Current Events > what are people's thoughts on standard game price being $70 now?

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-09/game-prices-go-up-to-70-the-first-increase-in-15-years

Personally I don't mind it in a vaccum but game prices going up on top of all this dlc and lootbox shit rubs me the wrong way.

Gonna be buying used

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Irony posted...

Gonna be buying used

Yup. I won't be getting a ps5 for years Probsbly, and I'll only buy used or on sale.

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Greedy. Like you said, if it wasn't for DLC and Micros, it would be fine. With them, it's just them fucking us more cause they can. It's gonna directly effect when I buy games tho. I'm not paying that shit for anything less than Rockstar or From Software quality games. You're an absolute sucker to pay that for yearly games companies fart out and force dlc and micros on every turn.

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Lost_All_Senses posted...

Greedy. Like you said, if it wasn't for DLC and Micros, it would be fine. With them, it's just them fucking us more cause they can. It's gonna directly effect when I buy games tho. I'm not paying that shit for anything less than Rockstar or From Software quality games. You're an absolute sucker to pay that for yearly games companies fart out and force dlc and micros on every turn.

None of the quality people from Rockstar work there anymore. Their quality is gonna go way down. They're also focused on online modes with heavy micros

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Isn't that just a Sony thing?

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I'm a "wait for a price cut" kind of gamer anyway.

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Lord_Shadow posted...

Isn't that just a Sony thing?

I believe Activision first announced the price hike with 2k.

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pres_madagascar posted...

None of the quality people from Rockstar work there anymore. Their quality is gonna go way down. They're also focused on online modes with heavy micros

Their last game was RDR2, right? Only spazzes say that game was online focused. It has one the most fleshed out single players of last gen. Complaining about DLC they never even said was happening for it is entitlement.

But on that note, if you're right about their quality leaving with those people and that's what we end up seeing, that sucks. I'll judge it when I see it.

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Jabodie posted...

I believe Activision first announced the price hike with 2k.

Well I'm on Xbox so I don't think I'll be worrying about 70 dollar games

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It's something I'm surprised took this long to happen. $60 has been the standard price for like 15 years now.

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I'll probably still occasionally buy a game at release-- probably as often as I do now, 2-3 times a year.

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Jabodie posted...

I'm a "wait for a price cut" kind of gamer anyway.

That price cut will still end up $10 higher than it would of been or it will take longer to get to the price cut you want. You're not unaffected.

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Lord_Shadow posted...

Well I'm on Xbox so I don't think I'll be worrying about 70 dollar games

2k is a multiplat game bro.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08D7F6ZX3/

Of course the Xbox ace in the hole is game pass anyway.

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Lost_All_Senses posted...

That price cut will still end up $10 higher than it would of been or it will take longer to get to the price cut you want. You're not unaffected.

That's fine. I have like 20 physical games I haven't even played >_> The deals outpace my ability to play the games these days.

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I don't like buying games for more than $40, $30 if a steam game. I'll probably be willing to buy my Switch games at full price though, when Zelda and Metroid come out.

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Jabodie posted...

That's fine. I have like 20 physical games I haven't even played >_> The deals outpace my ability to play the games these days.

Word. I'm not gonna hate on you for being content lol. I'm not super broken up about it either. Just not a fan. I might not even have a new system for 6 months+, which is also fine.

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Lost_All_Senses posted...

Word. I'm not gonna hate on you being content lol. I'm not super broken up about it either. Just not a fan. I might not even have a new system for 6 months+, which is also fine.

I'm also not going to sit here and defend the companies. My actual concern I haven't mentioned is for Nintendo titles on the next generation. They're ridiculously stingy with sales, and imagining the next Kirby retailing for $70 does not make me happy.

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Part of the reason I made a point to spring for the disc PS5. Not only can I resell my games, but so far digital console games have proven to not go nearly on sale as quickly or as steeply as physical copies.

Im concerned about the future of game costs as theres a further push to all digital in the future. Without retail stores trying to clear inventory good luck ever getting games to go on sale when the only place we can get them is through a PlayStation digital store... which is even more messed up cause the margins are fatter too due to no manufacturing, shipping costs or whole discounts to retailers...

Slayerblade11 posted...
Personally I don't mind it in a vaccum but game prices going up on top of all this dlc and lootbox shit rubs me the wrong way.

yeah this is my thoughts too, especially when alot of these triple A games that go for those 60 dollar prices usually get on sale for like 20 bucks or something within a year of release or how publishers are doing the whole "games as a service" thing where they try to get you to spend more money on the game over time it's like you are already trying to get me to spend more money after I buy the game what's the point of increasing the base price

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Jabodie posted...

I'm also not going to sit here and defend the companies. My actual concern I haven't mentioned is for Nintendo titles on the next generation. They're ridiculously stingy with sales, and imagining the next Kirby retailing for $70 does not make me happy.

