kupomogli said:
Nobody who ever talks about Steam or PC states day one. Tomb Raider was released March 24, 2013. Less than two months after release you could get a Steam code from Green Man Gaming for $14. While I didn't state day one, PC gamers could have preordered Tomb Raider at $31. DAY ONE. For just about half the cost the game retailed on consoles. How's that for day one, though? The deals are rarely through Steam, but places like Green Man Gaming, Steam, etc, all give deals at launch and you're given a Steam key when the game launches on most of these sites, so you're still playing through Steam which most big publishers go through. |
The $31 Tomb Raider deal was a coupon deal through another website that gave you a Steam key. You can use coupons at various physical retailers to accomplish the exact same thing. I don't know why you'd try to use a special website specific coupon to make a point but it just shows what little you have to work with.
It doesn't matter what people state when they are talking about Steam sales or digital PC prices in general. Just look at the replies in this thread. It's either petty trolling, or people literally expected console titles to launch for the cheap prices you see games drop to on PC.
Furthermore Steam and the PC market took years to become what it is today. Xbone titles could launch at $99 and that would not mean that in time, they would not drop to prices lower than PS4 or WiiU. It's not a switch that MS just flips on in a room and suddenly the MSRP drops. It takes time for the market to mature and evolve. It's already begun on consoles on XBLA/PSN, on a much faster pace than I ever thought it would.
