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commander, 20 dni temu do games w As The Outer Worlds 2 hits $80, director says "we don't set the prices for our games" and wishes "everybody could play" Obsidian's new RPG

I’ll play the game in like 4-5 years like how I played the first one years later for way cheaper. So cheap I couldn’t be disappointed with the writing and just enjoyed the solid but unremarkable game

MITM0, 20 dni temu do games w As The Outer Worlds 2 hits $80, director says "we don't set the prices for our games" and wishes "everybody could play" Obsidian's new RPG

But can we focus on optimizing games so thst it runs on the most potato of potato PCs ??

I think that’ll work wonders along with the pricing

als, 20 dni temu do games w As The Outer Worlds 2 hits $80, director says "we don't set the prices for our games" and wishes "everybody could play" Obsidian's new RPG

Everyone can play your game 🏴‍☠️

Gwingollor, 20 dni temu do games w As The Outer Worlds 2 hits $80, director says "we don't set the prices for our games" and wishes "everybody could play" Obsidian's new RPG

Doesn’t matters the masses will complain online, bit still pay it.

falynns, 20 dni temu do games w As The Outer Worlds 2 hits $80, director says "we don't set the prices for our games" and wishes "everybody could play" Obsidian's new RPG

Games were $60 three decades ago, inflation hits us all.

zecg, 20 dni temu do games w As The Outer Worlds 2 hits $80, director says "we don't set the prices for our games" and wishes "everybody could play" Obsidian's new RPG

Just as heads up, Obsidian, I’ll require this to be at least 75% off if it’s good and over 20 hours of single-player campaign. If it’s shorter, I can be enticed at 90% off. I’ll wait for a few years, no problem, my family group backlog is in the thousands.

Goodeye8, 20 dni temu

Them: "we don't set the price".

You: "I'll buy it if you set a lower price".

So people don't even read the headlines anymore?

zecg, 20 dni temu

No, I’ve seen it, that is feedback and it should be invaluable to all interested parties, not only those who set the price.

echodot, 20 dni temu do games w As The Outer Worlds 2 hits $80, director says "we don't set the prices for our games" and wishes "everybody could play" Obsidian's new RPG

Wasn’t the first game entirely average? And now he wants $80 for the sequel.

Widdershins, 20 dni temu

The only thing that stands out thinking about the game is the dialog choices you get when you play through the game with really low intelligence. I think it gets the best ending.

Owlboi, 20 dni temu do games w As The Outer Worlds 2 hits $80, director says "we don't set the prices for our games" and wishes "everybody could play" Obsidian's new RPG

i will continue to enjoy my indie games that cost me 5€, thanks.

better yet my free games like warframe that have cost me nothing and given me thousands of hours of enjoyment.

YiddishMcSquidish, 20 dni temu

Seriously! I got a $50 steam gift card for Christmas, bought one full price dlc (Shadow of the Erdtree) and like five or so indie games that I’ve put way more time in!

normalexit, 20 dni temu do games w As The Outer Worlds 2 hits $80, director says "we don't set the prices for our games" and wishes "everybody could play" Obsidian's new RPG

It’ll go on sale for $15 eventually. I can wait.

Antaeus, 20 dni temu do games w As The Outer Worlds 2 hits $80, director says "we don't set the prices for our games" and wishes "everybody could play" Obsidian's new RPG

80? What the hell?

mesitoispro, 20 dni temu

Some analysts determined people are willing to pay it, so that’s what they’re going to charge.

It has nothing to do with the actual costs of production.

mesitoispro, 20 dni temu do games w As The Outer Worlds 2 hits $80, director says "we don't set the prices for our games" and wishes "everybody could play" Obsidian's new RPG

That’s honestly badass.

I’m glad and surprised they said this. Major props to them.

DeathsEmbrace, 20 dni temu do games w As The Outer Worlds 2 hits $80, director says "we don't set the prices for our games" and wishes "everybody could play" Obsidian's new RPG

Then why DRM?

Newsteinleo, 20 dni temu do games w As The Outer Worlds 2 hits $80, director says "we don't set the prices for our games" and wishes "everybody could play" Obsidian's new RPG

If you assume 25% of player will buy at 80, 50% will buy at $50, and 25% will buy at $20. Per 100 buyers they stand to make $5,000. However if they start at $50 with 75% of buys buying at that price, they will make $4,250. This is about maximizing profit by selling to fans with deep pockets first then discounting latter to captured the rest of the player base.

echodot, 20 dni temu

That tactic would work if it was a multiplayer game or a major franchise but with a single player cookie cutter game there’s no urgency for me to get started and no FOMO. It just isn’t that interesting of an IP

chatokun, 20 dni temu

People still will, because lots of people spoil, some like watching streaming etc. When new stuff comes out and I’m not ready to start it, it often also involves stop visiting certain communities, discords, etc.

Newsteinleo, 20 dni temu

right, so that would put you into the 50% or the lower 25%, but there are people that will buy higher price, and as long as there is 1% willing to buy before the first sale it is worth it for them.

billwashere, 20 dni temu

Also very true. I’ll just wait.

swelter_spark, 20 dni temu

Space rats make it an buy for me, but I’ll still wait until it’s 75% off.

JcbAzPx, 20 dni temu

So if we assume the world is a magical place where poor people don’t exist, it makes perfect sense.

Newsteinleo, 19 dni temu

That is exactly how people making these decisions think. Its all numbers to them, there are no people involved in their thinking.

billwashere, 20 dni temu

But what they don’t take into account is that 75% all at once creates an excitement buzz around the game that ends up causing even more sales then would ever happen otherwise. Look at games like Pokémon go or PalWorld that generated so much buzz. I tried both of them because of the hype and I normally wouldn’t have bothered otherwise.

Newsteinleo, 19 dni temu

With a game like there has probably been existence market research to account for how much buzz the game will get. They may even be counting on the buzz to sell more copies at full price.

billwashere, 19 dni temu

Being that it’s a known game and this is a sequel you may very well be right.

Phegan, 20 dni temu do games w As The Outer Worlds 2 hits $80, director says "we don't set the prices for our games" and wishes "everybody could play" Obsidian's new RPG

Bummer, but that’s gonna be a no from me, dog.

M0oP0o, 19 dni temu do games w As The Outer Worlds 2 hits $80, director says "we don't set the prices for our games" and wishes "everybody could play" Obsidian's new RPG

If its as light as the first one, all I can say is “YARRRG”

DoucheBagMcSwag, 18 dni temu

It’s definitely going to have Denuvo at launch

M0oP0o, 18 dni temu

That is OK we can wait.

DoucheBagMcSwag, 18 dni temu

As will I