Ryuu96 said:
It's relevant because it's naïve to believe this won't open the floodgates for 3rd party publishers to once again increase prices, all it takes is one big player to make the move, thus it affects everyone on Xbox too. |
Thank god for GamePass, honestly. These publishers are losing the plot with how much they think these games are worth. Are there games worth that kind of money? Sure, but they're few and far between. It's one thing to upsell your biggest fans with ultimate editions and such to increase your profit, but when you keep jacking up the base price, at a certain point, all you're doing is pushing the larger audience to wait for sales...and once they've determinded they're waiting for a sale, they're not gonna wait for it to be 10-20 bucks off, cus you already annoyed them into waiting. So by the time they pick your game up at 50% off or whatever...have you really increased profits? And what if your game is a live service? Shit, your game might already be dead by the time the larger audience thinks it's worth the entry point.
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