Most new releases I've seen that I go for are usually cheaper on Steam compared to console sales. The one difference for say battlefront is the digital version costs way more than physical but even then it;s still more expensive with consoles and with digital download sites like GMG and DLgames I can get more of a price cut before the game is even out.

Also like you said with the multiple sales on GoG, then of course there's Origin giving out free games (without a sub payment required) and the same for Steam.

I also do the same for brand new releases, when they are $30+ I generally wait for them to lower down because I don't always think they are worth it in most cases. Starcraft II's last expansion was an exception for it's digital deluxe content and being the last for the 2nd game's story along with providing me with content that spans across  5 of Blizzard's games.

I just in general see and feel that games on PC are cheaper in the long run than consoles will ever be, the two are never going to be exactly the same no matter how hard someone tries to say they are. PC's even have the edge against consoles in terms of digital pricing while consoles have yet to fully catch up to that, let alone go more into the digital realm than staying with more physical (digital haters are going to have fun times ahead with the ever growing digital era of gaming).

I do wonder when the next thread will pit us with "PC vs consoles, HDD prices, PC vs consoles: gamepad prices". The two are never going to be the same in the end either way.

Well PC games are cheaper through steam as digital as an initial purchase but I find that buying games for Xbox/PS4 is cheaper in the long run with the resale of physical editions.

When I look through my steam library I have 100's of ££ worth of "dead" games that I won't ever play again compared to buying a PS4 game for £37 and then reselling it 1-2 months after playing at the content for £25-£30 where as I've got a whole bunch of £20 -£40 games in my steam library that will never be installed or played again.

Even when you buy games for £3-£5 in the big steam sales again your left with a "dead digital purchase" in the end as you can usually grab that same game for

No. If we are talking about waiting then everything gets cheaper in time. but to be fair, let's look at the facts.

A game comes out today. Digitally or physically it will cost more on consoles than it does on PC. In 2 months, that game would have seen its first price drop on PC and maybe even the second. On consoles it would still cost the same. When on consoles you can get thegame for about half price, on PC the same game will still cost less.

Waiting for price drops is a two way street. it constantly affects both platforms. And the lowest low a game will officially go on consoles, will never be as low as the lowest low they will go on PCs. Unless you start talking about the used market. But that's not pricing based on any kinda official capacity. hell the publishers don't get anything from those.

Well whadyyaknow.

From Steam itself - http://store.steampowered.com/app/368500/

But that really differs from game to game, there are also many games cheaper on consoles than pc and vice versa (like you said you can't say that the pc is cheaper if you wait longer^^)

So in the end you agree with me, right?

In the UK new pc games on steam cost £40 and on amazon new console games arearound £40 so it's the same for me.

I still remember when I pre-ordered The Witcher 2. I got the first game and the Witcher 2 for like 30$, I missed out on The Witcher 3 deals Gog did sadly. Didn't they sell that at like 45 bucks before the game released? PC has huge deals all the time doesn't mean it will land on a game your interested in.

Getting to the point, I have extreme doubts purchasing games on console will ever be as cheap as PC and for good reason it takes more money for publishers to put their games on PlayStation or Xbox which is why in some cases there's been multi-platform titles that made more money on PC then consoles despite selling more copy's on consoles.

Overall, I don't really see why it matters IMO. Most the time, PC players also have consoles... Not like we get away from the pricing regardless of if its better on PC specifically.

And still cheaper physically on the PS4.

Most new games are cheaper on consoles in Canada. Fallout 4 is CAD 80 digital on Steam, CAD 78 for the physical edition at retail. Sure you can buy a PC digital key for less on the grey market (CAD 58 atm) Yet you can also trade in or sell the physical edition for an even bigger 'discount'. I rather have the physical edition with the few extras it still brings than an activation code.

Sometimes physical console is way cheaper. Book of unwritten tales 2 was $20 for ps4 at retail, still $38 on Steam. Steam is a rip off unless you wait for sales. Of course console games get cheap too. Some ps3 games are already down to a dollar second hand, older gens you can pick up a bunch for next to nothing. Consoles can't beat humble bundles though, and Steam sales are more convenient than browsing second hand collections. It's more fun to look through those racks of old games though, all the memories :)