Anyone paying full price for an Ubi game has impulse issues. They're typically half price after a month
Ubisoft moving to 70 dollar premium game releases
- Thread starter Gizmo_Duck
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Exactly. And you know game budgets have gone up tremendously since as well.
Ps2, GameCube, xbox games cost $50, that's the equivalent of $86 today.
Ps3,360 games cost $60, that's equivalent to $88 dollars today.
It's actually surprising that game prices have held at $60 for so long.
bigdaddy88
The King Of Power
fukk ubisoft
No that was Take Two with NBA 2K that started this.Sony, innovating for the industry again
They made it a hot line, Sony made it a hot song.2K did it first, yall forgot 2k21 was the first to announce at 70 for this gen.
Industry is gonna follow the leader.
Thank sony for innovating higher prices
To be honest, i’m ok with this. As long as it’s a complete single player game you don’t have to buy extra shyt to play.
Games like Cyberpunk, Elden Ring, Dying light 2, recently i’ve put hella hours in. They are worth $100 imo
Sony stans
They made it a hot line, Sony made it a hot song.
Industry is gonna follow the leader.
Thank sony for innovating higher prices
Hood Critic
The Power Circle
Getting rid of cartridges and making games multi-platform helped to keep the price down.
Champion
#RxLife #UCF #FAMU
*Paid DLC.
I've been on record saying that nikkaz still expecting games to be 60 bucks after 15 years at the same price point are delusional and we still paid more for games in the 90s.
Don't wanna hear shyt about 70 bucks when other shyt has gone up more substantially than game prices in a much shorter amount of times.
to put the blame on Sony when they weren't even the first to goto 70 standard is goofy.
Honestly the only thing that’s more challenging for companies to make money off of video games is the high production budget of AAA games
There are way more monetization tactics and streamlined distribution strategies than ever before. Not to mention video games in general are more prevalent in pop culture so merch and movies/TV shows are more popular and lucrative. I‘m not buying the “plight” of these big ass video game companies when there’s more hustles than ever before.Games literally used to be 100% physical purchases across the board whereas nowadays they can distribute millions of copies of games digitally with no shipping/manufacturing costs. They may have to do some splits with digital storefronts but overall it costs way less to actually make copies of your game and sell them. Many indie developers don’t even sell physical copies and can make very profitable games without a AAA budget if the concept is strong.
DLC and Microtransactions weren’t a thing back then, nor were regular updates of a game. If your shyt came out and was trash, thats it. There are no ”No Man’s Sky” or Cyberpunk comebacks in that era. If your shyt flopped then theres absolutely no chance at redemption, and not much chance of it getting a “second wind” with an update or DLC later down the line as people slowly stop playing the game
Many of the most profitable games of today titles are literally free
Sony, TakeTwo, Ubisoft, and everyone else can eat that fukking $10, but they don’t have to so they won’t And now the precedent has been set. As long as Nintendo and Microsoft hold the line with their prices, everybody else bullshytting.Games like Elden Ring & Breath of the Wild cost $60 and still selling like gangbusters with no microtransactions while Godfall launched at $70 on PS5 because ”inflation”
These companies making record profits and people still try to justify them being greedier. Consumer wages aint going up but stock values sure are.Honestly the only thing that’s more challenging for companies to make money off of video games is the high production budget of AAA games
Games literally used to be 100% physical purchases across the board whereas nowadays they can distribute millions of copies of games digitally with no shipping/manufacturing costs. They may have to do some splits with digital storefronts but overall it costs way less to actually make copies of your game and sell them. Many indie developers don’t even sell physical copies and can make very profitable games without a AAA budget if the concept is strong.
DLC and Microtransactions weren’t a thing back then, nor were regular updates of a game. If your shyt came out and was trash, thats it. There are no ”No Man’s Sky” or Cyberpunk comebacks in that era. If your shyt flopped then theres absolutely no chance at redemption, and not much chance of it getting a “second wind” with an update or DLC later down the line as people slowly stop playing the game
Many of the most profitable games of today titles are literally free
Games like Elden Ring & Breath of the Wild cost $60 and still selling like gangbusters with no microtransactions while Godfall launched at $70 on PS5 because ”inflation”
“The rich need more riches, dont vote with your wallet guys” is all im reading in this thread.
Honestly the only thing that’s more challenging for companies to make money off of video games is the high production budget of AAA games
Games literally used to be 100% physical purchases across the board whereas nowadays they can distribute millions of copies of games digitally with no shipping/manufacturing costs. They may have to do some splits with digital storefronts but overall it costs way less to actually make copies of your game and sell them. Many indie developers don’t even sell physical copies and can make very profitable games without a AAA budget if the concept is strong.
DLC and Microtransactions weren’t a thing back then, nor were regular updates of a game. If your shyt came out and was trash, thats it. There are no ”No Man’s Sky” or Cyberpunk comebacks in that era. If your shyt flopped then theres absolutely no chance at redemption, and not much chance of it getting a “second wind” with an update or DLC later down the line as people slowly stop playing the game
Many of the most profitable games of today titles are literally free
Games like Elden Ring & Breath of the Wild cost $60 and still selling like gangbusters with no microtransactions while Godfall launched at $70 on PS5 because ”inflation”
They've always been greedy. And my point stands that it's still cheaper now than it was back then. Even with microtransactions and DLC.