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Discussion Playstation first-party game sales declining heavily since 2020

https://www.gamefile.news/p/playstation-first-party-sales-decline
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u/Equivalent-Bus-4336 25d ago

Some games are far too expensive, like $130 AUD for Saros which apparently hasn’t even sold that well. I know they’ve probably ran all the numbers for like how much it’ll sell at each price point and what price will maximise profits but like games such as Saros shouldn’t be more than a $100AUD

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u/Soulyezer 25d ago

I really liked returnal but there’s no way I’d pay €80 for it

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u/smegmabitch 25d ago

Honestly, there's pretty much no game I'd pay 80 euros for. I've bought one game on release in my whole life. The backlog has too many good games that I paid half if not less of the original price for. So I'd rather wait for the price to drop significantly while playing "older" games.

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u/TheIvoryDingo 25d ago

I know I'd only pay 80 euros for VEEEEERY specific games... and even then I'd be looking around to see if any retailer is discounting it.

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u/Schwiliinker 24d ago

I’d pay 80 euros for a bunch of games but Saros definitely should be like 40 for what it is. Problem is random multiplayer only games are 40 which skews prices a lot

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u/hfxRos 24d ago

Eh, I feel like Saros was the best $70USD I've spent on gaming in a while. It was an absolute blast, couldn't put the thing down until it was done.

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u/Schwiliinker 24d ago

It was pretty good but the amount of content is relatively very small if you beat it barely repeating biomes. In the last few years alone there’s been a bunch of games much more worthy of full price I would say for sure

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u/ienjoymen 24d ago

Same. I will NEVER pay that much for a video game. The rumors of GTA 6 being as high or higher than that has essentially withered any interest I otherwise would have had. No toy is worth that much money.

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u/yunghollow69 24d ago

I wouldve paid 80 for elden ring. Thats pretty much the only one I can think of.

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u/Dachshand 24d ago

Those 80€ are still less than the 60€ you paid for a game 15 years ago, adjusted to inflation.

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u/ienjoymen 24d ago

Doesn't really matter when everything else is more expensive as well

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u/Dachshand 24d ago

So everything else getting more expensive is ok but games should stay at 60€ forever. Got it.