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[Banjo64]

Hogwarts Legacy (Xbox Series X)

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Series X version £54.85

Hogwarts Legacy (PS5)

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PS5 version £54.85

Obviously these are UK prices but it beats £69.99 that they are at other retailers.

I'm stuck with the PS5 DE. If the Switch version is native it'll be around £35 at launch, half as much as the PS5 version.

 

[TissueBox]

Day 415.

 

[Jaybe]

but does it have a premium edition with early access?

 

[kingfey]

but does it have a premium edition with early access?

Its too early now. They will announce it, when they are close to the release.

 

[Lupin25]

It is what it is.

Yup. It is what it's been.

I don't even know why this is a topic. If there's been people willing to pay for NBA, COD, BF2024, HFW, as well as all the ridiculously expensive special edition bundles all these years (which definitely set a precedent), this shouldn't come as a surprise what publishers are willing get away with and who follows suit.

WB obviously feels they have a product worthy of the price tag so it will either live or die by it. No one is forced to buy anything.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Day 365.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Luckily, I recently got introduced to VPN Argentina tricks for Xbox games. So, I will purchase this there if they are going to hike the prices up.

 

[Topher]

If it is good I'll pay $70 for physical and then sell it on ebay when I'm done.

 

[ckaneo]

Are you under a spell (pun intended) whenever microtransactions are placed in games? Can they not be ignored? I have never been forced to buy any of that when playing base games.

Never bought a microtransaction in my life. The problem is companies get greedier and greedier and start affecting gameplay loops

 

[ckaneo]

I don't get the reasoning here. A delayed game has even more production cost. Why would a delay make it cheaper?

Dont charge me next gen prices for old gen or cross gen games.

 

[Zeroing]

 

[sendit]

Is there no smart delivery for the Xbox version?

 

[kyoji]

I don't buy full priced games any longer so will get this when on sale. The whole $70 tag for games is insane.

Never gamed in the 90s i take it?

 

[Esca]

Won't stop me. Before this gen even started or the mention of $70 games I knew they would go up to $70. We went like 15 years with out a price increase,... it was time

 

[FlyyGOD]

Have you been living under a rock? Big hhird party games have been $70 since the launch of these consoles, yes even on the xbox. This isn't a new trend Hogwarts is setting.

I haven't paid 70 bucks for one series x game yet.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

lately I've been buying XSX keys from websites. not sure why I haven't been doing this earlier. you get a significant discount, even for newly released games.

 

[Dream-Knife]

Never gamed in the 90s i take it?

Back when games were breakout successes if they sold 1 million copies and games came complete on physical media that will outlast you?

 

[ckaneo]

lately I've been buying XSX keys from websites. not sure why I haven't been doing this earlier. you get a significant discount, even for newly released games.

Yeah, honestly im highly considering moving over 3rd party releases to xbox but i would have to convince my family to come with me. I have a series x and ps5 and the reason I mainly game on the ps5 is to gameshare with them.

Sony just feels like they are pushing some narrative they are premium like apple or something lol. This is why competition is good because I fear what Sony would have become if Microsoft exited the console race after the xbox one

 

[Sybrix]

PC gaming

The extra expense on a gaming PC on par with a PS5/XBOX will be $200 - $300 higher than the console. (I'm being very generous to consoles here, I'm not even going into high res, RTX and 144hz+ etc)

However, the money you save on games you get back and then some.

This game, much like all new AAA games will be cheaper on PC and will be cheaper still on places like CDKeys

 

[Romulus]

Super Mario 3 on NES was $60, i think a small increase is fine. I remember some $70 n64 games too

 

[Jdroop]

Just wait like a week or two. Snatch it up on eBay,Offer up etc at a lower price.

 

[kyoji]

Back when games were breakout successes if they sold 1 million copies and games came complete on physical media that will outlast you?

Im not sure what youre trying to get at. Or how that has anything to do with pricing for a game, do schools stop teaching business? And how costs and labor production go into determining price before passing it on to the consumer? This is just the tip of the iceberg.

 

[JerryinSoCal]

Record profits before the price increase and yet never kept up with production cost.

Oh, and now we have $70 games with microtransactions.

This game doesn't have any microtransactions.

 

[MHubert]

This has been a long time coming and it's only fair, honestly. Complaining about the companies making profit is a lame critique - I guess Apple should basically hand out their products for free, then. Then again, I'm used to pay 70$ or more for new AAA titles and the price increase somehow doesn't affect my country.

 

[Calverz]

God bless the Argentinian Xbox codes:

 

[Warablo]

PC version still $60?

 

[Hendrick's]

Never gamed in the 90s i take it?

I said "I don't buy full price games any longer", not that I have never bought a full priced game.

 

[kingfey]

PC version still $60?

There is no steam inventory for that game.

 

[Fuz]

This has been a long time coming and it's only fair, honestly. Complaining about the companies making profit is a lame critique - I guess Apple should basically hand out their products for free, then. Then again, I'm used to pay 70$ or more for new AAA titles and the price increase somehow doesn't affect my country.

