John2290 said: Games are on average 69.99 here. (78.00 USD) I feel ripped off when I buy a game new so it's a joy when a game like REmake 2/3, The Outer worlds, Control, The Witcher 3 etc come out with the very reasonable price tag of 59.99 or 65ish USD. We don't pay tax on top but considering we are the dominant market Sony really shafts us. Digital games should never exceed 60 euro, hell there should be a discount by this point at the game considering Gamestop is going under but what really erks me the most is Sony first party games having that 69.99 price tag, it really feels like a kick in the balls for being a loyal costumer and often a first day sale and early adopter of hardware. It makes me wanna, more and more, skip this coming gen for a couple of months to two or three years and let everything lag behind while I play the must plays for a third the price. At some point these price tags will be too much and it'll hurt the industry massively, especially if and when there will be a recession. It's high way robbery to charge so much with such a high profit margin and then sell micro transactions on top. Seeing games like Grid, Tomb raider Shadow whatever the fuck and Fallout 76 go on sale for one fifth the price a month to six weeks after launch has been an eye opener, thankfully I didn't pay a cent but my eyes are still open. |
In Brazil last couple years due to dolar hike most games were selling for 250-300 local currency while Sony 1st party were 200. Sorry that they do the opposite where you live.
Hiku said:
What was it like back then? I'm pretty sure at least in Sweden that a new game was commonly the same price as a new game today. Not accounting for inflation. Just the price tag I think was the same. (599 kr) This changed slightly during N64 where many games were commonly 699kr instead.
Sorry I meant would you be willing to pay notably more for a new game than the common price of a new game today?
Is that 80-100 just for the base game, or is that the collectors/deluxe editions? That includes waiting for a price drop. It would just mean that its price during a sale would still be higher than the sale price of a game today.
How much is the cost of a new game (just the game, no extras) in your country?
$140 is an interesting price tag.
I was also thinking about how videogames tend to be high value for the amount of money they cost. Specifically, the price of movie tickets (at least where I live) have gone up significantly since the 90s. I found some of my old tickets, and they were priced between 35kr - 55kr. Those were childrens prices, but when I look at the price of childrens tickets today, its 110kr. 115kr for adults.
So if the standard price of a base game (no steelbook or anything) was let's say $80 where you live, would you shell out $100 - $120 for some games, if it seemed warranted? |
Minimum wage is about R$1000, new games officially in the country R$250-300 (sony used to sell for 200, but this year they bumped to 200 on another dolar hike).
Yes some games I would pay more, but very few, the rest I would do the same as today, wait for it to be under 70 local currency or buy when travelling for the 5-15 in USA.
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