Are PC Games prices going up?

It does seems that way, the last new release game I bought was titanfall which RRP at around £50.

Thank god i bought it via VPN as that game got dull real quick.
 
Because publishers have cottoned on to the fact a large portion of people are buying cheap European keys so this is their way of clawing back some of the lost income.

PC Gamers cause their own problems at times and i'm guilty of it.
 
They are definately increasing in terms of RRP but as others have said theres no excuse for paying full price for a game, even if you want the physical copy they can be had for less than RRP.

I just hope the recent antics of Rebellion against Sniper Elite3 keysites isnt a start of things to come.
 
StriderX said:
Most of that cost is due to pointless overhead, but publishing/development giants will try to the death to make sure their grip is firm and all that staff is needed to pump a game out every season.
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Please do tell me about how all these large companies run by people who work in business have "pointless overhead" that you somehow have worked out.
 
So much for digital downloads being cheaper than physical. It's all a big con that PC gamers use to lure console gamers to get a PC. EA for example screwed up Indian gamers by raising their game prices as we used to get our digital games from there to save a few quid.

PC games are still cheaper though but we have to jump through loopholes to get them. EA Mexico, CD key sites, Steam Trades, TF2 dispenser's etc.
 
I remember in the BF4 thread about a week before it came out, it could be had for about £24 including premium IIRC.

People were discussing various sites to buy it from, including links and prices over quite a few pages over the course of many days.

Next thing you know some guy who had been commenting in the thread for ages piped up saying he was annoyed as he had just paid about £70 or something by buying it from origin direct.

Some people can't be helped, and these are the people companies target with this pricing. They know damn well there are places selling for half price on release or preorder, they still make money so they don't care
 
AWPC said:
Dead Rising 3 £44.84

GTA 5 £39.99-£44.84

Rise Of The Tomb Raider £39.99

Lara Croft & The Temple Of Osiris £39.99 (eye opening price as it uses the Temple Of Light game engine not exactly a full price title!)

Just wondering if the major publishers are using the excuse that XB1/PS4 ports on pc should be a similar price to reflect the amount of work that went into it as all of these will also no doubt come with DLC inflating the price further unless you want to wait for digital sales etc etc

These are PC Retail RRP I shudder to think what the Steam price would be once you add Valve tax :rolleyes:
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Nope.

GTA V could be had for £25 as a pre-order some weeks ago.

CD key sites/supermarkets are where to pre order new games. Steam prices (apart from sales) are laughable.
 
I do think PC games are going up,People will keep on saying well back in...bla bla bla on the PS2 this game cost £40+ etc..

Yes we know that,But back in the day they actually put effort into making games..all they do these days is release unfinished rubbish,that run crap..sell overpriced DLC and never fix issues...because they have already made their money.

i dont think theres been one PC ive truly enjoyed since Battlefield:Bad company 2 time.
 
Rather pay for a retail gtav myself than from key sites. Prefer the things u get like a glossy map etc from em. But saying that I do try to find cheapest retail and usually would never buy a game past £29 unless its a game I know I'd play like GTA titles.

Saying that tho I have seen games come out with larger price tags for a little while now especially hyped games like cod or bf titles etc.
 
Unless it's off steam I still by disc based games for the pc off amazon there always atleast £15 less then they are on ps3/4 or Xbox :)
 
Where are you getting 45 pound for DR3? It's 39.99 on Steam.

My limit on PC games new is 29.99, and if you shop around, it's very easy to find them at 29.99, but it is getting harder, the publishers seem to hate on the PC, but have no problem exploiting us.
 
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Yep, I will never pay over £30 out of principle and often I pay closer to or below £20 by shopping around and looking at key sites.

Don't forget that for every £50-60 on a PS4/XB1 game, £10-15 of it goes straight to Microsoft/Sony before anything else happens. Even then it's still steep but does explain the stupid pricing.
 
RRP's don't really bother me as most of the time I can get the game I'm pre-ordering for under £30. Sometimes I can't, but if the game is worth it I'd pay up to £40. Such as Witcher 3 I'd have no problem putting £40 down for as CD Projekt RED have proven their games are always quality. New Battlefield though? doubt it.
 
Don't think I've paid more than 29 quid for a game for ages, I don't use vpn just cm key sites, got bf4 on pre-load for 29 and the same for premium, watchdogs pre-load for the same, and titan fall I think cost me about 25 again on pre-load.