 

[Fbh]

I'm stuck with the PS5 DE. If the Switch version is native it'll be around £35 at launch, half as much as the PS5 version.

Which would be pretty ironic since optimizing a native Switch port is probably going to require a lot more work than just enabling higher resolution, framerate and some other basic settings on the Ps5/SX version.
The $10 next gen tax made sense when we were supposed to be getting next gen games. Right now publishers are charging Ps5/SX users $10 for the equivalent of going to the setting menu on PC and changing the preset from low-mid to mid-high.

PC gaming

The extra expense on a gaming PC on par with a PS5/XBOX will be $200 - $300 higher than the console. (I'm being very generous to consoles here, I'm not even going into high res, RTX and 144hz+ etc)

However, the money you save on games you get back and then some.

This game, much like all new AAA games will be cheaper on PC and will be cheaper still on places like CDKeys

During normal times,sure. But with current GPU prices building a PC is pretty damn expensive for the moment

 

[M1chl]

Australian price.

Oh EU price, nice....

Best Buy has a promotion for the PS and Xbox versions.

"
Best Buy® - $10 Promotional Best Buy E-Gift Card [E-mail delivery] [Digital]
A $10 value!"

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hogwarts-legacy-playstation-5/6502569.p?skuId=6502569

Warm my heart for you out there, with best buy

Luckily, I recently got introduced to VPN Argentina tricks for Xbox games. So, I will purchase this there if they are going to hike the prices up.

Do tell pls

 

[Punished Miku]

No chance. Plenty other shit to play.

 

[Modrot]

So many bootlickers. Then again, gaming forum.

Gran Turismo 7 is an always online, $70 game with microtransactions, and it's not the first nor won't be the last.

Enjoy that rubber.

 

[Dream-Knife]

Im not sure what youre trying to get at. Or how that has anything to do with pricing for a game, do schools stop teaching business? And how costs and labor production go into determining price before passing it on to the consumer? This is just the tip of the iceberg.

Games cost $60-80 in the 90s because they were on expensive ROM carts. PS1 games were $20-50 because they used cheap CDs. Now games are still on disc, or on nothing (digital).

 

[anthony2690]

I'm stuck with the PS5 DE. If the Switch version is native it'll be around £35 at launch, half as much as the PS5 version.

I just have this feeling that the switch version will be insanely rough.

Who is handling the switch version?

 

[kikonawa]

glad i have a disc based console. i never buy at launch

 

[StreetsofBeige]

For the love of God stop preordering things sight-unseen.

But you got to pre-order. There's a chance someone lives in a small town and their local game store might only get 3 copies!

But what's the reason for pre-ordering a digital game? How the fuck do I know.

 

[TGO]

£49.85 pretty much the usual price here in the UK for most games, although we do have a £69 games too

 

[pratyush]

10$ increment is not such a big deal considering but this dual pricing is unacceptable. Make everything same price and be done with it. I can understand price hike since the price remained stagnant for a decade but i cant justify 10$ increase just for increasing frame rate.

 

[Warablo]

There is no steam inventory for that game.

Interesting, possible console exclusive.

Might not get it on launch then if its $70.

 

[MrA]

10$ increment is not such a big deal considering but this dual pricing is unacceptable. Make everything same price and be done with it. I can understand price hike since the price remained stagnant for a decade but i cant justify 10$ increase just for increasing frame rate.

Its not just framerate, but raytracing in photodiode
They can charge what they want, and I'll only pay up to what I want to. Any mainstream 70 dollar game will drop
Conversely I personally am more willing to pay a premium for lower budget niche games, if sefa announced a new real shining force but was like 70 bucks I'd be like ok, im in

 

[kingfey]

Interesting, possible console exclusive.

Might not get it on launch then if its $70.

It says pc. Either they want to hide that $70 pc, or its possible Epic exclusive, which is in the work. Usually games have steam place holder. Starfield has one.

 

[TheUndeadGamer]

Gotta buy it to own the journos

OT: I wish I could get that ripped without juicing. Though I think that's not a real person?

I just can't justify paying $70 for a game unless it's a collectors edition. $60 is my cap for the base game.

 

[Iced Arcade]

I'll check it out on the inevitable gamepass.

 

[Duchess]

Meh. Wait a few months. Means you get to buy it cheaper and also have to contend with fewer bugs. Plus, you might also get some quality of life improvements over the launch version.

 

[DragoonKain]

Will gladly pay it if some of that money goes to my gal JK.

 

[Plantoid]

Won't be buying at launch, i refuse to spend 70$ in a game

 

[Barakov]

Day price drop.

 

[Keihart]

Another game im not playing on console i guess, and i prefer playing on console.
What a bunch of stupid suits over there at PS supportin this kind of shit.

 

[Unk Adams]

Is there any point to pre-ordering games anymore? You don't even get the kickass physical bonuses they used to give out back in the day for pre-ordering games so it seems pointless, especially since you never know which new hyped game is going to be the next broken piece of junk. Plus with so many games out now there's barely any time to play everything so I don't see the rush in running out and buying a game for $70 even if it is great.