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They've also decreased, a $60 game in 2006 should cost ~$75 today. Prices haven't kept up with inflation.

by tapoxi 8y ago

nightski 8y ago
Most games have $80-$120 editions that include all of the actual content. $60 is usually the bare bones experience. That is on top of monetization in game. But prices don't exist in a vacuum either. The gaming market has exploded and is vastly larger than it was back in 2006. Steam found games were typically much more profitable when heavily discounted than when full price in general.
- root_axis 8y ago
  This is not typical of "most" games. Some games, usually AAA titles from major publishers do this, but the content is usually unimportant to the game as a whole.
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  - nightski 8y ago
    The discussion is about unionization. I'd assume that means we are primarily talking about AAA here. But I could of been more explicit. How much of content offered is sort of irrelevant. A better metric would be how many gamers buy these things. I'd guess quite a few since they keep going all in on the model (it's getting worse).
    - lozenge 8y ago
      I always got the impression it was to give gaming journalists something to write about. I never met anybody actually buying these special editions.
shittyadmin 8y ago
Except now they have an additional "season pass" for nearly the same cost of the game for what used to be included for free.
- dijit 8y ago
  Example of a $60 season pass?
  - sovietmudkipz 8y ago
    Battlefield games and call of duty games come to mind. You can buy the DLC a la carte when it’s released or spend on a season pass to get all DLC when it’s released.
    - tapoxi 8y ago
      Battlefield games no longer have a season pass.
  - shittyadmin 8y ago
    Fallout 4 on release had a $60 season pass - last one I ever paid for. But many games are still doing it, I see black ops 4 has one of similar price, as does Civ 6.
    - dijit 8y ago
      Fallout 4 had a $49.99 season pass which was an increase from the previous $29.99[0]. Black ops 4 had one for $40[1]. Can't seem to find historical info about civ6, but I know a "large expansion" was not included in the season pass. [0]: https://ew.com/article/2016/02/17/fallout-4-season-pass-price-increase-details/ https://ew.com/article/2016/02/17/fallout-4-season-pass-pric... [1]: https://www.polygon.com/2018/6/13/17447600/call-of-duty-black-ops-4-dlc-season-pass-price https://www.polygon.com/2018/6/13/17447600/call-of-duty-blac...
      - shittyadmin 8y ago

They've also decreased, a $60 game in 2006 should cost ~$75 today. Prices haven't kept up with inflation.

by tapoxi 8y ago

They've also decreased, a $60 game in 2006 should cost ~$75 today. Prices haven't kept up with inflation.

Most games have $80-$120 editions that include all of the actual content. $60 is usually the bare bones experience. That is on top of monetization in game. But prices don't exist in a vacuum either. The gaming market has exploded and is vastly larger than it was back in 2006. Steam found games were typically much more profitable when heavily discounted than when full price in general.

root_axis 8y ago
This is not typical of "most" games. Some games, usually AAA titles from major publishers do this, but the content is usually unimportant to the game as a whole.
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- nightski 8y ago
  The discussion is about unionization. I'd assume that means we are primarily talking about AAA here. But I could of been more explicit. How much of content offered is sort of irrelevant. A better metric would be how many gamers buy these things. I'd guess quite a few since they keep going all in on the model (it's getting worse).
  - lozenge 8y ago
    I always got the impression it was to give gaming journalists something to write about. I never met anybody actually buying these special editions.

shittyadmin 8y ago

Except now they have an additional "season pass" for nearly the same cost of the game for what used to be included for free.

dijit 8y ago
Example of a $60 season pass?
- sovietmudkipz 8y ago
  Battlefield games and call of duty games come to mind. You can buy the DLC a la carte when it’s released or spend on a season pass to get all DLC when it’s released.
  - tapoxi 8y ago
    Battlefield games no longer have a season pass.
- shittyadmin 8y ago
  Fallout 4 on release had a $60 season pass - last one I ever paid for. But many games are still doing it, I see black ops 4 has one of similar price, as does Civ 6.
  - dijit 8y ago
    Fallout 4 had a $49.99 season pass which was an increase from the previous $29.99[0]. Black ops 4 had one for $40[1]. Can't seem to find historical info about civ6, but I know a "large expansion" was not included in the season pass. [0]: https://ew.com/article/2016/02/17/fallout-4-season-pass-price-increase-details/ https://ew.com/article/2016/02/17/fallout-4-season-pass-pric... [1]: https://www.polygon.com/2018/6/13/17447600/call-of-duty-black-ops-4-dlc-season-pass-price https://www.polygon.com/2018/6/13/17447600/call-of-duty-blac...
    - shittyadmin 8y ago