| Carl2291 said: This is a good thing. Now, what we need next generation is digital prices to be worth it for the consumer. Do we have news on that yet? |
I would like to see Humble Indie Console Bundles.
DRM free, pay what you want, PS3 and 360 keys :P.
kupomogli said:
Tomb Raider is more on Steam than it is on current consoles, but shortly after it was released you could get it for less than $20. It's not going to happen on the Xbox One. Another thing is that some PC games launch at $49.99, $10 less than the same game on consoles. So that "full priced Steam game" isn't the same as a "full priced console game." Not always. Not the majority of the time. People thinking the Xbox One DRM is going to let them get games cheaper like Steam are going to be disappointed. This really doesn't matter to me as I don't purchase digital games unless they're dirt cheap so I wait a long time before I get anything on PC. However, my statement is going to be fact, just wait and see. |
Searching for it TR is currently $49.99 on steam, weird, either way they havent even lauch the console yet, lets give them some time, discount for the digital versions will be there for sure. I dont think saying that they can offer awesome discounts is something out of this world, months or years after a game releases they might want to sell it for cheap and with used games being less popular people might go for the digital discounts. Of course, thats not a fact, i cant predict the future lol
Luiskpx said:
Steam sells games for full price during launch (and popular games might stay like that for a while) |
This.
We all kind of expected that.
| J_Allard said: I love how people think the PC market was just a night and day switch. PC gamers went to bed one night bummed about full price brand new titles and then woke up the next morning with $1 day one AAA releases. Xbone hate is hilarious on this site. |
Angelus said:
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Nobody who ever talks about Steam or PC states day one. Tomb Raider was released March 24, 2013. Less than two months after release you could get a Steam code from Green Man Gaming for $14.
While I didn't state day one, PC gamers could have preordered Tomb Raider at $31. DAY ONE. For just about half the cost the game retailed on consoles. How's that for day one, though?
The deals are rarely through Steam, but places like Green Man Gaming, Steam, etc, all give deals at launch and you're given a Steam key when the game launches on most of these sites, so you're still playing through Steam which most big publishers go through.
kupomogli said:
Nobody who ever talks about Steam or PC states day one. Tomb Raider was released March 24, 2013. Less than two months after release you could get a Steam code from Green Man Gaming for $14. While I didn't state day one, PC gamers could have preordered Tomb Raider at $31. DAY ONE. For just about half the cost the game retailed on consoles. How's that for day one, though? |
I think you missed the point
This was expected
Xbox Series, PS5 and Switch (+ Many Retro Consoles)
'When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called the people's stick'- Mikhail Bakunin
Prediction: Switch 2 will outsell the PS5 by 2030
Criticizing this is too much guys. :p
They might still get cheap quickly. Most PC games are 60$ as far as I know, but the sales kick in quickly.
kupomogli said:
Nobody who ever talks about Steam or PC states day one. Tomb Raider was released March 24, 2013. Less than two months after release you could get a Steam code from Green Man Gaming for $14. While I didn't state day one, PC gamers could have preordered Tomb Raider at $31. DAY ONE. For just about half the cost the game retailed on consoles. How's that for day one, though? The deals are rarely through Steam, but places like Green Man Gaming, Steam, etc, all give deals at launch and you're given a Steam key when the game launches on most of these sites, so you're still playing through Steam which most big publishers go through. |
The $31 Tomb Raider deal was a coupon deal through another website that gave you a Steam key. You can use coupons at various physical retailers to accomplish the exact same thing. I don't know why you'd try to use a special website specific coupon to make a point but it just shows what little you have to work with.
It doesn't matter what people state when they are talking about Steam sales or digital PC prices in general. Just look at the replies in this thread. It's either petty trolling, or people literally expected console titles to launch for the cheap prices you see games drop to on PC.
Furthermore Steam and the PC market took years to become what it is today. Xbone titles could launch at $99 and that would not mean that in time, they would not drop to prices lower than PS4 or WiiU. It's not a switch that MS just flips on in a room and suddenly the MSRP drops. It takes time for the market to mature and evolve. It's already begun on consoles on XBLA/PSN, on a much faster pace than I ever thought it would.
| J_Allard said: I love how people think the PC market was just a night and day switch. PC gamers went to bed one night bummed about full price brand new titles and then woke up the next morning with $1 day one AAA releases. Xbone hate is hilarious on this site. |
Why you could just say that about most game sites! .. its educating people before they get xboned.
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