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When was the last time you paid full price for a new release? How do you feel about the prices of upcoming games?
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shenmue mugen
Member
FF16
Bumblebeetuna
Member
Street Fighter 6, but it is a $60 game.
I have a very hard time justifying $70 for any game. I know I’ll fucking love Diablo IV but I am sure as fuck not paying $70 for it.
So now I wait on sales.
I have a very hard time justifying $70 for any game. I know I’ll fucking love Diablo IV but I am sure as fuck not paying $70 for it.
So now I wait on sales.
SF Kosmo
Al Jazeera Special Reporter
For me, whether or not I have time for a game is a far bigger concern than the price. If I want a game and I have time to play it, I buy it.
Games are so cheap for the amount of value they deliver compared to every other form of entertainment. Taking my family to a movie is like $60-70 after snacks. But a game that is gonna give me 40+ hours feels like a bargain at that same price.
Games are so cheap for the amount of value they deliver compared to every other form of entertainment. Taking my family to a movie is like $60-70 after snacks. But a game that is gonna give me 40+ hours feels like a bargain at that same price.
JayK47
Member
Rarely. Maybe twice a year I pay full price, usually as part of a pre-order. Hogwarts and the latest Atelier game this year, and that is likely it. As you mentioned, these multi-tier priced games are insane and I tend to wait for the complete game to be around $20 before I bite. And these days that is really taking a long time and I may just never play a game otherwise. The multi-tier crap really pushed me away. I feel like the base game is missing parts and you need all content to get the full experience. But in most cases the extra content is just pricey garbage. But how will you know unless you buy and play it?
JimmyRustler
Gold Member
Come to think of it, I bought RE4 Remake actually twice for full price on release. One physical and the other digital because I thought the physical won’t arrive in time for the weekend - which it actually did…
Still no regrets. Capcom did gods work on this game.
Still no regrets. Capcom did gods work on this game.
KillaJamm
Member
Yeah prices are ridiculous these days, I had Zelda pre ordered because it's Zelda so you know its going to slap. Also got MK1 and Alan Wake 2 preordered as both are in series I love. What I do usually do is wait a few weeks and pick it up second hand on FB market place, just got Jedi Survivor for £30 today, bargain.
LavitzSlambert
Member
This year has been unusual for me, as I typically don't buy games new at full price. Before this year the last game I bought anything full price for a new release was Elden Ring.
FFXVI Deluxe - $100
We Love Katamari Reroll - $30
TOTK Collector's - $130
Metroid Prime Remastered - $40
Fire Emblem Engage Divine Edition - $100
Crisis Core: FF7 Reunion - $50
And I will likely pay full price for Silksong, Sea of Stars, FF7 Rebirth, and Super Mario RPG remake.
FFXVI Deluxe - $100
We Love Katamari Reroll - $30
TOTK Collector's - $130
Metroid Prime Remastered - $40
Fire Emblem Engage Divine Edition - $100
Crisis Core: FF7 Reunion - $50
And I will likely pay full price for Silksong, Sea of Stars, FF7 Rebirth, and Super Mario RPG remake.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Game prices at $90 in Canada. Add tax and you break $100 (unless you live in Alberta where tax is I think "only" 7%. The rest of the country tax is about 13-15%).
No thanks. I'll wait for deals and and also game share for half price. Only for games I really need to play I'll go half/half with my friend at launch.
No thanks. I'll wait for deals and and also game share for half price. Only for games I really need to play I'll go half/half with my friend at launch.
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OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Diablo 4. Worth every penny. I'm fine with current prices. I don't pay full price 98 percent of the time anyway.
akaFullmetal
Member
FF16, but yes that 70 feels like a lot, so only games I'm hundred percent feel it's worth it, I'll get day one.
Topher
Gold Member
Yep. Awesome game. Paid for the deluxe edition for early access.
Will be doing the same for Starfield.
AeonGaidenRaiden
Member
Last one was GT7 on release day as Im a big GT fan. Otherwise I cant justify it anymore and now Im waiting on GOW Ragnarok, RE4R, Diablo 4 and FF16 t go on sale. I used to buy day one, used to buy all physical but now that Im almost 100% digital, I just wait for sales.
Bernardougf
Gold Member
Price is a problem.. is no THE problem.. its a luxury hobby and like everything after the pandemic has become more expensive, technology is advancing and people simple want more and more costs money!! No way around that, and be prepared for the next consoles, I feel that prices will go up all around.I've been scrolling through the pre-order section on PSN to check out some of the games that have been recently announced on SGF, and some of those prices genuinely leave me speechless with how ridiculous they're getting.
