Skyrim Sale or Price Drop?

[Mavloc]

I want to buy Skyrim for my PC, but its still at its original price of $60 and it's been out for over a year. It's $40 at best buy, but i'd rather just buy it on steam. Why hasn't the price dropped yet for it like it has in retail stores? Anyone know if there will be a sale for it anytime soon?

[ARmodder]

If you get the game on steam you get over $200 worth from the game in my opinion because of all the mods you can download for free! everything from new weapons to new armor and better homes(much better homes) Maybe that's why it is still 60 on steam!

[FurryGuyJeans]

One advantage to buy the game at a brick and mortar store as opposed to Steam, as long as the game is on CD/DVD and not just an activation code, is you don't have to wait for the game files to download.

Yes, you have to wait for the game to update itself after you install it from physical media, but with a Steam purchase you have to download ALL the files and that can take some time even if you have a fast connection.

No matter where you buy the game you still get the same files, so buying it at Best Buy is as good as buying through Steam.

[Mavloc]

There are sites online that offer mods for free for Skyrim. Back when i played Oblivion, i spent most of my time getting mods online from Nexus and sites like that. So i don't necessarily need to buy the game from Steam. Im just curious to why the price hasn't dropped after over a year of sales.

[FurryGuyJeans]

Originally posted by ARmodder:

If you get the game on steam you get over $200 worth from the game in my opinion because of all the mods you can download for free! everything from new weapons to new armor and better homes(much better homes) Maybe that's why it is still 60 on steam!

You still get to download Workshop mods no matter where you buy the game from. I purchased my copy of Skyrim from a brick and mortar retail store and I still can get any Workshop mod I want.

[Myzhari]

Regardless if you buy from steam or not, it will load from steam and update from steam.

Add Skyrim to your wishlist. It's been on sale 2-3 times since it's release, including crazy sales between Christmas and New Years. I waited for Dawnguard and picked it up for half price with one of their regular sales a few months after it came out.

[FurryGuyJeans]

Originally posted by Tahlynn:

Regardless if you buy from steam or not, it will load from steam and update from steam.

That is the key, the game still plays through Steam.

[ARmodder]

I dunno all i know is when i got this I had the same issue with the price but once i bought it and added the mods I wanted I really felt that my game had increased in both money value as well as play value so the 60 I spent on the base game seemed in a sense to disapear as well as any doubts I had about buying it for this price not to mention i will be playing this for years to come i will get more then my money's worth, and with these mods I already have!!

[ARmodder]

I know that but if someone doesn't have steam they are SOL obviously he has steam or else he wouldn't be in this discussion with us

[ARmodder]

It's all in how you look at it my friend

[Amycus]

As Tahlynn says, regardless where you buy it, a PC version of the game can always be activated on steam.

Want it on steam? Then buy it from best buy for 40$, look for the key code, launch steam, press the "+add a game..." button in the lower left that you should see right now if you are reading this through your steam client, and choose "activate a product on steam...". Then just write in the key code that came with the copy you got, and hit ok. Done, you now have a steam version of the game.

- But I'm afraid that the code won't be recognized by steam?
Answer: ALL legal skyrim copies REQUIRE steam. You actually don't have a choice in the matter; no matter where you buy it, it will be the steam version you get. It's a DRM they have put on the game.

[ARmodder]

Ok you know lets just drop it here I'm giving advice to this person and telling him how I look at it and next thing i know your all playing the "Im right your Wrong" game I dont know everything no one does, you have to make your own decision I would have bought this game if it was 100 dollars knowing what I know now

[Toast580]

the price is too damn high

[Zero Hour 17]

Originally posted by toast580:

the price is too damn high

It's really not. It's still $60 on steam because people keep buying it for that.

[ShocksVR #AirLink]

Originally posted by Mavloc:

I want to buy Skyrim for my PC, but its still at its original price of $60 and it's been out for over a year. It's $40 at best buy, but i'd rather just buy it on steam. Why hasn't the price dropped yet for it like it has in retail stores? Anyone know if there will be a sale for it anytime soon?

Buy it at BestBuy, that's what I did and it still requires you to install it via STEAM [or you can just input the code and download Skyrim via STEAM].


Skyrim price won't see any dramatic reductions because it sells good at $60 and it's a massively awesome game with tons of content.
This isn't your POS 5 hour long campaign game that is $20 one year after release.

[Big Boom Boom]

The reason why you don't see price drop on Steam, is because Steam and brick & mortar retailers are vastly different.
On estimation, bnb retailers earn a 70% margin on the original price. They however has to pay for the storage, staff and the game itself etc. before they can sell. They also can set game price on their own (as long as it doesn't hurt their profit/become blatantly underpriced that provoke the publishers). That is why it's called RRP, Retail Recommended Price.
Steam on the other hand, earns roughly 30% margin on the original price. Price however is set by publishers, but Steam doesn't have to pay for many cost associated with the sale upfront, except the general cost on what keep Steam running.