Guess Returnal was not that expensive to make and market so Sony may not be in a hurry to generate revenue. Ratchet or Demon Souls neither had a boost or fast price drops and The last time i checked a used Demon Souls from 2020 was more expansive than a sealed HFW from 2022.
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New PS5 with Horizon Forbidden West bundle
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SLB1904
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Where is your source?
Dick Jones
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anthony2690
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In the UK ratchet and clank dropped from £70 to £50-55 the same day it came out.
It's frequently £25 on sale too brand new too.
But I do think it was obvious since the reveals that Returnal, Ratchet probably cost nowhere near as much to make as Sony's bigger budget games like forbidden west, god of war 2, gran turismo 7 that are multiplatform.
What makes the £70 stranger to me, but I guess the other titles will recoup the money via PS4 versions etc.
I also wish they let you choose what game you wanted bundled with your ps5 if they are going to force a bundle.
As I would've chosen demon souls over miles Morales any day off the week (I sadly didn't enjoy miles Morales, but I'm not a super hero fan)
50 on day one? Weird, in Germany
2021 R&C is still 50+ (german version, no Pegi import):
2020 Demon Souls also 50+ (german version, no Pegi import):
2022 HFW on the other hand (german version, no Pegi import):
Yeah it would be great if you could choose the games, but it is what it is.
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Hezekiah
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I got a physical bundle with Horizon and Ratchet, but having discs around when everything else this gen is digital and I can load straight from the OS is actually quite annoying.
Hezekiah
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Source: trust me bro
Tiago Rodrigues
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Bernd Lauert
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Damn, Horizon was €25 at one point. The power of bundles.
DenchDeckard
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The amount of used copies of horizon in my local CEX is insane. There's like 15 copies. 26 copies over in Bradford. You only get 22 cash for it now. For a 70 pound game. Crazy.
Source: trust me bro
Jesus guys, why are you so mad? In the end it doesn't matter why it sold that often and it's a compliment for Sony's cleverness. Fact is, it sold very often and in a few years nobody asks why. Sony's tactic is just very interesting right now and it explains why the physical charts are so different compared to the digial sales in some countries. Would really like to know if it's a worldwide thing. I already said that the number was my guess, see above.
SLB1904
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Talk from ass... then "jeez guys why you heff be mad"
Will be a long ass year for some of you
Hezekiah
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Bro nobody is mad, but you're triggered because of a number you pulled out of thin air lol.
Lol, what did you expect? A official PS blog post that says "Hi guys, we just wanted to let you know that 50% and so on"? This was obviously just my guess, because I'm watchting this stuff since months and just can't get my hands on a naked console.
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Ass of Can Whooping
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I've had plenty of opportunities to get non-bundled consoles thanks to discord. You've just not been trying
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SLB1904
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Who believes in his bullshit. He can't go 2 posts without lying
Topher
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If you throw out a specific number to make a point then yeah, people are going to ask you where you got that number. If your point was that it is a lot easier to get a PS5 if you are willing to buy a bundle then well......no shit.
Dude, that BS makes me really mad. I've been trying it since 10 weeks or so. I saw a naked PS5 with disc drive like 2 times at Amazon and it was sold out in 5 seconds. Absolutley zero chance. I could have bought plenty of bundles, no problem. Just yesterday they were available half the day. But i'm not gonna pay a single cent more than 499.
Dick Jones
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Well the console costs 499.99 so you'll be waiting a while.
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My bad. I thought it was more than obvious with my "easily" and it was already obvious that those 1/4 from the other guy also were just a guess. Next time i'll make it more clear.
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Hezekiah
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A guess presented as a fact.
Don't get triggered when you throw out a number and get pulled up on it. Not sure why this is difficult for you to understand....
Topher
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You are not going to have much luck stumbling across PS5 in stock on Amazon. I bought mine at regular price at Best Buy. I used nowinstock.net and an app called "Hot Stock" to alert me when it was in stock. As
Ass of Can Whooping
said, there is also discord. Having said that, the last 10 weeks have been probably been the worst time for anyone looking to buy a PS5. Sony announced stock levels would improve this year though so your chances should improve.I even said easily, that already implies it was just a guess. But i get it. No more numbers except i have a source from now on. No problem.
