does this game ever go on sale?

[AsSaSs1n]

this is a 10 year old game, im not going to pay 40 bucks plus another 30 for the DLC I want. i've been eyeing this game for the past 6 months and it has not gone on sale once.

[Pseudo]

Yeah, I got my copy for sale, don't exactly remember when though. Sometime in December, all dlc to

[Driftkel]

Best bet is to buy the game somewhere on third-party sites for a slightly better place. Not worth the wait for the game to be on sale on Steam, considering that I haven't seen it on sale for quite a long time either.

[lewosch]

it will be almost definitely 50 percent off on steam summer sale (begins at late june). activision may also do a sale on steam in may or even late april, if they announce and reveal call of duty 2020. last big sale was steam winter sale at late december (4 months ago), where all activision games were discounted. not completely sure, but I also remember seeing a relatively short-timed call of duty sale sometime in februrary, as well. I recommend adding it to your wishlist, so you'll be notified the next time the game gets a discount on steam.

the main issue for prices of call of duty games/DLCs on steam (especially older ones) is not rareness of sale events, but low discount percentages.

[thebeerknight]

Originally posted by Trilby:

Yeah, I got my copy for sale, don't exactly remember when though. Sometime in December, all dlc to

how much?

[Pseudo]

Originally posted by thebeerknight:

Originally posted by Trilby:

Yeah, I got my copy for sale, don't exactly remember when though. Sometime in December, all dlc to

how much?

Less than $50 I think

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[se7en |MWD|]

Originally posted by BarryK:

this is a 10 year old game, im not going to pay 40 bucks plus another 30 for the DLC I want. i've been eyeing this game for the past 6 months and it has not gone on sale once.

Activision is so over the top greedy and anti consumer. No way this game should be 40 dollars still.

[WoodyDog21]

Base game and DLCs on sales on Humble Bundle (legit reseller) :
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/search?sort=bestselling&filter=onsale&search=black%20ops

[R0nin]

Yes it does, even i bought mine during a sale.

[Commander Oatmeal]

Originally posted by se7en |MWD|:

Originally posted by BarryK:

this is a 10 year old game, im not going to pay 40 bucks plus another 30 for the DLC I want. i've been eyeing this game for the past 6 months and it has not gone on sale once.

Activision is so over the top greedy and anti consumer. No way this game should be 40 dollars still.

it doesnt go on sale a lot or lower the base price because its a triple A game. triple A games dont go down price because they know that the game will continue to be bought even after a long time.

[lewosch]

Originally posted by Vice President Mike Pence:

it doesnt go on sale a lot or lower the base price because its a triple A game. triple A games dont go down price because they know that the game will continue to be bought even after a long time.

CoD series is indeed gigantic when it comes to sales figures and total revenue. but describing CoD being a triple A game as the only reason of these high prices is half-wrong, imo. there are many other popular AAA games where the prices get lower (until 30, or even 20 bucks) when about 4 or 5 years pass after the release date. some examples: battlefield 1, assassin's creed unity, far cry primal, witcher 3, GTA 5, rainbow six: siege, titanfall 2, PUBG...

there may be other small reasons, but the main one is, activision doesn't want the community buying older products and staying there, and eventually complaining about rampant cheaters or connectivity issues. once a game is no more in its prime, they just forget it and no longer provide a proper support. that's the result of yearly cycles and they want the playerbase gather around in most recent titles, for financial reasons. most customers just instinctively buy the newest game, if 1-month-old CoD (BO:CW) and 8 years-old CoD (BO2) has the same price of 60 bucks. well, actually BO:CW is cheaper now, as there is a 33% discount (40 bucks) on battlenet atm. you can check it if you don't believe me.

[Commander Oatmeal]

Originally posted by lewosch:

Originally posted by Vice President Mike Pence:

it doesnt go on sale a lot or lower the base price because its a triple A game. triple A games dont go down price because they know that the game will continue to be bought even after a long time.