I think the only game out of my 150 odd games I've spent more than 30 quid on was the boxed version of deus ex, which I picked up on the high street.

So not really no to be honest, I spent 16 quid in the steam sale on cs G:O, and Rome II.
 
Retail copies of PC games were always £29.99 or £34.99, depending on the title and the publisher (remember the days of buying hard copies from Eectronics Boutique? :) ).

So I dont feel there has been a marked increase in price, and the stonking deals on Steam for A grade titles certainly means I rarely pay full price for a game these days. Add the growth of CD key sites and any Savvy PC gamer will pay a heavily discounted price for their games these days. But I believe this is a hit the developers take to try and stem the tide of piracy. Afterall, a gamer paying half price or less for a title is better than a gamer paying nothing and pirating it. At least it is still putting money back into the industry.

However, I do feel that the cross platform release of many titles means we see the £39.99 or £44.99 price tag on PC titles because they dont want cosole gamers being too butt hurt that PC versions are so much cheaper for effectively the same game. That said, they are still not obscene prices in my opinion, but even so I wonder how some publishers justify it when a lot of A Grade titles are still being released at £19.99 or £29.99? Lets face it, with Steam and Origin, all they need to do is send digital copies. No manufacture or distribution overheads at all, unlike with console game discs. So rightly PC releases should be cheaper.

I think, though, the bigger picture means PC gamers are being subsidised by the console market as far as cross platform releases are concerned. I also think that is why developers focus mainly on consoles now. They are more likely to see good returns from their investment from the console market than the PC one.

Just imagine putting millions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of man hours into making a game only for the PC gaming community to just go and pirate it.

I think the PC community needs to get off it's high horse because it is it's own worst enemy sometimes, particularly where pirating and game prices are concerned. For the record I am an avid PC gamer, not a console 'fanboi' :)

But there is one huge caveat to this, and that is that at least back in the hard copy days, games were often released in a working state. Seems these days that we see developers asking premium prices for what amounts to an open beta quality game full of bugs and rushed out to satisfy a marketing/publishing deadline rather than it being released when it is ready.

This is one of my biggest issues with the games industry at the moment. Whilst I accept that some games are openly marketed as early access titles and are done so to encourage communiuty feedback to aid development, a lot of AAA titles are not. However they are still released at full price in a beta state, and often unplayable for many people. But the developers know the console market is making the money so the PC releases are just an inconvenience for them, hence why they so often feel like an afterthought with clunky menu's and controls, terrible optimisation, and so many glitches and bugs!

I personally feel in this respect, PC gamers are being sold short. I have no problem paying £39.99 for a PC game if going gold means going gold and I get a fine and functioning title with everything fixed and sorted. As it stands, going gold means late beta stage and the PC community act as quality control testers for the developer, but here is the kicker - we pay them for the privilege!! No I am sorry, I feel that if I pay for a product, it should work. It seems like the gaming industry is the only one allowed to sell broken/damaged goods and get away with it time and time again.

Until this is fixed, I refuse to pay full price for any game. The only exception to this has been my purchase of Titanfall, and that was based on my experiences of the supreme quality of the Beta. So may people on this forum were using proxy servers to buy this game for peanuts. I understand that mentality, and I feel that it is a mentality the games companies have created by PC title after PC title being released in a terrible state. But conversely, I also think the PC community should step up to the plate when a great game is released and pay the asking price. I personally felt Titanfall was worth the asking price, so paid full price and was happy to do so.
 
I try the game illegally first via the bay then if it is worth my money I will buy from a CD key site, I wouldn't like to know how much I've saved due to games being utterly awful or so short you get about 6 hours single player out of them for the RRP.

I would think it would be easier to make games nowadays due to laser mapping and even better machines to work with and the prices should stay the same game-wise if they refuse to be creative instead COD 71, BF 28 and FIFA 9000.
 
My last full price game was Rome 2 Total War....it was also the last time I intend to pay full price. If they can't be bothered to finsih the game then why should I pay full price. My limit now is £3.74 in steam sales (maybe a few pounds more if it includes all the dlc ala Skyrim Legendary edition for £7)
 
Although I believe prices are trending up slightly - particularly when buying retail - I always remind myself that full price Amiga games cost £29.99 nearly 25 years ago. :eek:
 
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