So Assassin's Creed Unity, we've already beat that horse to death long ago, but here is something about it once again.

Look at the amazon page right here 

http://www.amazon.com/Assassins-Creed-Unity-PlayStation-4/dp/B00J48MUS4/ref=zg_bs_videogames_1

If you are reading this at the present date, you'll notice it is not 10, not 20, but 30 DOLLARS OFF ORIGIONAL PRICE. Wow. That is a good deal, but it is also one of the worst things a game company can do that in the long run kills the industry partially. Why buy a game at launch when it is just going to have a cray ass sale like this? There seems to be no point in pre ordering a game either. Half off is a lot, especially for only being out for about a month. That is a joke. I get that Ubisoft wants it to sell like hotcakes, and it is, Xbox One Version and PS4 version are currently at #1 and #2 spot on amazon video game orders. However, it also at the same time burns a lot of money from then, becuse honestly, fans were probably gonna get the game eventually anyway no matter if it is on sale or not at all.

Other games have done this too, Just Dance 2015 (Recently Released and also by Ubisoft) Is only 20 bucks on select consoles... that is only 40 percent of what it was at launch.  Recently also their was a sale for Titanfall from 60 dollars to 20 dollars.... that is some serious sales, but it ruins the fun of getting a game at launch, it really does. 

I almost never pre order games anymore, unless it is a huge game for me like Smash Bros, that was the only game I got at launch all year, and even then I was reluctant on the situation.

Canadians have it even worse, we pay 70$ for games (I'm sure there are even higher prices in other areas).

Amen brotha! Not too mention it's closer to $80 once the 13% tax is applied.

Dat price drop! Bearly as been over a month too

Only games that flop go down in price fast or get huge discounts.

I try not to get on my friends' cases for buying newer games when I prefer to get them for a quarter or even a third of the price just one year later. But it's hard to understand buying at launch when even one month will make a huge difference, especially now that this generation has set the new standard for terrible launches.

This is definitely an extreme example, though. It might just be Amazon's doing. Best Buy still has the game for MSRP.

The thing is with Unity, Ubisoft is trying to make up for the PR nightmare.

I usually get the game day one but with all the BS i did not.


I agree that most 3rd party games do drop quickly in price. The one way they combat the lack of early sales is by having those collector edition versions that are way over priced. A lot of people like me are suckers for that and buy it. This is where they get a lot of there money from to compensate the drop in price on the standard version early.

Hey, I heard Canadians get free college education? Maybe that's why taxes are high over thar?

You are right about the pricing models and it basically means that you can save buckets of money by buying a few months down the line. I just got Wolfenstein for $15 during that flash sale on Amazon. You are paying to play it first. An even better example of this is PS+ Especially on PS3. I got thousands of dollars in games for $50 but most games are about a year old at best. Must say though, they are just as good free lol. I went out and bought Bioshock Infinite and it was worth it, but when it came free on PS+ it was still just as good.

1) Unity is a special case, and is far from the norm.

2) Games should go down in price over time. It is only logical in an industry where so many things constantly get better every year. I mean Blu Rays drop from $20 to under $10 in less than a year as well, and movies sure as hell aren't improving at the same rate games are!

3) Companies do this to make money. If they COULD sell them for $60 for 5 years straight while making a big profit they would. However most companies have figured out that you make A LOT more money dropping the price little by little. After a certain amount of time, if someone hasn't bought a game at full price they NEVER will. However they may think the game is worth half the launch price.