pumping $100 into the 'FIFA' games along with Call of Duty but I can't see the likes of Ubisoft selling any of their products at this rate even the ones they call 'AAAA' games

[Dudedavid]

REMEMBER, the customer has the power.