CoD series is indeed gigantic when it comes to sales figures and total revenue. but describing CoD being a triple A game as the only reason of these high prices is half-wrong, imo. there are many other popular AAA games where the prices get lower (until 30, or even 20 bucks) when about 4 or 5 years pass after the release date. some examples: battlefield 1, assassin's creed unity, far cry primal, witcher 3, GTA 5, rainbow six: siege, titanfall 2, PUBG...

there may be other small reasons, but the main one is, activision doesn't want the community buying older products and staying there, and eventually complaining about rampant cheaters or connectivity issues. once a game is no more in its prime, they just forget it and no longer provide a proper support. that's the result of yearly cycles and they want the playerbase gather around in most recent titles, for financial reasons. most customers just instinctively buy the newest game, if 1-month-old CoD (BO:CW) and 8 years-old CoD (BO2) has the same price of 60 bucks. well, actually BO:CW is cheaper now, as there is a 33% discount (40 bucks) on battlenet atm. you can check it if you don't believe me.

you’re right yeah but i’m just saying triple A titles bring in money even after being released for a long time. triple A games are all 60$ regardless unless they’ve been out for like 10 years. every title is 60 on release, and also triple A titles typically multiple companies making the game

[Pseudo]

Originally posted by Vice President Mike Pence:

Originally posted by lewosch:

CoD series is indeed gigantic when it comes to sales figures and total revenue. but describing CoD being a triple A game as the only reason of these high prices is half-wrong, imo. there are many other popular AAA games where the prices get lower (until 30, or even 20 bucks) when about 4 or 5 years pass after the release date. some examples: battlefield 1, assassin's creed unity, far cry primal, witcher 3, GTA 5, rainbow six: siege, titanfall 2, PUBG...

there may be other small reasons, but the main one is, activision doesn't want the community buying older products and staying there, and eventually complaining about rampant cheaters or connectivity issues. once a game is no more in its prime, they just forget it and no longer provide a proper support. that's the result of yearly cycles and they want the playerbase gather around in most recent titles, for financial reasons. most customers just instinctively buy the newest game, if 1-month-old CoD (BO:CW) and 8 years-old CoD (BO2) has the same price of 60 bucks. well, actually BO:CW is cheaper now, as there is a 33% discount (40 bucks) on battlenet atm. you can check it if you don't believe me.

you’re right yeah but i’m just saying triple A titles bring in money even after being released for a long time. triple A games are all 60$ regardless unless they’ve been out for like 10 years. every title is 60 on release, and also triple A titles typically multiple companies making the game

10 years are a bit much, more like 1 most of the time

[lewosch]

Originally posted by Vice President Mike Pence:

you’re right yeah but i’m just saying triple A titles bring in money even after being released for a long time. triple A games are all 60$ regardless unless they’ve been out for like 10 years. every title is 60 on release, and also triple A titles typically multiple companies making the game

triple A games are rarely kept at 60 dollars/euros for 5 years, let alone 10 years. CoD series by activision is probably the only example of this pricing policy among triple A games in the industry. normally, once a game is no longer in its prime, and especially when a new game in same franchise has been out, then most publishers just slightly reduce prices of former game, to 40 or even 30 bucks.

some exceptions like paradox interactive strategies, and civilization series keep their release prices, but they do discounts more frequently and with higher percentages (66, 75, even 80) than activision. even being several years old, those strategy games are still updated as well, for both new content and bug-fixing. sports games with yearly cycle like FIFA, PES, NBA 2K, FM etc. just remove their older game from store, as soon as the new one is released, to force people buying the current one.

I have plenty of games on my account and closely monitor the prices on both steam and various stores, for the games I'm interested in. so I actually have some grounded experience of almost a decade, about pricing habits of different publishers. even EA and ubisoft are much more customer-friendly than activision in that regard (fair pricing for older games).