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[Sooner]

Everywhere I check, I only see people posting the single, higher price. I can't check for this game, as I bought it digitally already.

 

[ComputerBlue]

 

[Dacvak]

This definitely incentivizes me to spend less.

 

[Bojji]

I don't understand how Poland is still not in the euro zone despite being the hottest financial place right now

Both the governments (over the years) and people don't want it. This also allows us to be independent from decisions made in Berlin (like how high interest rates are etc.).

 

[Jesb]

How is this even legal. This is like walking into McDonald's and a burger is more expensive for me than the person behind me in line.

 

[FalsettoVibe]

Yeah.....this wont last.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Hopefully Sony gets a class action suit over this.

The fix after?

We'll all be paying the lower % discounts with no chance for a deeper one, lol.

F the poors.

 

[LavitzSlambert]

this is hilarious, Sony has become so brazen in how they fuck over their fan base

It looks like the discount is based largely on how many games you buy and the less game you buy the more likely you are to get a discount

So if you support buying games on PSN you basically get fucked and if you generally ignore Sony and don't buy games, that's when you get the benefit

I'd question their methodology, because that means they would only be counting games bought on their digital storefront. Do they count discs toward these? Can I borrow/rent games and play them, will those be counted as affecting the advertised discounts? Is it quantity of games bought or total money spent in the store? Are they accounting for PS+ subscriptions?

If I'm coming up with that after a minute posting on a forum, I'm quite sure it's more complicated (and probably a multitude of factors) inside Sony itself. I still don't like this approach, it's a dangerous slippery slope to how they frame it as discounts where as it will keep MSRP and prices in general higher in order to offer those lower discounts. Rather than the ATLs available to everyone and visible to price trackers, the real ATL is now hidden behind personalized offers made by some unknown algorithm Sony cooked up and will never share.

 

[Alebrije]

How is this even legal. This is like walking into McDonald's and a burger is more expensive for me than the person behind me in line.

don't give ideas to Mc Donalds...

 

[Fermbiz]

I rarely buy shit on PSN and I get $39.55

 

[Don Carlo]

If true this is just algorithmic pricing based on behavior. Not new in other industries, but feels weird for games

 

[dorkimoe]

called this literallly 2-3 days ago and someone said bullshit. i need to go find his username and shame him.

They are going to 100% do this everywhere and base it on factors like neighborhood you live in etc

Only way to shut this shit down is not buy anything on PSN. Buy physical.

been saying this the last few years, this 100% is the future of digital

 

[MALpractice311]

Only way to shut this shit down is not buy anything on PSN. Buy physical.

 

[Arachnid]

They should call it targeted pricing. What a joke.

It's an even bigger joke that there are gamers in this very thread defending it. You cant convince me that these companies don't astroturf the fuck out of popular online gaming hubs. I know you're in here Hideaki Nishino you fox fuck

 

[TheAnt]

You find nothing morally bankrupt about that?

If I was a mechanic and charged a woman $500 for a car repair and a man $300 for the same repair, is that repulsive to you?

If I was selling food and a black person got a plate for $5 but white people had to pay $8, is that offensive to you?

Side note: This is the kind of shit you see when your competition (Xbox) gives up and you have a monopoly.

I'd gladly charge them both €500, but I know one won't pay that much.

And none of the above is offensive to me. I can understand companies wanting to charge people as much as they can. If you can somehow make charging women and white people more work, then more power to you I guess.

 

[DeVeAn]

I used to buy lots of shit during sales on PSN. I recall getting screwed out of a $15 credit because I don't look at PSN notifications and didn't activate the credit. Customer support answer was Oh well too bad. Since then I always buy elsewhere unless PS5 Pro has the best version of a game I want to play.

 

[ThroatPie]

https://www.reddit.com/r/PS5/s/1yaQ96vgAY

Took the above photo from Reddit, someone compared their price and their friends price (right).

 

[Markio128]

As a man of principle I only pay full price. That'll show 'em.

 

[Miles708]

Dear Sony:

 

[poodaddy]

this is hilarious, Sony has become so brazen in how they fuck over their fan base

It looks like the discount is based largely on how many games you buy and the less game you buy the more likely you are to get a discount

So if you support buying games on PSN you basically get fucked and if you generally ignore Sony and don't buy games, that's when you get the benefit

Jesus Christ this is fucking dystopic to the hobby lol. What in the hell is Sony doing these days?

 

[EN250]

this is hilarious, Sony has become so brazen in how they fuck over their fan base

It looks like the discount is based largely on how many games you buy and the less game you buy the more likely you are to get a discount

So if you support buying games on PSN you basically get fucked and if you generally ignore Sony and don't buy games, that's when you get the benefit

This is totally ass backwards, guess the strategy is to not bother buying games till you get the bigger discount, so dumb...

 

[Hari Seldon]

Is that even legal ? I mean, Sony is putting a target on its own butt around PSN exclusivity.

Yeah this is a huge win for lawyers wanting to take out Sony.

 

[Kupfer]

I don't like this dynamic pricing at all... You won't know if you are lucky or fucked in the ass unless you log out/have second account.

Also we can spin this scenario as far as we want, since Sony has all the data ready for every user.
Who plays with whom? Which player groups always buy games together? Who among them is willing to spend more, and who is more hesitant, and so on...
We have to assume that this practice isn't used to do the player a favor, it's more like exploiting peoples minds.

 

[NickFire]

They are starting to fly really close to the sun. Piss poor decision making on games to develop / not develop, highway robbery of an online tax (80 a year for online is disgusting), and now intentionally juicing the most loyal customers if this is true.

 

[Kerotan]

Anyone want to compare?

EU Ireland:
Star wars outlaws gold edition €36 -70%
Doom Dark Ages premium €36 -67%
Mafia old country - €40 -20%