Especially the Ubisoft games, like Avatar. I dunno what's the situation over at the land of the free, but on my side of the globe the prices for this game are as follows (after conversion):
Standard: 84 USD
Gold: 121 USD
Ultimate: 143 fuck-mothering US dollars
I literally don't know what to say. It almost feels offensive that they would have the balls to ask that much for this shit.
I bought a grant total of 3 games on release this year. One of them at a significant discount because I was able to snatch some free PSN cards that covered about a third of the price for Resi 4. The other two were Dead Space and Jedi Survivor. But for the rest of it I usually just wait for a discount, the size of which will depend on how badly I want to play something.
But with these obnoxious prices being what they are, it gets progressively more difficult to convince myself that it's at all worth spending 80+ dollars on a single game, even if it's something that I'm really excited about. And it's not even that I can't afford it, because I can. But at this point it really feels like getting buttfucked without so much as a reacharound.
Having qsaid that, no one should pre order MOST games nowdays, they come with bugs, missing features and graphical modes, the culture has changed and upgrade your game through out the first months is pretty acceptable by the community (it shouldnt by the way but it is what it is) so I have money to buy all the games I want at launch, BUT will never do! Knowing that in 6 months ill probably play a better and more complete game often times cheaper.
And now with subscriptions??? Well... thats another subjective all together, it also changed my buying habbits... a lot
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ShadyAcshuns
Member
Just paid a hundred for FFXVI DE because I'll pay whatever for things I like. Still doesn't mean I'd ever blindly get tons of new, day one games.
GermanZepp
Member
Zelda breath of the wild (played this year but paid it without discount). And before that elden ring. Took a day off to play it and everything. No regrets.
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Sleepwalker
Member
Today I paid $100 cad after tax for FFXVI. Also bought Zelda TOTK.
Make a quality game and Ill have no problem buying it.
Make a quality game and Ill have no problem buying it.
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Rhazer Fusion
Member
I usually buy the majority of my games physical so the prices usually don’t bother me much. If it’s a must have, I’ll generally buy it day one even at $70. If it’s not a must have for me, I can typically wait for a decent sale. I do try to support the developers whenever I can, but buying used is an option as well especially if I can’t get a good price on the game or if I’m really not too sure about it. With that strategy, I rarely if ever have buyer’s remorse and I buy a lot of games.
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Member
Diablo IV. Price of everything has gone up and I think we'll be lucky if inflation/currency devaluation cools off. It is what it is.
Kagoshima_Luke
Gold Member
FF2(4) was like $80 in 1993. Worth it.
Heimdall_Xtreme
Jim Ryan Fanclub's #1 Member
Zelda Totk.... Resident evil 4 and Dead space remake.
Next target Final fantasy Xvi
Next target Final fantasy Xvi
supernova8
Banned
I bought BOTW full price back when it came out.... I think that's pretty much it (and I don't regret it). I buy everything else either used or (for PC) discounted during Steam sales.
intheinbetween
Member
Well, rarely, actually I ended up getting FFXVI for 50€
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
That’s why single player games are dying . And pirates.
Why would they release games if people wait for mega sales.
About souls- we have a new one every year or two like sekiro. Ac6 this year
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crackajack
Member
That's their problem, and in consequence of course also mine, but why should I pay more than what they ask when I have no fomo and always were able to wait for everything?
If all games were like Nintendo games or at least like CoD, with little to almost no discount price, then I would pay that price, and play fewer games and concentrate on those fewer more, but as it is, I used the old Plus for most of my gaming even before it turned now into an insane deal and only rarely buy (old but still good) stuff for 2.99 or something. The most I ever payd in "recent" years was iirc Stalker, Bioshock and Witcher 2, all as some physical Collectors Edition, with book, figurine and soundtrack, and still Witcher was I believe the only slightly more expensive one with 29. Digital I think I never payd over 10 for anything.
It's a nonsense idea that sp games are suddenly dying due to any recent change, since Gold Games and magazine editions existed decades ago, offering a lot of games for almost as little money as subscriptions do now, just more limited to the specific selection of each collection. It hardly helps keeping sp alive, but the foundation for the gradual downfall was laid years ago, even before Plus/GWG and Gamepass/new Plus.
It was their choice to milk their IPs and offer games for discounts. Short term it increased revenue, like Gamepass does, but long term it ruins the market to some extent and they have to figure out how much budget games can have to be profitable with that system.
Ar¢tos
Member
I don't care enough for spin-offs, clones or mechs to pay full price, only real "souls" get my attention at launch, and because of the mp components and dying player base with time.
I live on a tight budget and I'm saving for PSVR2 (only in December I expect to have enough money for it), buying 70$ games is out of the question.