PC Game Prices

I remember pre-ordering a physical copy of Dark Souls 2 near launch for just £22 from a proper, legitimate store, whereas they were likely selling it for around the £40 price region on Steam, which I didn't quite understand.

I tend to do this with releases which are a must buy for me at launch, which is rarely, I usually just wait for the game to come out and drop in price a bit. e.g. GTA 5 is on Steam for £40 currently (I think), but multiple retailers, both physical and digital, are offering it up for £30 or less (more with discount codes, etc.).
 
Well I brought Warcraft: Orcs and Humans, which came on four 3 1/2 inch disks (I didn't have a CD drive :() for £39.99, which for an 11 year old in 1995 was a sodding fortune.

So no, based on the very first PC game I brought myself they have not gone up in price :D

Personally I don't mind paying a little more for a game from a good developer or franchise, I only really shop around for deals when there's a good chance the game could be poor or buggy, or just made by Ubisoft.
 
EA games = LOL

It's the one developer I purposely avoid, ridiculous game prices coupled with DLC in pretty much every game coupled with Origin? Why would I knowingly sign up to that?
 
PayneUK said:
Well I brought Warcraft: Orcs and Humans, which came on four 3 1/2 inch disks (I didn't have a CD drive :() for £39.99, which for an 11 year old in 1995 was a sodding fortune.

So no, based on the very first PC game I brought myself they have not gone up in price :D
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Yeah, PC games were all generally £40 (or more!) in the 90s. Things got cheaper when the big boxes and floppy discs were ditched in favour of amaray cases and cd/dvd.
 
The-Plethora said:
EA games = LOL

It's the one developer I purposely avoid, ridiculous game prices coupled with DLC in pretty much every game coupled with Origin? Why would I knowingly sign up to that?
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I think EA have improved of late and if you play the vpn game, you can pick up the games for UK prices in $'s or sometimes even cheaper.

Some games are still riddled with micro transactions but I don't think it's restricted to just EA. Personally, I very rarely buy any DLC or buy games upon release - unless I can get a great deal (Dying Light for £18 looked good so I buckled upon it's release).
 
Is it just me who would happily drop £30 on a new AAA game?

£60 for a game is absurd, but I think £30 is fine for the amount of hours you will get out of it.

I also think £10 is fine for a CD and £10 is fine for a DVD. Blurays are about £13 nowadays and thats fine.

I just don't think multimedia is priced extortionately aside from markup, as long as you shop around.

You're paying for the entertainment value not the cost of production. There's markup in any product so its stupid to pirate because of it.

There's insane markup on food and drink you have to consume yet people buy these without thinking.
 
Ubisoft are just desperate to get more money to produce more broken and copy-paste games as well as hookers and blow, or whatever else it is they spend the money on other than developing decent games.
 
Noticed a rather unreasonable rise in prices for games from certain companies, no need to even point fingers as everyone knows about them. Happily pay £30ish for a good game from a company with reputation for respecting their customers. Fair enough you could pay less "back in the day" but I could also do my groceries for less, you know inflation and all that and game development costs are rising along with complexity in games.
 
Squark said:
Ubisoft are just desperate to get more money to produce more broken and copy-paste games as well as hookers and blow, or whatever else it is they spend the money on other than developing decent games.
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Ubisoft make great, original games. Just not their AAAs, which are terrible generic bugfests.
 
Eames said:
Is it just me who would happily drop £30 on a new AAA game?

£60 for a game is absurd, but I think £30 is fine for the amount of hours you will get out of it.

I also think £10 is fine for a CD and £10 is fine for a DVD. Blurays are about £13 nowadays and thats fine.

I just don't think multimedia is priced extortionately aside from markup, as long as you shop around.

You're paying for the entertainment value not the cost of production. There's markup in any product so its stupid to pirate because of it.

There's insane markup on food and drink you have to consume yet people buy these without thinking.
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I agree with your reasonable prices for media - however your comparison to food and drink isn't that accurate, the markup on (non-branded) food and drink is tiny (unless you buy from "fancy" restaurants or motorway services :p)
 
I'd stretch to £40 for a game, though heavily dependent on the game and I'd want to see some reviews/gameplay first.

For example I'd have paid £40 for Elite: Dangerous, because of the experience it gives, and the fact it's Elite.

£30 is a more realistic price for new release games though, especially digital releases.
 
I remember the good old days when you could pretty much guarantee that a new game would be £17.99, or at a push £24.99 if it was a really popular IP.
 
ignore steam and origin. they generally charge more than other retailers.

steam can put upto a third on top of each title for eg. so its not just origin.

as with most gamers just go to legit pc game cdkey sites.


battlefield hardline on these key sites are 25-26 quid.

most retail treble aaa titles are on cdkey sites
 
HeX said:
Around 2000, where Play and the like used to ship everything from Jersey.
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Well, I'm not so sure things are so different now, are they? Those weren't RRPs back then, they were (sort of) grey market retailers' prices. It's rare that you can't get a new game for £30 now if you shop around - and regularly rather lower (often below £20, such as Thief and Dead Rising 3, off the top of my head)
 
Just had a look at my old Play account:

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