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[Evil Calvin]

Yes, because Sony is a non-consumer friendly company (like Nintendo) and will try to get $$$$ any chance they get.....regardless what the fan response is.

 

[ValiantInstance]

They can try but it won't work. There are only a few series that can charge that kind of money and you can count them on one hand.

A big part of maintaining that price is the game holding its value. First party Switch games are almost a commodity.

Most third party games are heavily discounted within a few months, people will just wait for those.

 

[Sleepwalker]

There is no single player game I would pay $80 for.

 

[balls of snow]

Gta 6 is 90% confidence level guranteed to be 80 usd.

 

[Camreezie]

Yes but neither have a game or IP that would get away with charging it. GTA and Mario Kart are kind of in their own league with this. Smash Bros maybe

 

[T8SC]

So do we think other companies move this way in the immediate term?

 

[Puscifer]

Sooner or later they will, they got the perfect excuse, good thing sales exist...

GTA 6 will be the litmus test

 

[DinoD]

of course they will. Sony would. I lived in Japan. You cannot allow to lose prestige by making your products look like lesser value. It brings shame on you.

 

[Codes 208]

The blueray discs are already much cheaper, so keep the prices and make a big deal out of it.
Parents will be the ones buying the games.

Theyre likely going to go up in price as more and more bluray distributors discontinue making them

I think GTA6 will be $80 and no one else will this year.

Activision/CoD is arrogant enough to try. Theyve already started forcing $70 on the last gen versions of physical games for including the current gen version.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Sony won't , Take 2 might.

 

[Rockondevil]

Maybe not quite that soon, but inevitably it will happen. 100% next gen but lower odds this gen. Certain games probably will though, like GTA.

 

[JaxarGT]

I really hope not, but if Nintendo continue to see great success even with those price points, I can't see Sony and others not following along.

 

[Puscifer]

Yes but neither have a game or IP that would get away with charging it. GTA and Mario Kart are kind of in their own league with this. Smash Bros maybe

GTA 6 supposedly has a budget over a billion. I can see it happening because it has the balls too and they've already confirmed talks of it potentially retailing for $100.

In the grand scheme of things, though, it puts the U.S. in line with other countries. I was shocked when I went to Japan and saw Persona 5 retailing for 95 USD and I realized that we really do get away for underpaying for our games.

That being said, the profit margin of all these companies makes me not care, either.

 

[Codes 208]

Sony won't , Take 2 might.

If they have a big game release planned they absolutely would after this.

Dont forget the great debacle when they tried cheating people out of their free update when Horizon 2 came out.

Or how theyve been steadily increasing ps+ as much as 50% in recent years

Or when they bumped up the digital ps5 to $450 when the slims came out

 

[PeteBull]

Both sony and ms will stay at 70 this gen, but come next gen so 2027/2028, prices going up to 99usd.

 

[awwr999999]

Then GTA is going to come out for $80 or $90 and break sales record.

GTA's not going to cost more than other new PS5 games.
It's always provided a better gaming value by delivering more at the standard price with no upsell, early access BS or DLC.
If GTA6's the first AO rated game on PSN it would be digital-only and could stay at the launch day price forever.
PSN could drop ship boxed physical discs as American retailers won't touch AO games. Gamestop and eBay won't resell AO games.
$70 at launch with no future price drop would be better for everyone than $90 with a drop to $50 after a year and down to $29.99 after a few years.

 

[MrSec84]

It depends on how much games like MKW sell.

I doubt Nintendo will get the kind of sales they got for MK8, considering that launched at $59.99, $79.99 is a big jump.
I can see GTA6 launching at that price.

Tariffs in America could push games above $80.

 

[MrSec84]

I will add that I won't buy anything at launch and will just wait for sales.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

If they have a big game release planned they absolutely would after this.

Dont forget the great debacle when they tried cheating people out of their free update when Horizon 2 came out.

Or how theyve been steadily increasing ps+ as much as 50% in recent years

Or when they bumped up the digital ps5 to $450 when the slims came out

Not in 2025 they won't.

 

[GermanZepp]

If that's the case I'm going full master race after GTA 6

 

[Rush2112]

don't forget to add 35% to whatever price you were thinking of…

 

[The Lunch Legend]

I'm sick and tired of all these polls lately.

 

[Codes 208]

Not in 2025 they won't.

Thats probably because they dont have any major games planned.

Theyre clearly betting on gta6 and that one most likely will cost $80 (if not more)

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Thats probably because they dont have any major games planned.

Theyre clearly betting on gta6 and that one most likely will cost $80 (if not more)

Irrelevant to what the thread says and my post.

 

[ArtHands]

If they have a big game release planned they absolutely would after this.

Dont forget the great debacle when they tried cheating people out of their free update when Horizon 2 came out.

Or how theyve been steadily increasing ps+ as much as 50% in recent years

Or when they bumped up the digital ps5 to $450 when the slims came out

I believe they haven't drop the msrp price of the PS5 too. In fact they increased the price in various countries over the years

 

[ThatOneGrunt]

Why not? Why would you settle for less when another developer has set a precedent?

