Steam Game Prices

[Blitza]

I know there are cheaper ways to get all the games but how does valve and everyone else involved in pricing for the games on steam think they can get away with this sort of disgusting pricing?

Look at Black Ops 2, it's still 60€???? Wtf you can get this game for 5€ at every steam key site!!

[Radene]

I shall employ the so-called Bosco's theorem on supply and demand (direct quote from Sam&Max):

Bosco: Look, man, all I know is, I keep making up the most ridiculous price I can think of, and you keep paying it! So I ask you: who's the foo'?


Sam: Well, with a sales pitch like that, how can we not buy it?

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Publishers set the prices for their games on Steam.

They don't always do on other website.

[Start_Running]

Key sites don't always work and have a chance of being revoked. Let's be clear OP. much as someone selling a Swiss Watch for $10, its safe to say something isn't legit. After all, thieves have very little in the way of production costs to cover .

[Γαῖα]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Blitzagyrados:

Steam Game Prices

I know there are cheaper ways to get all the games but how does valve and everyone else involved in pricing for the games on steam think they can get away with this sort of disgusting pricing?

Look at Black Ops 2, it's still 60€???? Wtf you can get this game for 5€ at every steam key site!!

Before you pronounce shock and awe hadnt you better investigate the subject matter of costing/pricing.

[Count_Dandyman]

Activision don't want you to buy Black Ops 2 at a low price and be happy with that they want you to buy Black Ops 4 instead and if both are the same price then of course most people are going to go for the newer one that will have the larger playerbase and new game modes.

[Notabene]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Blitzagyrados:

I know there are cheaper ways to get all the games but how does valve and everyone else involved in pricing for the games on steam think they can get away with this sort of disgusting pricing?

Look at Black Ops 2, it's still 60€???? Wtf you can get this game for 5€ at every steam key site!!

When digital games became a more popular format thanks to bundles and regular cut pricing policies, which further tackled piracy, of course it was only a matter of time before they try to ♥♥♥♥ users with rising prices.

It started about 3 years ago when Steam decided to stop flash-sales, and was the last great winter sale, from then on, publishers arranged themselves to not ever cut the prices of games and instead regularly do "sale" at the same prices, for exemple GTA V or Black Ops which were released 5+ years ago, are still sold at 60€, only to get ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ "sales" at still high prices.

So yeah basically, grey markets, bundles and piracy are more relevant than ever.

[Start_Running]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Notabene:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Blitzagyrados:

I know there are cheaper ways to get all the games but how does valve and everyone else involved in pricing for the games on steam think they can get away with this sort of disgusting pricing?

Look at Black Ops 2, it's still 60€???? Wtf you can get this game for 5€ at every steam key site!!

When digital games became a more popular format thanks to bundles and regular cut pricing policies, which further tackled piracy, of course it was only a matter of time before they try to ♥♥♥♥ users with rising prices.

It's not that prices are screwing the users over. For one it's common when a new technology or mediium is coming in for their to be lower prices initially to wean users onto it. This is actually accomplished by the producer or the retailer agreeing to take a loss.

Remember when DVD's were new, REmember when Ebooks became a big thing. TYou're seeing the same effect.

Secondly there was the simple fact that retailers were not bso sure as to how to approach this relatively fdoreign marketspace.

It started about 3 years ago when Steam decided to stop flash-sales, and was the last great winter sale, from then on, publishers arranged themselves to not ever cut the prices of games and instead regularly do "sale" at the same prices, for exemple GTA V or Black Ops which were released 5+ years ago, are still sold at 60€, only to get ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ "sales" at still high prices.

And yet if you actually check the pricing history of many games.. you'll find that those games are getting better sales over all. I mean a flash sale means very little if you're in no position to take advantage of. I'd rather a 60% discount I can plan around than an 80% discount that I can't cash in on.

What many developers actually did was have token normal discounts so they could then have flash discounts. In the absence of flash sales they have increased that BAse discount, Many have essentially split the difference between their standard and flash discount rates while quite a few others took the lazier route of just having what they would have done as a flash sale as the standard discount price.

this is not speculation, there are any number of sites that have been keeping track of game prices. Flash sales were in actuallity a very shady and predatory sales tactic specifically designed to ♥♥♥♥ with your decision making by giving you not so much time to make the decision while introducying a false scarcity impulse.

It was text book psychological mind-♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.. That they stopped has actually been a boon to the buyer.

[Dura_Ace]

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Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Blitzagyrados:

Steam Game Prices

I know there are cheaper ways to get all the games but how does valve and everyone else involved in pricing for the games on steam think they can get away with this sort of disgusting pricing?

Look at Black Ops 2, it's still 60€???? Wtf you can get this game for 5€ at every steam key site!!

Before you pronounce shock and awe hadnt you better investigate the subject matter of costing/pricing.

This is BS. They tend to charge more and more the more they can get away with. If kids buy it, like that ARK game here that was going for 70 pounds/over 100 US dollars, then they are not goign to change.

Micro-Transactions. Now in almost all games. Why you ask? Cos people buy crap. If there is a demand they will charge what they want. If you are stupid enough to pay it is your own fault.

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Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Blitzagyrados:

I know there are cheaper ways to get all the games but how does valve and everyone else involved in pricing for the games on steam think they can get away with this sort of disgusting pricing?

Look at Black Ops 2, it's still 60€???? Wtf you can get this game for 5€ at every steam key site!!

they are free to price games they way they want and you as a customer are free to vote with your wallet, thats really as simple as it can get

[Crimson Hog]

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Micro-Transactions. Now in almost all games.

Check prices of items in PUBG or CS:GO.
People like to pay hundreds or even thousands dolars for crap. So devs like to give this option to them.

[Taebrythn]

its called don't buy it. stop just spending your money recklessly and actually be smart with it. you wonder why microtransactions do so well. look at the mobile market and how many dumb people spent around 3 billion dollars on those simply to save time. then you have pc devs who are starting to throw that crap into actual games more then ever and you still wonder why? gta 5 for example is quite popular and will be as long as people keep buying it. same with csgo

[Start_Running]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Taebrythn:

its called don't buy it. stop just spending your money recklessly and actually be smart with it. you wonder why microtransactions do so well. look at the mobile market and how many dumb people spent around 3 billion dollars on those simply to save time. then you have pc devs who are starting to throw that crap into actual games more then ever and you still wonder why? gta 5 for example is quite popular and will be as long as people keep buying it. same with csgo

And if people are buying it, it likely means more are okay with it. I mean the same arguments were thrown around when WoW had the Balls to charge a subscription fee.

[Crimson Hog]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Start_Running:

WoW had the Balls to charge a subscription fee.

It's not about balls. It's just about that fact, that many players are too poor to play in a "free" games.

[Start_Running]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Crimson Hog:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Start_Running:

WoW had the Balls to charge a subscription fee.

It's not about balls. It's just about that fact, that most players are too poor to play in a "free" games.

You do realize that when WoW started the whole freemium thing was not so much a thing. It was a model that was adopted by the MMOs that tried and failed to compete with WoW on a subscription model.

The thing is. You never have to pay more than you want to. You can walk away from a game at any time

[Daedalus007]

There are legitimate 3rd party key sites that obtain their keys direct from the developers.
GreenManGaming
Opium Pulses
IndieGala

Those are the 3 ones that I've found to be legit ^_^