Because PC gaming is more popular that it's ever been. So the suits are taking notice and asking "Why not?" That and those are all from the old-school publishers who are in a financial crisis due to their love affair with unsustainable AAAA. Desperate times call for desperate measures and they can't afford to live a nickel on the table.
Because PC gaming is more popular that it's ever been. So the suits are taking notice and asking "Why not?" That and those are all from the old-school publishers who are in a financial crisis due to their love affair with unsustainable AAAA. Desperate times call for desperate measures and they can't afford to live a nickel on the table.
IMO £39.99 for South Park is an absolute piss take. It's really annoying that the prices are being artificially inflated. I can almost understand it from a console perspective when the hardware typically sells at a loss, but on PC it's just bullshit. Specially when so many PC releases are buggy on release.
Add to that the day 1 DLC and annual pass additions, and your average AAA game now costs close on double the old £25-30.
IMO a £40 game needs to be an instant classic with 50-100 hours gameplay. It used to be that the CoD games sold for £40 and everyone pointed and laughed, now its almost commonplace.
IMO £39.99 for South Park is an absolute piss take. It's really annoying that the prices are being artificially inflated. I can almost understand it from a console perspective when the hardware typically sells at a loss, but on PC it's just bullshit. Specially when so many PC releases are buggy on release.
Add to that the day 1 DLC and annual pass additions, and your average AAA game now costs close on double the old £25-30.
IMO a £40 game needs to be an instant classic with 50-100 hours gameplay. It used to be that the CoD games sold for £40 and everyone pointed and laughed, now its almost commonplace.
Hmm I see south park at 39.99 Euro not Pounds... interesting.... Somehow my steam client still think that I am not in UK but Belgium hahaha awesome.
Castlevania 2 is also 39.99 Euro....
Hmm I see south park at 39.99 Euro not Pounds... interesting.... Somehow my steam client still think that I am not in UK but Belgium hahaha awesome.
Castlevania 2 is also 39.99 Euro....
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TBH, I think a price hike is a good thing to become common place. Seriously, so what games are expensive at day one. How much is it 6/12 months from now during steam sales.
Most developers feel there is so little incentive to release a game on pc that isnt online supported and pc market is finally picking up as of like last few years probably due to age of consoles. Now that new ones are out and being adopted since its harder to pirate we will probably start seeing a lot less releases soon. Maybe prices will slow the tide but I still think we are going to see alot less games soon.
TBH, I think a price hike is a good thing to become common place. Seriously, so what games are expensive at day one. How much is it 6/12 months from now during steam sales.
Most developers feel there is so little incentive to release a game on pc that isnt online supported and pc market is finally picking up as of like last few years probably due to age of consoles. Now that new ones are out and being adopted since its harder to pirate we will probably start seeing a lot less releases soon. Maybe prices will slow the tide but I still think we are going to see alot less games soon.
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Shop around, look at key selling sites like greenmangaming and getgamesgo (too many g's) they will quite often have much better prices than steam on pre-orders and sales.
Shop around, look at key selling sites like greenmangaming and getgamesgo (too many g's) they will quite often have much better prices than steam on pre-orders and sales.
Yes I understand there are great deals are all over the internet but the fact is two months most AAA pc games were retailing for 49.95 now it is 59.95.
Yes I understand there are great deals are all over the internet but the fact is two months most AAA pc games were retailing for 49.95 now it is 59.95.
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[quote="zig11727"]Yes I understand there are great deals are all over the internet but the fact is two months most AAA pc games were retailing for 49.95 now it is 59.95.[/quote]
I paid full 59.99 price for Ghosts and was bored of it in 1-2 weeks :(
zig11727 said:Yes I understand there are great deals are all over the internet but the fact is two months most AAA pc games were retailing for 49.95 now it is 59.95.
I paid full 59.99 price for Ghosts and was bored of it in 1-2 weeks :(
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Castlevania 2
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I just checked Steam and it is 59.95 in the US.
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Add to that the day 1 DLC and annual pass additions, and your average AAA game now costs close on double the old £25-30.
IMO a £40 game needs to be an instant classic with 50-100 hours gameplay. It used to be that the CoD games sold for £40 and everyone pointed and laughed, now its almost commonplace.
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Castlevania 2 is also 39.99 Euro....
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Hows Belgium helifax? haha!
Yes I realised you was talking dollars not pounds zig...lol
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Most developers feel there is so little incentive to release a game on pc that isnt online supported and pc market is finally picking up as of like last few years probably due to age of consoles. Now that new ones are out and being adopted since its harder to pirate we will probably start seeing a lot less releases soon. Maybe prices will slow the tide but I still think we are going to see alot less games soon.
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I paid full 59.99 price for Ghosts and was bored of it in 1-2 weeks :(