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$70 For Next Gen?
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Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
Dthomp
Member
BuT tHeY dOn'T gEt TeH MonEz, iT gOeZ tO EVIL cOrPs /s
Oppoi
Banned
Let me guess. You don't pay for your gamepass do you?
And "there's no need to be up?" What? I know your task for the day is to try and make sony ps5 seem like ms xbone but is that really the best you got?
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Oppoi
Banned
If the had any sense they would have a profitable model. Now they have to burn money to stay relevant.
Nhranaghacon
Banned
In the N64 Era, 79.99 for a triple AAA title was common - (not all games but the good ones) unless you were a PS Fan then you payed 49.99 flat. So we're back to 79.99 now? Or is it just one of the consoles demanding you pay 70 dollars for a game?
Vasto
Member
Speaking of AES/NeoGeo these days buying a cart is like bruising a testicle....
Vasto
Member
$70 for a game with tax you looking at about $75?
For $75 you can get 5 months of Game Pass Ultimate. That is Game Pass Console, Game Pass PC and Xbox Live.
eyesabitdull
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StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Unless something in life is urgent, or it's a dollar store thing which is always the same price, most stuff I buy is on sale.
Most shit people buy will be on sale every week somewhere out there. Or at worst once a month.
Just wait it out and combine purchase habits into a handful of waves of buying stuff. That's what I do.
AetherMage
Member
I'll pay $70 or even more if I think it's worth it. If I don't and there's enough people that agree with me to tank sales they'll lower the price. That's how the cost of things work. I expect I'll continue to pick up most of my games for $10 or $20 on sale.
captainraincoat
Banned
Honestly I think your stupid paying $70 ...or 124 aud for the ps4 titles
most of the titles I am going to play are cross gen so I pay the lesser amount and get the free upgrades
the only ones you can't really do stuff about are the actual next gen games so I'm really puzzled to their justification for increasing the prices on cross gen titles as they will have a broader audience to make money
most of the titles I am going to play are cross gen so I pay the lesser amount and get the free upgrades
the only ones you can't really do stuff about are the actual next gen games so I'm really puzzled to their justification for increasing the prices on cross gen titles as they will have a broader audience to make money
Preach it, brother.
Blond
Banned
Let's be real. Don't people remember the transition from Ps2/Xbox where every other game had a sixty dollar "special edition?" It war all testing the waters. Just like this gen nearly every game had a 70/80 "deluxe" edition in one way or another since 2015.
Again, people here are okay with spending 500 on a Xbox/ps5 but 70 is somehow too much. Maybe just me only worrying about the 2-3 games I play a year is why I don't really care but EH.
Again, people here are okay with spending 500 on a Xbox/ps5 but 70 is somehow too much. Maybe just me only worrying about the 2-3 games I play a year is why I don't really care but EH.
Iced Arcade
Member
Gamepass FTW
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
124 Aus?
and i though going from $80 to $90 cdn was bad.
124 Aus converts to $118 Cdn. Holy shit
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StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Rhazer Fusion
Member
If it's a must have for me, then $70 is fine I guess, but I generally can get the games on sale. Guess not near as much impulse buying for me until the games drop in price or I have a really good feeling about the game.
Maybe It's Medicine?
Member
Vote with your wallet. They are going to be watching the first wave of these game sales like hawks.
If you suckers buy this shit because you can't keep it in your fucking pants for a month or two for these games to drop in price (like they always do), you deserve the shit pie they are serving. this isn't a poor or rich thing. This is a sensible thing.
Do you really want games to cost 70 dollars when they already include day one season passes and microtransactions. That's not going away.
There is no benefit to paying more money upfront in an industry that's already profiting more on the tail end. None of the things that make games shit are going away and they arent going to passing the money on to their workers. It's 100 percent a cash grab.
Who is pushing for 70 dollars? An nba game that has become increasingly like a casino and a platform holder who takes in money off of every game sold on their platform. It's no one who just makes honest to god good games but can't afford to keep their business running.
These people don't need your extra ten dollars, they want it. Don't give it to them. It's no wonder games like godfall are already saying they won't be pushing 70 dollars on pc and nintendo isn't doing it, xbox is saying let customers decide what they want to pay.
Full on playstation fanboys being fucking retarded are going to decide if other companies push for this. Honest. Let's remember where to point the finger. Just like how xbox paved the way for paid multiplayer. Remember that? If you are buying 70 dollar games, fuck you.
If you suckers buy this shit because you can't keep it in your fucking pants for a month or two for these games to drop in price (like they always do), you deserve the shit pie they are serving. this isn't a poor or rich thing. This is a sensible thing.
Do you really want games to cost 70 dollars when they already include day one season passes and microtransactions. That's not going away.
There is no benefit to paying more money upfront in an industry that's already profiting more on the tail end. None of the things that make games shit are going away and they arent going to passing the money on to their workers. It's 100 percent a cash grab.
Who is pushing for 70 dollars? An nba game that has become increasingly like a casino and a platform holder who takes in money off of every game sold on their platform. It's no one who just makes honest to god good games but can't afford to keep their business running.
These people don't need your extra ten dollars, they want it. Don't give it to them. It's no wonder games like godfall are already saying they won't be pushing 70 dollars on pc and nintendo isn't doing it, xbox is saying let customers decide what they want to pay.
Full on playstation fanboys being fucking retarded are going to decide if other companies push for this. Honest. Let's remember where to point the finger. Just like how xbox paved the way for paid multiplayer. Remember that? If you are buying 70 dollar games, fuck you.