The very thought of nintendo games being $70 is what I check under my bed for every night.

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Jabodie posted...

2k is a multiplat game bro.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08D7F6ZX3/

Of course the Xbox ace in the hole is game pass anyway.

Exactly let ps player pay 70 bucks for a game while I can just game pass it

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Too much. Games should be getting cheaper, especially since more people buy them and dlc/microtransactions are widespread now.
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Don't care

I don't buy games when they have just released and usually by the time I do decide to buy a 'new game' it's 6+ months old and <20 on steam

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it's pretty dumb, especially given that companies are already doing ridiculous amounts of unnecessary dlc
it frankly doesn't matter how much money a game makes or costs to be produced, these guys will charge way too much for the game at release and charge lots more money down the line (or sometimes they just have the nerve to have day-one dlc)

Doesn't matter to me. If I want a game I'm gona buy it no matter the price.

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Never pre-order, never buy new.

It's okay to have personal exceptions though.

The article blames the price hike on inflation and development costs, but it really is the copyright laws that allow companies to set the MSRP to $70 or $60 or whatever. Consoles these days monitor what the user is doing through mandatory kernel updates, and if you don't update you can't use their online service. We need copyright, but we don't need a DMCA. The length of copyright should be 10 years at most, not a lifetime + 75 years. Many of the so called digital laws need to be repealed.

Jabodie posted...

I'm a "wait for a price cut" kind of gamer anyway.

Patient gamers unite!
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i thought that was the standard price already...

either way, im more of a "buy shit on sale" person. screw buying stuff at launch!

Surely this means games wont be riddled with microtransactions anymore, right?

Because bad faith actors and useful idiots kept telling me those things were there because games hadnt kept up with inflation.

Its justified.
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Is It still easy to gameshare on PS5? I do that with my brother with most games so a brand new game usually only costs me $30 anyway since we split it 50/50. So Ill end up doing that once I decide to get a PS5 if the option is still available.

But even if that option is not available anymore, I still dont really mind. I dont buy games very often TBH

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I'm so backlogged that by the time I get a PS5 all the games will be like $30.

Feels arbitrary considering this will be the least impressive console generation upgrade in history. Watch Dogs Legion isn't worth $60 let alone $70.

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95% of the time I buy discounted games on PSN or used from eBay so I don't care. Let the idiots have at it.

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AAA gaming like burning one of those comically long wicks on a barrel of TNT out of a Looney Tunes cartoon.

You know whats going to happen, and youre just kind of wondering how long its going to take to get there.

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We are nearly at half the price of games from 1995. My word.

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Seems like a bit much, considering the addition of DLC and micro transactions supplementing their earning so much. In addition to the shift to digital sales reducing the need for production costs.

SNES games also cost $70 in the 90s. You are getting an amazing deal for PlayStation 5 games for $70.




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Bass_X0 posted...

SNES games also cost $70 in the 90s. You are getting an amazing deal for PlayStation 5 games for $70.

Holy shit. That cant be real. The console is 130 and games are 70? I dont remember that at all.

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Oh man imagine paying $70 for the SNES ports of SF Alpha 2 and MK Ultimate lmfaooooo

Rain_Dust posted...

Holy shit. That cant be real. The console is 130 and games are 70? I dont remember that at all.

WITH Donkey Kong Country included @____@

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I'm surprised it took this long for the price to be raised.

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Bass_X0 posted...

SNES games also cost $70 in the 90s. You are getting an amazing deal for PlayStation 5 games for $70.

Although the MSRP was high back then, consoles back then were far cheaper. Televisionswere cheaper, and so were video game accessories. There was no DMCA. There was no need for 120HZ 4K, IPS-Alpha panel television that cost $600. CRT televisions displayed true blacks, there was little stuttering and lag.

Which brings me to my point, it's copyright that inflates the cost of video games.

Was expecting it for a while now. Making games has gone up in price, with the price never changing for selling.

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Shouldve happened last gen. I couldve believed a price hike then.

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There shouldn't be a "standard price" for video games to begin with tbh. There's too much variation between.

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Even though I understand games take more money and time to develop and create, I'm still not happy about it. Paid DLC is definitely still a thing and the extra money and time put towards the game doesn't guarantee a higher quality product overall. Also we pay more money for console peripherals and now we have to pay more for games as well? When does it stop? So what is the price floor on new higher cost games now? $30?

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Eh. This doesnt bother as much because the thought that people back then bought Superman 64 for $70 to find a completely broken game was awful.... and hilarious. At least most games these days with that kind of price tag are playable past the intro, also most devs are able to patch things pretty quick, if they care enough.

Myself, I buy maybe one, two games at most in a year these days.

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