Let me tell you what my setup is: Smartphone with telegramm, twitter and discord. Same for pc. I got like around 10 bots on sub. I also have a bargain forum on sub. Really tough, it was even easier to get a graphic card for a good price.You are not going to have much luck stumbling across PS5 in stock on Amazon. I bought mine at regular price at Best Buy. I used nowinstock.net and an app called "Hot Stock" to alert me when it was in stock. As
Unfortunatley we don't have Best Buy here and Amazon is really the only reatailer that sells the PS5 naked and even they also have bundles. But thx for the nowinstock tipp, gonna try that one.
Dick Jones
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Isn't Playstation Direct selling PS5s in Germany? Have you registered with them?
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DaGwaphics
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They had a Knack bundle for 439:
Yeah, I remember that. Was uncharted the first one they put in and left the price the same as a base console with no game? Or maybe uncharted legacy collection?
With the shortages and everything, I'm guessing we are a long ways off from that point with these consoles.
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Sorry, i don't remember the prices of all of thoses bundles. I only remember a nice looking but quite expensive Uncharted Limited Edition. I think it was around 500 Euro.
DaGwaphics
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Kind of a useless piece of trivia anyway, I was just curious.
NinjaBoiX
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See, I’m literally the opposite way round.
I’d probably just sell the physical copy straight away to get any kind of trade in value for it, I’d 100% want the game digital.
Tiago Rodrigues
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More units?
Jesus...how many did they get? lmao.
I expect some huge sales for this month in terms of hardware in the UK...
Heimdall_Xtreme
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John Wick
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Yeah no one should be on here crying they can't find a PS5 as they have been on Argos for 24hrs in the UK.
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Classicrockfan
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DForce
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That can't be true at all.
1. Horizon Forbidden West sold around 200k within the first month in places like Germany and the UK.
2. Sales are only being boosted by around 2k-3k copies per week, which includes sales without bundles.
3. That's not enough to make up even half of the copies sold WITHOUT bundles within the first few months of the game's release.
The game is getting a boost in sales due to bundles, but it's only a small amount in comparison to how many copies sold over all.
skit_data
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All of the twitter threads touching on the sales of Horizon FW is plastered with people saying the game ”sold badly therefore they’re bundling it”. The fuck is this, when did this shit become an argument?
I’ve never ever heard this being brought up in regards to a games sales ever before, but this game in particular seems to have brought out about a new inventive way of downplaying a games sales.
It’s interesting to see such a nonsensical reasoning spread so fast and with such a consistent messaging by such a large amount of people.
I’ve never ever heard this being brought up in regards to a games sales ever before, but this game in particular seems to have brought out about a new inventive way of downplaying a games sales.
It’s interesting to see such a nonsensical reasoning spread so fast and with such a consistent messaging by such a large amount of people.
Kokoloko85
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So this is how Horizon sells copies. By being bundled with consoles
Same as Mario Kart coming free with the Switch in that case
PropellerEar
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Kokoloko85
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Exactly. And Mario Kart 8 with the Switch was the same price as a Switch by itself. It was a free pack in
Thats why I bought it with Mario Kart even though I played it like twice. Already played it enough on the Wii U
Tiago Rodrigues
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People have been wanting this game to be a flop since day one for some reason.
It's like the theory that Tlou2 sales have been worse that ghost of Tsushima as well but that's from a very... specific crowd that wants that one to flop as well.
SLB1904
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Yep. Embarrassing at this point
BTW uk peeps. If you a ps5 with no horizon go ahead.
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skit_data
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Yeah, if it’s not being ”Aloy is fat”, ”overshadowed by Elden Ring”, ”riddled with bugs and glitches” it’s ”getting bundled is an indication it’s failing”.
I don’t understand why so much energy is spent towards downplaying it.
skit_data
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That’s one scary ass looking URL
SLB1904
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It's argos. You safe
Tiago Rodrigues
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I don't know what sort of deal Argos did with Sony cause holy shit?Yep. Embarrassing at this point
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BTW uk peeps. If you a ps5 with no horizon go ahead.
They had PS5 units for almost a week now and not even once did I see Amazon or most retailers in the UK with them lmao
SLB1904
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Argos always show in stock even when they don't have.
Tiago Rodrigues
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Yeah but i have a friend that bought one like last Wednesday from there and he already has the PS5 at home with him so clearly they do have them that's the thing.
edit: This was the bundle he bought...it's now out of stock. But it was available for days and he bought it not even on its first day.
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