50$ for this game why?

[DakotaFred]

I want to try this and suffer the 12 hours just to get into it but why is this 50$? seems way over priced.

[Veeshan]

It's not, X4 is a full 4k game with great performance at that level, significant amount of content, moddability, and actively developed, if that matters to you. Not quire a AAA release but not far at all.

[Urmel]

nobody would buy a steam-game out of a sale.

only die hard fans

[Cuddle_Rat]

Originally posted by DakotaFred:

I want to try this and suffer the 12 hours just to get into it but why is this 50$? seems way over priced.

Cool space game

immersive economy

lots of built up story surrounding the x-universe

active mod community

but the most important? Unlike other certain games costing 70 dollars, I have never crashed ONCE in X4 in around 1042 hours.

[jice]

it is and frankly without the dlc's(which are an additional $15 each) it's not worth it but the game is so niche that supporters see it almost as a patreon and want the game to succeed as there is not really one like it. Not at its level anyways. I think that is fair but for everyone else, buy it on sale.

[Krastifari]

i payed more closer to 100 with all xpacs and hype ship I don't know why or what *shakes wierdly* possessed me... even if just flying around shooting things is all you can do... eventually it will be worth it. Apparently there's 66 hours + of missions to do now and i really hope so.

[Peppi]

Its worth it, its a great game especially compared to the dribble game companies seem to think people want nowadays

[Persony Person]

The price is justified given the amount of content that is available. And I don't get to say that about most other £40+ games. You can get hooked in and then you'll surprise yourself when you suddenly see that you've played 2,000+ hours in it.

[DakotaFred]

Thanks for the response everyone. I was just wondering and shocked when i looked up the game and the price thanks!

[trooperrob]

what is 1600 play hours over $50 in $ per hour?

[Mowglia]

Maybe try Sims 4?

I'm sure I checked this before and it wasn't on Steam, but saw it recently and thought I'd take a look...

DLC = £1,300. $1,677?

Whoa! Moving swiftly on, lol.

X4 isn't an unreasonable price if you're going to be playing it for hundreds (and perhaps thousands) of hours. You can get X4 + DLC on Steam sale pretty cheap.

On the other hand if you play it for a few hours and quit, then yeah, not so much.

Check it out on YouTube (or whatever) properly first?

[Urm the Mad]

Because it's a good game by a smaller developer and they deserve to be compensated for their effort.

[DakotaFred]

Originally posted by Urm the Mad:

Because it's a good game by a smaller developer and they deserve to be compensated for their effort.

ok good point why not sell the game for 30 and sell me the dlc for 20 each? Not enough?

[Urm the Mad]

Originally posted by DakotaFred:

Originally posted by Urm the Mad:

Because it's a good game by a smaller developer and they deserve to be compensated for their effort.

ok good point why not sell the game for 30 and sell me the dlc for 20 each? Not enough?

The community gets angry enough around $12. Besides, the game is still in active development with a roadmap and the developers are very active in the community. Post a bug here and there's a decent chance they'll respond.

The value is worth the price of admission.

[Tyrael Diavolus]

Originally posted by Daoin:

just wanted to pitch in due to the game being very old now it would only be worth the bang for buck price in steam sales times. you can pick up assasins creed shadows while you wait for just a few bucks more

Just to get that right - you'd rather blow $70+ for yet another most likely bug-ridden, microtransaction-infested title from a big publisher without any kind of vision for any of their IPs that'll be done in maybe 20 hours, than investing $50 in a title with multiple gameplay loop variations, massive depth, replayability and mod-support, where you can still find new or at least other ways to play after hundreds of hours, by an active, dedicated, independent, self-publishing developer?

You argue that X players are getting a different game experience now than they would have gotten around release (with many of the changes since not even requiring the DLCs), yet you'd still pay more for yet another iteration of a game that has at it's core been reskinned for the 13th time (not including the handheld and VR offshoots)?

I can't decide if you are kidding or a Ubisoft employee trying to justify their job and payroll retention as desperately as if Ubi was under scrutiny by Elon and his henchboys...

[The Mad Cow of the West]

The spring sale I think starts next week. Don't want to wait, greenmangaming has it for $12 right now.