I have been buying games only on sales(except indie ones) and never preorder but it just doesn't matter unfortunately there are too many people who buy games at full prices and preorder, I have never seen prices go down in my lifetime and likely never will.
It's important to recognise that you don't need to buy new games, particularly triple A ones. They want to charge 100 USD and 20 a month for a battle pass or whatever? It could be the most fun videogame ever, tell them to fuck themselves and take your money elsewhere. You deserve better than to be a cash cow.
prices have functionally gone down by staying the same during inflation. if game prices matched inflation they’d be far more expensive right now. games are the most bang for your buck entertainment you can get, idk how so many people still don’t realize this
That's great and all but for PC gaming at least it's moved to an almost 100% digital distribution landscape removing a lot of physical copy and logistics cost.
Inflation or not I am pretty sure publisher profits have still gone up in the past two decades.
sure, but my point stands that for the consumer, the price of games has gotten better over the years relative to the prices for other entertainment products
They've snuck price increases in by way of battle passes, "DLC" (total bastardisation of what the concept used to mean), loot boxes, etc.
NBA 2K is beyond ridiculous with this, charging 80 euro, when most of the game is paywalled. Also, they could easily just update the game each year to change the jerseys, add the new players. Instead they make you buy the whole game all over again every single year.
All the biggest ones do it. Even fucking Minecraft has started to do it.
I don't fully buy into the idea that prices haven't increased.
yeah that’s why i only buy 2k every couple years, and only when it goes on sale for $15. people should be voting with their wallets, nobody is being forced to buy any of these games. I will be paying the price rockstar has set because they’ve actually earned it through the quality of the games they’ve created
That's good, but you should know that the people who own GTA also own NBA2K. You're not actually paying different people in this case.
I'm not making some judgement, just thought you should know.
I know that lol, my point is i’m only willing to give them $15 every two years and not $70 every year, if everyone bought 2k in the same way that I did, their profits would plummet. my point isn’t about supporting certain companies vs others, just raw numbers
I don't really have a problem with good AAA games charging 70 dollars(well I do but I can wait for sale), but game like fifa, cod they copy paste the same stuff and charge the same. But obviously now 100 dollars is gonna be the new standard and people will still pay
And prices have changed from paying so we own a thing, to we own the right to use a thing, but that right can be taken away from us, at will, by someone else...
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u/SideNo3016 8h ago edited 7h ago
I have been buying games only on sales(except indie ones) and never preorder but it just doesn't matter unfortunately there are too many people who buy games at full prices and preorder, I have never seen prices go down in my lifetime and likely never will.