Games price, value and perception

[Bofferbrauer2]

Ka-pi96 said:

It's a ridiculous increase. It's gone from £45 to £70 in the UK. Insane.

They tried to bump the price up from £40 to £50 for the PS4 gen and that was annoying then. It didn't last too long and prices dropped back down to £45.

But going up a tenner is one thing, adding an extra £25 to the price? Disgusting!

The excuses too are absolutely pathetic. Ya know, I'd actually respect any of these gaming execs that were honest and just came out and said "we want more money", but nope they're trying to spin some ridiculous sob story and they look pathetic doing it.

Well in the UK it's also partially due to the British Pound losing quite a bit of value. And the looming no-deal doesn't help matters either.

Still, I agree that going to 70£ is way too high an increase. I was personally expecting 60£, and that's with the price hike for this gen included. That would have been a 10$/€ and 15£ increase in price for this gen and much more understandable. But 70£? GTFO!

Edit: I forgot to mention my position about the price hike. So here it is:

If they would remove all those predatory microtransactions, lootboxes, expansive dlc (as in, having dozens and dozens of DLC for one game) time-limited in-game stuff (like most season passes) and other skinner boxes, then I could agree on the price increase. But with all their other monetisation venues in place, the prices should actually come down, not go up.

Long story short, they can go royally fuck themselves sideways from behind with their prices. Even more reason only to buy games at a sale now...

Last edited by Bofferbrauer2 - on 02 December 2020