2022 Game prices going up

[Zivouhr]

Got Lords of the Fallen PS4 for 5.99 deluxe edition. I'll try it out soon. Glad the price held low until I got it.

A lot of games HAVE gone back up to their original prices on PS Store compared to the great sales during Thanksgiving, so for example, games that were 19.99 or 29.99 on sale for PS5, are now back to 49 to 69.99 full price. That includes Sony's PS5 titles too.

I will be playing Ghosts of Tsushima finally soon, for disc at 19.99 brand new. I have it now but want to wait till I get some other games played and tested first.
It's back up to 39.99 and higher now.

Seems a lot of those amazing sales have cooled down for a bit now, will prices hiked way back up again.

Madden 21 on PS Store Next Level version is 69.99. For the disc, brand new, I got that same Next Level version for $18 on amazon. That's insane to buy it digitally for that price when there are alternate choices for a fraction of the price.

So hunting for a good price is key too for saving money for other things in life.

But yes, this is a valid thread because saving money on games is a rewarding experience!

[Blu Lemmy]

In the US you get those great, buy 2 for 3 don't you?
We get no such luck over here

[Zivouhr]

Originally Posted by Blu Lemmy

In the US you get those great, buy 2 for 3 don't you?
We get no such luck over here

At Target I see that deal a lot more than any other store. I rarely take advantage of it because the games that qualify tend to be more expensive in the store, or newer games. It's tough to find 3 games that you really want to buy all at once and in stock at the same store.

[Mavrick]

To absolutely no surprise data from Sony and Activison suggests higher game prices are leading to fewer games sold.

It didn’t take a rocket scientist to see that people would just stop buying games at full price.

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/91257...sts/index.html

[Vincanws]

You also have gamers who may substitute buying games for PS Plus Extra and just playing stuff from there? Gaming isn’t cheap when comes to buying new games so I wouldn’t blame it. Sony gave the option driven largely by Microsoft’s sub service push so of course it’s going to replace something else.

[Mavrick]

Premium is at a disadvantage to gamepass since it doesn’t release new games Day and date with retail.

I have to admit though I’ve stopped buying games on release unless I’ve had store credit in my wallet that brings the price below rrp.

I’ve been dying to play Jedi Survivor but I just can’t justify £70. Hopefully it’ll be on sale in a month or two and will have had a patch or two.

[Talal86]

Increasing the price makes no sense because games are treated like invaluable, replaceable shit by the publishers.

they tell you 'game are expensive to make', but you also see games cheaper than ever on Steam, or the million other third party stores for PC. that's not including the weekly Playstation or Microsoft sales that make you say 'why didn't I wait a month' every.single.time. like clockwork.

or this game launching on gamepass for $10 a month, or $1, or a free trial, or a code you redeemed because you watched a video on twitch

the price increase is a tax on the people who buy games day 1

[dyne]

Originally Posted by Talal86

the price increase is a tax on the people who buy games day 1

Exactly this. A game makes most of its money the first two weeks it’s out. There’s a reason sports games plummet in price so quickly. It’s not because they’ve magically made their profit in two weeks and want to be nice to those who wait. It’s because they made what they expected already and know all that’s left are casuals after two weeks. They wouldn’t drop it to $20-40 if they were losing money on the sale.

And anybody who spouted that “games are more expensive to make” line is an idiot. Yes they are but they’re also selling a crap ton more than they were ten years ago. The industry has become a frigging juggernaut and the user base is bigger than ever.

[Derb]

Originally Posted by Mavrick

I’ve been dying to play Jedi Survivor but I just can’t justify £70. Hopefully it’ll be on sale in a month or two and will have had a patch or two.

Game looks & plays like hot garbage.

Save yourself some cash or better yet spend it on a game that is actually finished like Dead Island 2. lol

[supersix4]

Just depends on the generations

Anyone 20-40 can probably make due playing between work/school/family and wait to buy something months later at massive discount

the genZ kids would rather pay 29.99 for a Christmas bunny skin and spend $$$$ on in game purchases, better off giving those kids the game for free and bleeding them dry.

Tough to navigate honestly and which route do you go and who do you cater to.

[Zivouhr]

When I was younger, I would buy new games all the time at full price. Now that I'm older and can afford a lot more, I rather save more money for other things and the future as too many games these days are unpolished, unfinished or broken and not worth investing full price into. Especially at nearly $100 each game almost in 2023. Forget that, if the game isn't an absolute must have game, I don't mind waiting.

