Price of Activision games

spudbynight · 13 Sep 2013 at 11:13

Activision games are on sale this weekend on Steam. It had made me look at the prices they charge. Even reduced I can't bring myself to view any of them as good value. What is it with Activision? Why do they think they can charge a premium that other companies can't?

Prototype - released 4 years ago. Price :£14.99 reduced to £5.09 on sale

- OK - the reduced price I would consider. £14.99 though after 4 years?

Call of Duty - well these prices are just bonkers.

COD 4 - 6 years old and still £19.99 - £14.99 in the sale
Black Ops - 3 years old and still £39.99 - £29.99 in the sale
Call of Duty - 10 years old and still £14.99 - £11.24 in the sale

Vampire Bloodlines : 9 years old and £14.99 - £11.24 in the sale

Even EA don't have the nerve to charge these sort of prices for old games.

Mockingbird · 13 Sep 2013 at 11:17

COD 1 I can see for a tenner (non-sale).

the more recent COD prices are stupid.

Prototype for £15 is particularly gash as I['m pretty sure theres a sequel out that's also in the 'bargain bin' category. It's probably cheaper to buy the sequel on PSN than the original on steam!

WiZZyWiGG · 13 Sep 2013 at 11:19

I think they believe that all games can hold their price like the COD series can...

GravyMonster · 13 Sep 2013 at 11:30

Churn ain't cheap.

~>Dg<~ · 13 Sep 2013 at 11:47

WiZZyWiGG said:
I think they believe that all games can hold their price like the COD series can...

they hold there price because people will play them and are busy online. thats why cod 4 is still that price. even cod 1 and uo still has people online.

i do agree on newer cods not that great but they still get a lot of people on when other games die out.

Suarez7 · 13 Sep 2013 at 11:50

That's a stupid excuse, CSS still has thousands playing daily but don't charge £20 :rolleyes:

~>Dg<~ · 13 Sep 2013 at 11:53

what stupid about it ?

they know there market , they know people will pay it. will people pay that much for cs ? no. so valve sell it for what it will sell for.

Omaeka · 13 Sep 2013 at 12:19

I think they are half and half, one half being worried about falling into the Square Enix trap where people are so used to their titles going cheap within a few months that quite a lot of peple will 'wait for it to go on sale'.

The other half is that they are EA on steroids.

Suarez7 · 13 Sep 2013 at 12:26

~>Dg<~ said:
what stupid about it ?

they know there market , they know people will pay it. will people pay that much for cs ? no. so valve sell it for what it will sell for.

They don't know their market at all, nobody is gonna pay £20 for cod 4 nowadays or even £15.

MrMarvelous · 13 Sep 2013 at 12:28

Lmao, COD4 still more than £10 after all these years.

spudbynight · 14 Sep 2013 at 09:45

Most of the old games that Activision sells would be in the £5 each, 3 for £10 section in GAME from any other studio.

Diplexbullet19 · 14 Sep 2013 at 09:48

Suarez7 said:
They don't know their market at all, nobody is gonna pay £20 for cod 4 nowadays or even £15.

You would be surprised how many idiots are in this world. and if they see this I hope they realise they have more money than brains.

platypus · 14 Sep 2013 at 09:53

Didn't realise Vampire TM:Bloodlines was on Steam. Man what a great game.

Squark · 14 Sep 2013 at 10:06

They're rip-off merchants.

~>Dg<~ · 14 Sep 2013 at 11:15

Suarez7 said:
They don't know their market at all, nobody is gonna pay £20 for cod 4 nowadays or even £15.

lol ill bite for you

its still very busy online more play it than bf3 or any other new fps so is it worth 15 quid ? to many that still play it or want fast good fun yes it is.

do i agree on the price no not really but... its a popular game and will stay popular for years yet as its a good game just like cs is or any good fps.

cod 4 can be had for ten quid at various places.

Kenai · 14 Sep 2013 at 11:19

spudbynight said:
What is it with Activision? Why do they think they can charge a premium that other companies can't?

Because they can. And do. And people still buy the games in droves.

Rozzy85 · 14 Sep 2013 at 15:10

It doesn't matter what you think it should be priced at. People will pay that price because it's lol COD, such a popular and amazing game franchise. Just like how popularity/fashion over-inflates any crap product regardless of it's quality. The whole franchise would have to suffer from poor sales before they even think of dropping prices significantly, even on the old games. So until we get to 'COD 20: The return of Jesus' and the whole franchise flops not much is going to change.

LOAM · 14 Sep 2013 at 15:38

If some knobber wants to buy my magic beans for £20.0 each then that's what I'll price them at.

Ripjaw · 14 Sep 2013 at 15:45

Lol thats nowt man, i looked everywere to get the physical hardened edition on pc with no joy. GAME have the xbox/ps version for 85squids and you get a nice metal tin, bracelet thing and all the maps and other random stuff. On steam the digital hardened edition is....95!!!!!!!!!!! like wtf!>? Surely as your not getting any actual stuff it should be along the lines of 70/75? Activision CEO is clearly a crackwhore

dreigns · 14 Sep 2013 at 15:47

Ripjaw said:
Lol thats nowt man, i looked everywere to get the physical hardened edition on pc with no joy. GAME have the xbox/ps version for 85squids and you get a nice metal tin, bracelet thing and all the maps and other random stuff. On steam the digital hardened edition is....95!!!!!!!!!!! like wtf!>? Surely as your not getting any actual stuff it should be along the lines of 70/75? Activision CEO is clearly a crackwhore

The problem is people will still pay for it at those price's and they do and thats why there prices are high