I am curious what console gamers think of the price hike coming in for next gen console games, i think i read games will be over £70 now ? expensive imo and every console release seems to be edging closer and closer to a digital only console, removing the ability to sell and buy 2nd hand games. I am just really curious as to what console gamers think, and if we will maybe see a lot of consolers turning to PC gaming.
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They haven't gone up though, in real terms they've got cheaper since ps1 days.
One title from one publisher (AFAIK) is going to try a £10 premium for next-gen. So no, games are not £70 now.
If we want to talk about price hikes, lets head over to the GPU forum
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Well, i'd be happy to pay £70 if the games were worth it to me. The quality of the gameplay on some of these so called AAA games is worthless to me.
Starwars BF2, new vs old, basically a joke.
Starwars BF2, new vs old, basically a joke.
I remember paying a tad over £60 for Atari Jaguar games, in Electronics Boutique in Swindon way back 
I wouldn't be willing to pay £70 for PS5 titles though, regardless of quality - it's bad enough (imo of course) paying £55 at the moment.
I wouldn't be willing to pay £70 for PS5 titles though, regardless of quality - it's bad enough (imo of course) paying £55 at the moment.
If you could just buy a game and it was the complete game then I'd be fine with a price hike. But near enough every single game is jam packed full of micro-transactions. Some people will say they're "optional" but that is a load of bull: they wouldn't be in there if publishers didn't WANT you to buy them.
There used to be the argument from (easily conned) people that MTX's were in games to keep the cost down as development up. And what's happened? Games are going up in price
There used to be the argument from (easily conned) people that MTX's were in games to keep the cost down as development up. And what's happened? Games are going up in price
I just wait for a sale. Sony's sale prices can be quite good if you've got the patience to wait 2 years. I did buy Borderlands 3 at launch though and I've certainly got my money's worth out of it.
I'm kind of glad you can't sell digital games, I used to do it with physical ones and ended up rebuying some games two or three times because I wanted to play them again. Now they are there forever. Right now, I'm just about to play Mass Effect on PS3 for the umpteenth time.
But Sony and Microsoft must put in self-refund plans similar to Steam whereby if you want a refund for a game that you've played less than 2 hours then you can. Wasteland 2 is about the only digital purchase I regret and that I would have got my money back on.
I did buy Borderlands 3 at launch though and I've certainly got my money's worth out of it.I'm kind of glad you can't sell digital games, I used to do it with physical ones and ended up rebuying some games two or three times because I wanted to play them again. Now they are there forever. Right now, I'm just about to play Mass Effect on PS3 for the umpteenth time.
But Sony and Microsoft must put in self-refund plans similar to Steam whereby if you want a refund for a game that you've played less than 2 hours then you can. Wasteland 2 is about the only digital purchase I regret and that I would have got my money back on.
Exactly this - Back in the SNES days I paid £60-£70 for some new launch games, SF2 and Mortal Kombat II spring to mind. Taking inflation into account that would be £133 now.
N64 games used to be that. I remember Turok being £70! When I was a paperboy earning £12 a week I used to save all my wages for N64 games. Used to use mail order company called Excitement Direct I think it was.
Wouldn't be pleased if they went back to that price now. Being a responsible parent with 3 kids, 2 of which are into Nintendo switch now makes gaming a pretty expensive (but great) hobby in my house
Even though RRP of games if typically £40/50 nowadays, other than exclusives I want on day 1 (which are generally worth it to me) I rarely pay more than £30 for games anyway. SO I guess all this will mean is that most games will be bought for £50 instead of £30........
Wouldn't be pleased if they went back to that price now. Being a responsible parent with 3 kids, 2 of which are into Nintendo switch now makes gaming a pretty expensive (but great) hobby in my house
Even though RRP of games if typically £40/50 nowadays, other than exclusives I want on day 1 (which are generally worth it to me) I rarely pay more than £30 for games anyway. SO I guess all this will mean is that most games will be bought for £50 instead of £30........
Yep £74 for Turok N64. Loved every minute of it. AAA games can take 5 years to develop with hundreds of people working on them. I paid £52 for TLoU2 physical. Do I think that's expensive? Not a bit.
Game prices are always hiked at new gen. They calm down after a while. I do think digital prices are too high, though. If I absolutely have to have it digital I will wait for a sale. Anything under £15.99 I would bite if I fancied a play through. I wouldn't pay £69.99 or even £59.99 for a digital game.
Game prices are always hiked at new gen. They calm down after a while. I do think digital prices are too high, though. If I absolutely have to have it digital I will wait for a sale. Anything under £15.99 I would bite if I fancied a play through. I wouldn't pay £69.99 or even £59.99 for a digital game.
I nearly always wait for sales unless it's a must have. As I predominantly like single player games I find the price on them tends to fall very quickly.
In the recent sale I got elex for £10 and played it for over 50 hours so that is serious value.
I have just bought Mortal Shell at full price as I wanted to support the Devs decision to launch at £24.
I use PSN credit from various sources online to get things cheaper than the advertised PSN price.
On top of this ps now gives plenty of good games for around £35 a year (if you shop around). Ps plus also gives you a bunch of good games a year for a similar cost.
In the recent sale I got elex for £10 and played it for over 50 hours so that is serious value.
I have just bought Mortal Shell at full price as I wanted to support the Devs decision to launch at £24.
I use PSN credit from various sources online to get things cheaper than the advertised PSN price.
On top of this ps now gives plenty of good games for around £35 a year (if you shop around). Ps plus also gives you a bunch of good games a year for a similar cost.
Nintendo have always been a rip off though, it's mostly tolerated because of their first party exclusives. Even now multi-platform games are more expensive on Switch despite being the worst versions graphically.
If it's true about games going up to £70 then all it's going to do is make people more prudent and take less risk when it comes to buying.
I shudder at the fact I almost paid full price for Killzone Shadowfall on launch day - thankfully Asda had run out of copies, so I picked up Black Flag instead
If Sony decide that the PS5 titles will be £70 a pop, then I'm sure I'll have one/two games at release - but personally, I would find that a real hard price to swallow as the norm - regardless of how much they ought to cost due to inflation or whatnot.
I think that the only way I might be persuaded, is if titles were being released finished (no umpteen GB updates on day 1), and with zero micro transactions - the game had the full and complete content, and the only DLC to come, would be decent map packs or expansions; and even though would come out for a few quid, or maybe £20 for a season pass...
Grumble and speculate as we might though, it'll go the way of fuel prices - we just suck it up as we want to play on our bikes (or cars).
If Sony decide that the PS5 titles will be £70 a pop, then I'm sure I'll have one/two games at release - but personally, I would find that a real hard price to swallow as the norm - regardless of how much they ought to cost due to inflation or whatnot.
I think that the only way I might be persuaded, is if titles were being released finished (no umpteen GB updates on day 1), and with zero micro transactions - the game had the full and complete content, and the only DLC to come, would be decent map packs or expansions; and even though would come out for a few quid, or maybe £20 for a season pass...
Grumble and speculate as we might though, it'll go the way of fuel prices - we just suck it up as we want to play on our bikes (or cars).