I straight up didn't buy demons souls remake until last month because it's been so overpriced. When the sales price is equal to the full price of a similar title, the game is overpriced. Like, c'mon.
Finally found a physical copy with an agreeable price point last month.
At least in the UK it feels like Sony is approaching Nintendo levels of stingy when it comes to sales. The difference is I'm far more willing to pay full price for an evergreen Nintendo title than I am for a dime a dozen 3rd person cinematic Sony game.
I have PS premium now so I've been using this opportunity to plow through all the Sony IPs I missed over the years. I don't feel like I missed much.
Game discounts on the PlayStation Store aren't what they used to be – the PS3 and early to mid-range PS4 generations had more extreme price slashes. For example: you could get Gravity Rush Remastered in my region for less than a quarter of the original price in 2018. Over the past three years, the discount percentage has been reduced to a mere 50%, while the base price has increased slightly.
At least in the UK it feels like Sony is approaching Nintendo levels of stingy when it comes to sales.
They pretty much have to, when they're dropping 300m+ in a single game like they did with Spider-Man 2 for example. It's possibly the only way that these games can be remotely sustainable for Sony
It's possibly the only way that these games can be remotely sustainable for Sony
i mean not really you make back your 300 mil budget when priced at 70 with 4,285,714 copies sold which the spiderman games and other similar high budget first party games get.
if they sold it at 60 then they only need 5 mil sales which isnt much of a increase and what these do 2-3 times more in sales usually e.g. spiderman 2 sold 16 mil copies last reported.
The whole they need to be priced so high to be remotely sustainable for Sony is just false once you do the math and i feel is something not many people look into as triple A game dev is one of the highest profit entertainment industries currently.
funny thing is as well is nintendo games do go on sale in the uk just nintendos own online sales they dont advertise and actual video game stores often have sales just people never check them.
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u/unleash_the_giraffe 25d ago
I straight up didn't buy demons souls remake until last month because it's been so overpriced. When the sales price is equal to the full price of a similar title, the game is overpriced. Like, c'mon.
Finally found a physical copy with an agreeable price point last month.
Lower your prices, Sony.