Next Gen game prices are way up?

[Ridge]

I hate people complaining about gaming being expensive. Look at this flyer from Christmas season 1996, after the N64 came out.

These prices are before inflation, and these games couldn't do any of the modern things we take for granted, like go online, or have a polygon. If you've ever paid less than $100 for a game with polygon or two you got a hell of a deal.

Even if you only buy AAA games on launch day, gaming is still cheaper than its has ever been. Wait for Humble Bundles, get PS+ games, or stick with Candy Crush if you don't like it. There are options for all price ranges, If you can't afford to get the newest, best thing you aren't just entitled to get it because you want it.

 

[Ciel]

Here is the thing: video games are subjectively expensive new.

One month later... $10-15 price drop.

Pro tip: wait.

 

[nickjt]

In America, prices haven't gone up for a long time. If you compare prices to PS1 or PS2 games that we were paying 15 years ago, it is much cheaper after inflation. I still rarely buy games on release as a couple of months later it is often half the price.

 

[frankmarco]

I think price are fine. Back to time with inflation games were a lot more expensive. Price for consoles are fine too. For the amount of money they have to spend to create a game the price are fine now.

 

[Titan]

I can understand for Aussies, but he doesn't seem to be an Aussie. Don't really see what he's so worked up about :/

His location says Chicago. He says pounds then switches to dollars. Where is the OP from?

Its been 60 for a game here in the states for as far as I can remember. So I'm kinda numb to it.

 

[Sebastianb]

Aaaand this is why i went to pc gaming.

 

[Henry]

I'm 100% with you. This type of thing is exactly why I became a PC gamer. That and the fact that you can't upgrade a console to play the latest games. And there's also tons of things a PC can do besides gaming that a console would only dream of.

 

[gamerteabwoi]

Normally when consoles are new the prices are really high but then they start to drop off according to how things go. Right now though you can see the prices dropping already. I think that they will go up a bit more around Christmas but for right now I can only see them dropping more and more.

 

[Derri]

At first I was quite shocked at the price being sometimes up to £20 more (that was on the extreme side, normally it would be £50-£55) than a PS3 game which usually would be around £40 in most retailers, Asda, Tesco and Amazon.

I've now seen most upcoming games be around the £45 mark which is quite fair.

Let's see, some upcoming games:

AC Unity PS4 - £44.99 on Amazon
Far Cry 4 PS4 - £44 on Amazon
Shadow of Mordor £42 on Amazon
Advanced Warfare - £42 on Amazon

 

[Haymansafc]

They do seem to start chipping away at the full retail/launch price after a month or so (and then continue chipping away from there the older it gets), whereas you can wait several months for so much as a £1 drop at GAME. For instance, I saw GTA5 on the PS3 going for £15 in Tesco on Saturday. The only downside is that their selections and stocking levels are often smaller. For instance, I had to try three different places before I found one particular game. That was more of an exception rather than the 'norm' though…

£45 is the maximum I've ever paid for a game and that's been in purchases I've made more or less on launch day. These will be the few titles/series which I really like and played from the first game and will stomach the extra. Other than that, I don't think I've paid much beyond the £35 mark for just about anything for around three years, now.

As for spending upwards of £45 for PS4 games – not a hope in heck. I'll happily wait for the prices to get down to that mark and perhaps on the "no so sure" games - watch them on YouTube instead (save buying it altogether). I wince at even paying that for something that I know more often than not that I'll be largely done with after a couple of months.