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_sideffect, 10 miesięcy temu do games w Why are $70 AAA games slashing prices so drastically?

These are old games

The price regularly seen is just there to make them seem that they have more value than they actually do

Strider, 10 miesięcy temu do games w Why are $70 AAA games slashing prices so drastically?

It’s called idiot tax. (hint: not the discounted price)

alphacyberranger, 10 miesięcy temu do games w Why are $70 AAA games slashing prices so drastically?

I played that game for free… Glad I didnt pay a single dime for it… Its was ass

GhiLA, 10 miesięcy temu do games w Why are $70 AAA games slashing prices so drastically?

They’re showing their true value.

merthyr1831, 10 miesięcy temu do games w Why are $70 AAA games slashing prices so drastically?

Unbound is an exception because 1. it’s not super new, and 2. it did quite poorly iirc

Personally got it at £30 and even then it ran poorly on my Steamdeck at lowest settings so I wasn’t interested :(

Kyouki, 10 miesięcy temu do games w Why are $70 AAA games slashing prices so drastically?

Is this a complaint? I see nothing wrong.

Most AAA’s are arse and barely sell so easy decision to make them cheaper to get them sold.

bruhsoulz, 10 miesięcy temu do games w Why are $70 AAA games slashing prices so drastically?

Because broke niggas like me can’t afford 20$ for a legitimate skyrim copy even tho I got 1800 hrs in that game

FeelzGoodMan420, 10 miesięcy temu do games w Why are $70 AAA games slashing prices so drastically?

Bro, it’s the Autumn Steam sale…it says so in giant letters on top of the steam store page.

TriflingToad, 10 miesięcy temu

but 80% is a lot more than the usual 10-20%

FeelzGoodMan420, 10 miesięcy temu (edited 10 miesięcy temu)

These sales always have crazy deals like this. It’s nothing new. Some are better than others.

Blackmist, 10 miesięcy temu

Yeah, but the 10-20% sales are for good games.

Mandy, 10 miesięcy temu do games w Why are $70 AAA games slashing prices so drastically?

Pirate triple a and buy indie.
Its what both of em deserve.

cRazi_man, 10 miesięcy temu

This is the way

xavier666, 10 miesięcy temu

This is the way

Tanoh, 10 miesięcy temu

Nah, just don’t play the AAA bullshit. It is not worth your time to pirate

Mandy, 10 miesięcy temu

that one depends on ones opinion tho.
personally? all the ones i did try where dogshit.
But one womans trash is another man or womans treasure as they say.

badbytes, 10 miesięcy temu do games w Why are $70 AAA games slashing prices so drastically?

Also, some Steam sales are amazing. 90% off, is great, but not that rare.

jaschen, 10 miesięcy temu do games w Why are $70 AAA games slashing prices so drastically?

I pirated the game and it included all the DLC. Then I played it for a few hours and was glad I didn’t spend 5 dollars on it.

jordanlund, 10 miesięcy temu do games w Why are $70 AAA games slashing prices so drastically?

Because it’s two years old?

FeelzGoodMan420, 10 miesięcy temu

No it’s the damn autumn sale right now. AAA games stay at full price for years when not on sale.

darcmage, 10 miesięcy temu

Only if they’re good games that people are still interested in playing. Crappy games slash prices all the time. Exhibit A: Suicide Squad

jordanlund, 10 miesięcy temu

If it were just the Autumn sale, stuff like Space Marines II would have a steeper discount and frankly that sale is more than a little aenemic.

FeelzGoodMan420, 10 miesięcy temu

There are obviously variations in the sales.

altima_neo, 10 miesięcy temu

And because it was kind of a shitty game.

mox, 10 miesięcy temu (edited 10 miesięcy temu) do games w Why are $70 AAA games slashing prices so drastically?

It’s about volume.

Selling a thing to a million people for $5 makes more money than selling it to a thousand people for $70.

They’ll most likely return the price to $70 before long, so they can pick up a few whales who miss this sale and aren’t patient enough to wait for the next one.

DuckWrangler9000, 10 miesięcy temu

Then… Why not just price it correctly to begin with? Huh… I’d buy some of these newer games if they cost a reasonable amount. Starfield out here charging $70 for a 5.5/10 game

mox, 10 miesięcy temu

Then… Why not just price it correctly to begin with?

I can’t speak for the people pricing these things, but suspect the answer has to do with whales, perceived value, shareholders, regional economics, and various other things.

I agree that lots of games are overpriced, though.

ampersandrew, 10 miesięcy temu

You charge the highest price you can for the people who don’t want to wait, then drop the price once you’ve run out of those customers. The temporary price of a sale creates a sense of urgency that it won’t be this cheap again for a while, and positive word of mouth from the sale customers drives more sales for a little while once it returns to full price.

Starfield wasn’t worth $70 to me, but I bought it on sale for $45 a few months later.

stardust, 10 miesięcy temu

Price tier strategy. Get impatient people to pay $70 because they need to play ASAP. And then sales to get people who won’t pay $70. Pricing low permanently misses out on getting as much money from people who are willing to pay more throughout the year.

stardust, 10 miesięcy temu do games w Why are $70 AAA games slashing prices so drastically?

$70 price is for people who are really impatient and then sales are to capture price sensitive people over time. Not unusual. It’s why I wasn’t bothered by the $70 retail price, since I knew I’d never have to pay it. It’s just a tax on the impatient.

XeroxCool, 10 miesięcy temu (edited 10 miesięcy temu) do games w Why are $70 AAA games slashing prices so drastically?

Is there a new title coming? My car feed has been featuring a real build of the Most Wanted (2005) M3 GTR recently from BMW. I see franchise sales often when a new entry is coming out. I don’t see any announcements though, so maybe it’s just because it’s rated so poorly

Edit: no news of a new title, but the Borderlands franchise has a sizeable discount bundle on Xbox, at least. Bl4 is coming. But it’s also a sale weekend anyway