It's important to remember that gamers don't have to save any Developer or Publisher from going out of business, as some kind of obligation as a gamer. That's the game team's problem and challenge to make polished, excellent games worth spending the $60 to $75+ on. Ubisoft taught a lot of people with Assassin Creed Unity, how releasing an unpolished, broken game can hurt trust in big publishers. I still haven't bought that game even when it was $4.99.

The PSN playstation store has given me a new perspective though. The sales of 2020, 2021, and 2022 have been insane for games I decided to wait on and ended up buying new digitally for $4.99 and under. I keep thinking how underwhelming many of them are, and thinking these games really aren't worth full price for anyway.

It's fun now to wait for price drops on games that are of interest, but not absolute must-play right now games. I have so many video games to play, and not enough spare time to play them anyway, so that also helps.

[Blu Lemmy]

Jedi Survivor is the first release date game I've picked up in around 12 months.

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by Zivouhr

It's fun now to wait for price drops on games that are of interest, but not absolute must-play right now games. I have so many video games to play, and not enough spare time to play them anyway, so that also helps.

This gets into the benefits of gamepass and the subscription model.

I outlined it awhile ago that if you just play 1-2 new games that end up on there in my case Forza and MLB the show + and a few hours online and a few old titles I'd have bought randomly you end up profiting on the model vs. losing money on

Full price+ 12month subscription and a few cheap games


This year I've played Wo Long, MLB, TMNT, + thousands of hours on MW2 online

59.99, 59.99, 29.99 + 49.99 =184 with tax to buy under the old model of go to the store and buy and a 12 month gamepass with EA Play is 191.52 lol .... If there's even one more decent exclusive or game I wanna play in the next 6 months I've made a profit

[Zivouhr]

Originally Posted by supersix4

This gets into the benefits of gamepass and the subscription model.

I outlined it awhile ago that if you just play 1-2 new games that end up on there in my case Forza and MLB the show + and a few hours online and a few old titles I'd have bought randomly you end up profiting on the model vs. losing money on

Full price+ 12month subscription and a few cheap games


This year I've played Wo Long, MLB, TMNT, + thousands of hours on MW2 online

59.99, 59.99, 29.99 + 49.99 =184 with tax to buy under the old model of go to the store and buy and a 12 month gamepass with EA Play is 191.52 lol .... If there's even one more decent exclusive or game I wanna play in the next 6 months I've made a profit

I can understand spending a subscription to rent games on PSN Gamepass for those who enjoy a select variety of digital games. The amount saved can add up fast, especially during an unstable, worsening economy where video games aren't always a priority.

With the sales I've seen, I don't mind waiting or even forgetting about games, and then finding them years later for 1.99 digitally. Sony was even giving away some free games digitally on PSN in 2022, which I got a few of them. Paper Beasts for PSVR, Subnautica with a free PS5 upgrade now, Ratchet & Clank PS4, etc.

Those Saints Row games, I got those for 4.99 and some for 3.99 each. I'm glad because I'm not a big fan of those games and hardly play them after that first week of testing them. Waiting for the 2022 Saints Row to hit 9.99 or less.

In the end, it's up to the publishers and Developers to reward the gamer for spending more, not punish them with busted games that need lots of bug fixes. I can understand it for small, indie developers who don't have many resources, but for AAA developers and mostly deadline publishers, they can do a lot better IMO.

[R3P0]

Originally Posted by Mavrick

Premium is at a disadvantage to gamepass since it doesn’t release new games Day and date with retail.

I have to admit though I’ve stopped buying games on release unless I’ve had store credit in my wallet that brings the price below rrp.

I’ve been dying to play Jedi Survivor but I just can’t justify £70. Hopefully it’ll be on sale in a month or two and will have had a patch or two.

Jedi Survivor already on sale for 60

[Mavrick]

Is that on the store? I’ll have to see what wallet offers are available. Can usually get £60 credit for around £54 cash so might be worth looking at thanks

[dyne]

Amazon has had a $10 "coupon" for the last couple of days.

[emailking]

Fewer sales doesn't mean less revenue. The price increase can lead to more revenue. That's why you increase prices knowing it will lead to fewer sales.

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by emailking

Fewer sales doesn't mean less revenue. The price increase can lead to more revenue. That's why you increase prices knowing it will lead to fewer sales.

in the end a good game is a good game and a bad game is a bad game.


Make a good product 39.99, 59.99 or 100.99 and people will buy it if its that good.

Make a crap game or a game that quickly gets embarrassed coughs Battlefield 2042 and people won't play it for free on EA Play

[Lum]

On one hand, modern consoles really are that powerful. It costs a whole lot to take advantage of the visuals and physics possible today.

But with massive budgets, you can't afford risks. Everything has to be made by committee to sell to the masses.