Why do PC games cost about the same price as console games do now..

I'd say I've noticed an increase in the release price of top tier PC games as well. Would guess that it's simply a case of publishers realising there's more profit to be made charging these prices, in spite of potentially reduced sales.
 
theMilitant said:
I'd say I've noticed an increase in the release price of top tier PC games as well. Would guess that it's simply a case of publishers realising there's more profit to be made charging these prices, in spite of potentially reduced sales.
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EA(greedy and crap)/Rockstar(worth every penny, shame the ports are generally dodgy at first or not released at all(Red Dead Redemption)). We do get the option of modding the heck out of the GTA series, console owners don't. The truth. Console games are too pricey.
 
The last game I paid full price for was Elite Dangerous but generally spend around £27 for a AAA title. cdkeys or G2A are my go to places and never had an issue with either. £40 plus for console games and looked for a friend on deals and none about really.
 
I think PC games are more expensive because of the rise of the key sites. The frequent sales on the most popular platforms may have had an influence too (there are sales going at any given time on most of the platforms nowadays). Basically, the publishers squeeze as much money as possible from the 'whales' that buy on release or preorder, to make up for the lower revenues they get from sales/key sites.
 
The market is more dynamic and fluid Imo. It's not long before a top tier priced game is either on sales and combined with the proliferation of key sites = higher initial RRP. Plenty of ppl still want games on day1 of release so pay a premium.

I think games are a bit more expensive these days if u add in things like dlc and season pass. (often for stuff that should have been in the initial release) And the piecemeal nature of getting some games as well. but it's only a bit more expensive and u don't need to buy dlc etc..if a game is great I don't mind. There's more choice these days.
 
I tend to just wait for a bit unless I'm absolutely desperate for the game. Even if I want it on day 1 or 2 it's easy enough to get a massive discount from cd key sites.
 
Anyone who pays £40 for a new PC game needs their head testing! Buying direct from Steam or Origin is just plain silly, you can get the same thing for much less elsewhere.

Search the net, do some homework and you can get them pre-ordered for £20-25. I frequently visit Mexico where I can pick up Origin games at half price or an online key site that guarantees your purchase.

Failing all of that wait a month and you can get the majority of games for less than half-price, theres usually a game sale every month somewhere on the net.
 
Because companies such EA and Ubi know damn well that they can churn out the same game, year in and year out, and the idiotic masses will not only pay nearly £50 for the pleasure of not only beta testing the thing for them but will be more than happy with an unfinished game.

Which brings me to DLC! Those same idiots are also happy to stump up even more money on DLC (and season passes) which is nothing more than content cynically stripped from the original title and which should've been in the game all along.
 
AWPC said:
Its not working either on PC. Steam sales are down overall in the past year apparently! Due to so many poor games being sold on Steam I guess :(
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2016-04-27-average-steam-game-sales-plummeting-steam-spy
https://www.patreon.com/posts/5212208
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Have you read the article?

Steam sales are not down, the average amount of people owning a game has gone down. (average number of copies sold per game).

This is because there are lots more games on there now, the amount of people using steam has risen but not in line with the ammount of added games.

Simply, if you have 10 users and 20 games in 2014, but 15 users and 60 games in 2015 - with all users spending the same average amount on games...

... you would see an increase in the total amount of games bought, but a decrease in the average number of copies sold per game.
 
chaparral said:
I understand things go up in price but PC games must be not far off double the price compared what they cost about 6 years ago
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No they're not- stop exaggerating and do some research:

GAME 2010:
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GAME2016
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Look at the main games in the 2010 screenshot- Crysis 2, FO:NV (a year old by 2010 time?), they have an RRP of £30-£35.

In the 2016 screenshot, I've ordered it by price high to low. The non special-editions are all around £35, or less.

In fact PC games were still around £30-35 even in 2003. Have a look at the Feb 2003 snapshot of Game's website: https://web.archive.org/web/20030215220959/http://www.game.co.uk/

Now let's consider inflation: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/...tion-calculator-value-money-changed-1900.html

£35 in 2003 is equal to £51 today. So games are that cost £35 today are £15 'cheaper' than in 2003

And infact, today you can get brand new released for under £30 if you shop around online using key sites. Game prices have never been better.

Finally, lets think about how much it costs to make a games these days. Compare the man hours required to make GTA San Andreas and GTA V- essentially the same game but GTA V would have cost a lot more to make due to the increased graphics quality. I would quite like to find data on this! And don't forget that inflation strikes again on the cost of making games.

Stop whining. Games are incredibly cheap today.
 
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Isnt PC game piracy something like 90%?

As someone said, you pay what you want. Just shop around at key selling sites.

I have recently bought Squad Greenlight which was £29.99, its still in Alpha stage but have now played it (according to Steam) for 93 hours! For a game that is constantly being updated and still has lots more to come thats well worth it IMO.

On the flip side I have loads of games in steam I bought but have only played for 5-10 minutes which cost me which a bit of money. Its annoying you cannot sell them in Steam like you could with a physical copy.
 
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Isnt PC game piracy something like 90%?
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Doubt it is anywhere need that somehow, maybe higher in the past with no-cd patches, but with loads of games now needing to sign in then I expect it has come down.
 
Duke said:
Doubt it is anywhere need that somehow, maybe higher in the past with no-cd patches, but with loads of games now needing to sign in then I expect it has come down.
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Good point, maybe a few years ago. I remember buying games a few years back that included the anti-piracy software which seemed more like Malware (DLC?)

I ended up downloading it from a dodgy site just so I didnt have to use the crap that came with the retail version! I guessed I could seemed as I had paid for it anyway. At least now you pay for a key and just stick it in Steam and fire away - I generally only buy games that are in Steam now as hate using multiple logins / software. A great example being Crysis 3 and Origin :mad: Probably easier just to find a dodgy version of Crysis 3 than use that shower of crap
 
Because people have kept supporting such business practices, they've more or less invited publishers to try an extract as much money as possible per release.
 
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