Games price, value and perception

[DonFerrari]

Bofferbrauer2 said:

Ka-pi96 said:

That excuse would hold more weight if prices 12 or so years ago reflected that the currency was stronger.

Back then it was about $2 = £1 so £40 ($80) was around a 33% increase on the US price. If they wanted to increase the price when/if the currency got weaker then they shouldn't have been screwing people in the UK over in the first place.

hence why I expected the price increase to only be 15£ when Europe and US have a 10$/€ increase.

But like I said, the very concept is ridiculous considering that they gain much more money through other means. With what they are earning, the prices should go down, not up.

Considering how much they make with DLC and MTX and how fast games drop in price yes they probably could make even more by lowering the price. But again if they think they won't lose sales by increasing price and market validates that then prices will stay on the new standard.