It makes more sense now that metric that only something like 15% of Steam users play new games? I'm not paying full price for a game. I don't need it at launch.

 

[Codes 208]

I believe they haven't drop the msrp price of the PS5 too. In fact they increased the price in various countries over the years

That is correct

Irrelevant to what the thread says and my post.

You said sony wont this year. Im saying if they had a major release planned this year (which as far as I'm aware, they dont) there'd be a good chance they would. When games started jumping up to $70, sony, EA and activision were all the first to really push for it.

 

[hinch7]

Maybe next year. Once the sticker shock sets in for Switch 2 games and GTA 6.

No doubt they'll raise that next generation though across the board.

 

[calico]

Most other devs are delusional if they're thinking GTA doing will mean they are able to do it. I mean, they can try, but I would expect a rapid reality check from consumers.

I think they need to understand that a lot of game purchases are less 'omg I must play it' and more 'Looks alright, I guess I'll check it out'. The few games which fall into the former category might be able to get away with raising prices, but I don't think the latter can, especially with all the other options people have now (gamepass etc.) if they're just looking for something/anything to play.

 

[Rhazer Fusion]

Unfortunately they will copy any bad decision Microsoft or Nintendo will do, so it's inevitable. If it doesn't happen this generation, we are definitely seeing a price increase next generation.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

That is correct

You said sony wont this year. Im saying if they had a major release planned this year (which as far as I'm aware, they dont) there'd be a good chance they would. When games started jumping up to $70, sony, EA and activision were all the first to really push for it.

They wouldn't this soon, releases or not.

 

[squeakywheel]

Sony CEO seems to be an accountant type so I would hazard a guess, yes.

 

[Warnen]

They can try

 

[Tomofdahook17]

I expect $80 for GTA6

People here have been telling us to expect to pay more for games for a while now and their arguments seem solid.

Dude, I'm expecting like $109.99 or something and they (Rockstar) say publicly that they're going to support it for years and that will justify the price to all the players who suck the game off.

 

[Kataploom]

They're all already on $70 which is the standard price going forward, Nintendo is just trying to be above the rest with "premium experience price" of $80. I don't think MKW will sell as much as they expect beyond the initial front load of early adopters so I don't think even Nintendo will continue with it for too long.

 

[CLW]

No PS6 I COULD see a price hike on physical to $80 and keep digital at $70 to further end physical media

 

[Illyria]

It's wild one game(to my understanding) being $80 caused such an uproar. It is possible other games go to $80. In that I agree with the backlash.

I don't see other companies going to $80 for base games until next gen.

 

[Lokaum D+]

thats why PC gaming is the future, these prices dont work on PC

 

[RoboFu]

What do you mean move? All of have $69 standard. And $99 deluxe editions .

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Those companies are a mafia... Playstation, Xbox and Nintendo meet in secret and come to an agreement... What a coincidence that the price of the Doom game went up.

 

[Trogdor1123]

if the switch 2 and MK break record sales then you can bet your arse they will.

This is what I expect too. If it's not this year, it will be the start of next gen 100%

 

[alabtrosMyster]

We are trapped in with our convenient "digital" games.

There is no way to buy or borrow used physical games from our buddies, the only down pressure on games is the free games on Epic, Steam, piracy, etc.

Unless there is a big downturn in sales prices will not come down.

 

[Throttle]

I think they will wait for the start of next gen, keeping a close eye at how it works for Nintendo.

 

[Aenima]

No, but they probably will for PS6 games.

 

[ZehDon]

If people accept Nintendo's new variable pricing, with first party titles as high as USD$90.00, then absolutely they would. Why wouldn't they?

 

[Eevee86]

People are crazy if they think every business in the industry haven't been having this discussion. As for MK, I'm hoping they at least have some reason why it's the only one that high they plan on telling us at the direct. If they plan on updating it for years at no cost it'll make it a lot more tolerable.
Always found it odd that while literally everything else in the world has gone up in price 40-50%, people thought games never would.

 

[IDKFA]

Depends.

In the UK the physical edition of MK world will be £75.

If MK World is a success sales wise, then I would expect GTA VI to be at least £80. Others such as COD, EAFC etc will then follow. Before we know it, £75-£80 will be the standard retail price.

Of course, this could be prevented if people refused to pay this much for games, but we all know that won't happen.

 

[saintjules]

By the end of the generation. Until then, select games they're confident that will sell well will be up for discussion whether or not they get the $79.99 price tag.

Back to the SNES days we go!

 

[Deerock71]

Yes, because they're going to watch MKW fly off the shelves at that price point. I don't like it, but $70 games opened Pandora's box.

 

[The_Mike]

Sony was a pioneer for 70 buck games, if Nintendo makes it possible for upping prices even more then Sony would be right back at Nintendos tail.