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Omnipunctual Godot
Member
There are very few games I will be paying $70 for.
This.
Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
You keep worrying about profitablity, I've got too many Game Pass games to play.
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ToxicPhantom
Member
Starting with the Xbox One, I started to wait for discounted games. I stopped being the cool kid on the block that says, "hey look guys, I have this game!" I'm not missing out if I wait a bit longer.
MiguelItUp
Member
You'd think, right? But people buy $60 titles on Steam, Epic, Origin, etc. all the time. I never understood that at all. I mean, there are always other places selling cheaper.
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Deleted member 801069
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I paid $15 to rent The Invisible Man on Amazon so sure why not
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MrFunSocks
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If I want to play the game then yes lol. The benefits of being an adult with a job and disposable income that means I can afford my hobby. Also got game pass so the number of games I'll need to buy will be massively reduced.
The results of this poll are hugely disappointing and quite frankly alarming tbh.
The results of this poll are hugely disappointing and quite frankly alarming tbh.
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EDMIX
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Its a solid bet though. We are seeing some of the best selling games in history right now from multiple series. From Zelda, to GTA to Mario to Call Of Duty etc I feel if $60 was really, really...REALLY too expensive, you wouldn't be seeing any record units selling out as fast as they are with such huge quantities. I don't think $70 is really killing anyone. So I get that you won't buy day 1 or at full price, but enough are to support the jump.
We wouldn't be see so many fucking games breaking such ridiculous records in sales if the price was really too much.
MrFunSocks
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Gamers: "We want bigger and longer games with more content, state of the art graphics, movie style mo-cap and voice acting, free DLC for years, and 100+ hours of gameplay!"
Also Gamers: "We don't want to pay more than $20 for it either, fuck those greedy devs!"
This thread is embarrassing.
Also Gamers: "We don't want to pay more than $20 for it either, fuck those greedy devs!"
This thread is embarrassing.
MastaKiiLA
Member
Given that game budgets have swelled, just be lucky game prices haven't scaled the same way movie prices have. I used to be able to go to a matinee up to like 3pm for $2, back in the day, and after that the price was $6-8. Now, matinees in America are pretty much the first showing around 11am, and still cost $5 minimum. After that, movies cost anywhere from $10-$20. By comparison, a bump from $60-$70 isn't bad at all.
Graphics cost a lot to make look good. If you want next-gen visuals, get ready to pay next-gen prices. The increase isn't that bad anyway. Buy a game at a time, in order of what you want to play, and by the time you start working through the playlist, you'll have gotten most of them on sale. I'm more interested in the price of small indie titles, as I usually buy more of those than the bigger full-priced games.
Graphics cost a lot to make look good. If you want next-gen visuals, get ready to pay next-gen prices. The increase isn't that bad anyway. Buy a game at a time, in order of what you want to play, and by the time you start working through the playlist, you'll have gotten most of them on sale. I'm more interested in the price of small indie titles, as I usually buy more of those than the bigger full-priced games.
EDMIX
Writes a lot, says very little
Now that you ask, I'm not really sure. I assume so, but they sorta don't even have any first party titles even coming out this year or even next year that are only coming to Series S and X to even know. They said something about the next few years of them continuing to make XONE games and put them on Series S and X so.......who knows.
They simply don't have enough if any first party content only coming to those devices to even know what the price will be.
Same here. I buy 3 or so full priced games a year. I'm super busy getting limited physical releases of other shit, games on sale, and retro stuff. Only a few special games get me when they come out.
honestly if the GOTY physical release with all the DLC goes up from $20–30 to $30–40 this gen then I still am trained to wait. The industry taught me the first release is often a beta.
TheMay30thMan
Member
I'll pay $70 for the new LEGO Star Wars game, but nothing else. I swear...
Really though, a price increase is BS, and I cannot, for the life of me, understand why anyone would be willing to defend it. Game sales break records every year. Microtransactions are in fully priced games and they make a massive fortune on top of the initial sale. Digital games cost as much as physical games for some reason, even though the manufacturing cost doesn't necessarily apply to them. It seems, to me, that the price of games should be going down. Unfortunately, we will never know which side of this is true unless publishers show the complete cost of development, manufacturing, and marketing, then disclose the overall profit. They won't though. Because they don't want everyone to know they're paying too much for their hobby. In my opinion, of course...
Even after that rant, it doesn't matter. Everyone will pay the new price regardless.
Really though, a price increase is BS, and I cannot, for the life of me, understand why anyone would be willing to defend it. Game sales break records every year. Microtransactions are in fully priced games and they make a massive fortune on top of the initial sale. Digital games cost as much as physical games for some reason, even though the manufacturing cost doesn't necessarily apply to them. It seems, to me, that the price of games should be going down. Unfortunately, we will never know which side of this is true unless publishers show the complete cost of development, manufacturing, and marketing, then disclose the overall profit. They won't though. Because they don't want everyone to know they're paying too much for their hobby. In my opinion, of course...
Even after that rant, it doesn't matter. Everyone will pay the new price regardless.
EDMIX
Writes a lot, says very little
Same. I think I rarely buy 4 or more a year, I did a lot a few years ago but have less time now. I can already see a timeline of what I'm buying next year. The only 4 full priced games I'm getting are RE8, Horizon 2, Battlefield 6 and God Of War 2....IF it even comes out next year, if not...I'll find something in fall 2021 lol
