50% discount on Steam release is insane

[FeatheryBacon]

Ubisoft must have very low expectations for this game's sales on Steam, or are just that desperate for money.
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Edit; just found out it was also discounted by 50% on Playstation and Xbox and 70% on Ubisoft connect in May this year - the game was only 7 months old at this point.
It was also 50% off in June, July, September and October (before it released on Steam).

So for all the people who said "it's 1 year old now this is normal," what do you have to say about this? What's your magical explanation now?

[jdulzo]

Messaggio originale di FeatheryBacon:

Messaggio originale di jdulzo:

Yet you are complaining about a sale price, the strawman is you still don't realize games that come from epic all do it, no matter how popular of a series is.
Do you go to the grocery store and ask for a manager and just start complaining to them about all the sale prices?

No one ever complained. Making an observation and stating a fact is not complaining. Do you think if someone says "aw that dog is so cute and fluffy" they're complaining about the dog being too cute and fluffy? What ridiculous logic is that?

Also, you clearly don't understand what a strawman argument is. You should look that up instead of trying to use it in a sentence, it makes no sense at all the way you just tried to use it.

At least I know what a complaint is. Now get over the that grocery store and start complaining.

[FeatheryBacon]

You clearly don't know what a complaint is either.

[Mythical Ostrich]

Messaggio originale di Bwoah:

At least get your facts straight before you talk ♥♥♥♥ cause this is a 2023 game that just released on steam so ofc naturally it will come with a discount 1 later.

Red Dead Redemption is a decade old and it's $70

[Soulcrusher842]

Good lord this is the first I've seen where a supposed AAA game comes to steam and is already 50% off. Holy moly batman.

[Mythical Ostrich]

Messaggio originale di Soulcrusher842:

Good lord this is the first I've seen where a supposed AAA game comes to steam and is already 50% off. Holy moly batman.

Personally I think this should be encouraged. Cheaper games are better for consumers

[Geeks On Hugs]

Ubisoft always gives a discount when releasing games on Steam after the general release. Despite what the haters say the company isn't totally terrible and the launch discounts are one really cool thing they do.

Enjoy it for now because starting with AC Shadows we get something EVEN BETTER: Steam Launches on Day One!!! Whatever negative stuff you want to complain about Ubisoft, they make really fun games and I'm very happy to pay full price to get them on day one! Thanks Ubisoft.

(AC Shadows releases everywhere including Steam on February 14, 2025.)

[Matze]

Messaggio originale di Codian:

Messaggio originale di Black Paisley:

Valhalla went on sale at 67% when it finally came to Steam and that engrossed over a billion dollars. What are you really saying?

Grossed over a billion dollars?! Lmao, that some strong crack you got there.

It grossed a billion dollars TOTAL over its lifespan. Not because it went on a steam sale.

For reference gtav grossed over 8.5 billion dollars so really Valhalla is just chump change compared to actual quality games.

Skyrim grossed a billion dollars within 30 days of release.

So really Valhallas figures are not as impressive as you want them to be

Congratulations, you compared games of extremely popular game series that released five years after their predecessors to a series that releases every other year.

[Jazzdog]

community is just what you expect it to be it seems w/ trash, kiddo titlw like that

[DEFY]

Looks like Ubisoft employees and devs are on full defense mode in the comments xD

[Bwoah]

Messaggio originale di DEFY:

Looks like Ubisoft employees and devs are on full defense mode in the comments xD

You think so or some people are really childish hating everything for the sake of hating instead of chill and vote with your wallet.

[micshelpaTv]

Messaggio originale di GoldInfinit7:

I believe you’re right that Ubisoft didn’t expect the game to sell well on Steam because even with 50% off is not doing so well. The came back to Steam after 1 year instead of keeping it on their Ubisoft store.

3 ON THE BEST SELLING LIST BUT OK

[Jeff Nyman]

This is one of those topics where you have to just step back and realize: who cares? By that I just mean: does it matter all that much? But if the "who cares" argument doesn't work, you can also just go with the facts.

The release on Steam was contractually obligated. The discount was also contractually obligated because, at the time they wrote it up, they thought Shadows would be following very quickly (as part of the Steam Day 1 initiative). This was all announced in two separate financial earnings calls and statements. So they were hoping for sales of Shadows (full price) plus some possible impulse buys on Mirage (discount price) for those who hadn't bought it since they only buy on Steam. They also had a lot of data that those who bought Valhalla only through Epic, re-bought the game when it came to Steam.

In general, if you can get more income with sales via a discount than you would with a full price game, you do the sales via a discount. A known revenue generator strategy. Does it work? Sometimes. Sometimes not. The good news is: for the vast majority of us here, it really doesn't matter one way or the other.

[TheTool]

Ubisoft stock prices are only $10 US right now.
Best time to invest.

[wonderpookie]

This thread escalated very quickly.

[robilar5500]

Messaggio originale di Synthfloyd:

Messaggio originale di Bwoah:

Defending cause he said a true fact compared to you trashing for no reason you hate ubisoft or you dont like their games that's great you vote with your wallet then.

Let me help you with facts. Valhalla has made over 1 billion $. What of Mirage ? Merely 250m$. I think this alone shows you how great this game is.

250 mil is a lot of money. Especially for a smaller title such as Mirage.