When you have to "resort" to digital.

[Chazore]

Cerebralbore101 said:

I'm more than happy to pay for digital in some cases. Indies being all digital is no big deal for me, because they usually go on sale for $3-$5 on steam after a few years anyway. Another time I'll get digital is if it's a game for a console that I don't own. KoTOR on steam, because Xbox is redundant in my household. Sony/Nintendo systems combined already play 95% of all games anyway. Civ VI on steam, because it isn't on any console. 

But what I HATE, HATE, HATE, is when a game launches for $60 digital and then is listed as $60 on the steam store for years, only dropping the price temporarily for Steam "Sales". 

Steam: Hey, an item on your wishlist is on SALE!

Me: Oh wow really? Good. 

Steam: Yeah, it's one SALE for $30!

Me: You mean the exact same price that a physical copy went for last year? That's not a sale. -_-

aikohualda said:
cheaper.....


i mean if the retail is $60 vs $40... i would very much likely to buy the digital esp if it doesnt have collection value for me

With Best Buy's GCU all the $60 games are $45. I realize though, that not everybody lives in the U.S. and can take advantage of this. Aren't physical games $100 in Australia due to taxes? 

It's not really Valve who actually decides what everyone prices their games at. It's the devs who decide what prices go down and go up. I've found some Japanese devs keeping their prices up on Steam, with some notable AAA publishers also doing the same.

During the Winter sales, SE hardly bothered to reduce the price of Nier either.