Sony INCREASES Next Gen Playstation 5 Game prices

[Bubster]

Sony has announced the prices for its next-generation console, the PlayStation 5. It will cost $499 and $399 for the Digital Edition. While these prices seem acceptable, the pricing for the games seems to have gone up to $70.

It seems like the higher pricing is set to become a next-gen trend. The games showcased in yesterday’s PlayStation 5 announcement, Demon’s Souls, Destruction All-Stars, and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales Ultimate Edition will all cost $70. Sackboy A Big Adventure will cost $60, but it’s not really a hot title.

Many fans seem to be disgruntled with this pricing, in addition to PlayStation 5 pre order woes. Many others have also pointed out that this is likely to be the trend for the Xbox Series X/S games as well.
However, the Xbox platform has Game Pass, which adds a lot to the value proposition.

With these prices, picking the PS5 over the Digital Edition might be the smarter move. One is likely to get the hot titles cheaper with discs as compared to the digital versions, in addition to the used / resale market.

 

[Chomiq]

Month ago:

Activision keen on setting a $70 base price for PS5 and XSX games- Republic World

There is no specific price for games on PS5 or the XSX consoles. It's $70 to play on the Next-gen consoles. Earlier on August 27, Activision released the price variants of Call of Duty Cold War. Also read | New Guns In Fortnite Season 4 Chapter 2 And All The Latest Features; Read Details...

www.republicworld.com

 

[Vayra86]

Whahahahahaaaaaaa they want 70 dollars for rehashed content? With paid online? And cloud? And MTX?

Better stick that turd back in, because that ain't happening. This is yet another bonus point for EGS. They can just stick to 60 and remain cheap. Funny how the walled garden heroes start this move, alongside one of the few publishers that is also keen on keeping it all in-house.

This means a LOT of breathing room for EGS and all other independent publishers. Wow. I've got my popcorn out...

 

[dirtyferret]

i'll wait for the next free epic game or gog/steam sale

 

[Space Lynx]

i'll wait for the next free epic game or gog/steam sale

or xbox pc game pass. which is insanely great value, even when it goes to 10 a month it still will be great value. honestly the xbox PC game pass has had something i always want on it, i may never buy another game again at full price. cyberpunk 2077 im going to wait for a few months of patches before i get it, prob around $35-39 price

 

[Deleted member 193596]

"Have gone up to 70 dollars"

they cost 95 dollars in europe..

 

[Deleted member 24505]

that's how they cover the loss on the console. i'll stick to steam and my PC thanks

 

[dir_d]

They are driving the player base to streaming games for continuous revenue. 10 Dollars a month for the XBOX game pass sounds good. Everything as a service never own anything is the new model.

 

[dirtyferret]

or xbox pc game pass. which is insanely great value, even when it goes to 10 a month it still will be great value. honestly the xbox PC game pass has had something i always want on it, i may never buy another game again at full price. cyberpunk 2077 im going to wait for a few months of patches before i get it, prob around $35-39 price

subscription based gaming (be it multi-player, streaming, or catalog borrowing) is definitely the wave of the future. That said, I find it kind of sad we as a society don't really own anything anymore just rent our music, movies, and soon our games.

 

[Vya Domus]

that's how they cover the loss on the console. i'll stick to steam and my PC thanks

Don't buy this BS for a single second that they are losing money on it. The SoC and memory ~= 200$ at most, storage ~= 150$ at most, the rest is more or less the same cost as previous consoles as there is nothing exotic like using the blu-ray drive in the PS3 for the first time. I bet they are making some decent profit on them.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Don't buy this BS for a single second that they are losing money on it. The SoC and memory ~= 200$ at most, storage ~= 150$ at most, the rest is more or less the same cost as previous consoles as there is nothing exotic like using the blu-ray drive in the PS3 for the first time. I bet they are making some decent profit on them.

So they are bumming their customers then

 

[Space Lynx]

subscription based gaming (be it multi-player, streaming, or catalog borrowing) is definitely the wave of the future. That said, I find it kind of sad we as a society don't really own anything anymore just rent our music, movies, and soon our games.

i'm fine with this honestly, i think its healthy to live a minimalist lifestyle, but that's just imo - plus better for the environment as begin to cut out more and more physical items from our life we don't need.

if there is a movie i want to watch but dont own, its really not a big deal to me, i can move on fairly easily and find something else.

 

[dragontamer5788]

Given what I know about AAA titles, I think the price should go up for AAA-games.

But with that being said: the ~$40 price range games are where the lifeblood of my gaming life now. (Factorio, Two Point Hospital, Hades). Smaller teams with less waste make more interesting games IMO. But those AAA-games have many developers, artists, musicians, and more. And they've been losing out on inflation for the past few years ($60 has been standard for decades, despite the increased effort needed for a modern AAA title).

Let those games go up in price: it will give more room for indies in the $20 to $30 range to compete. I don't play AAA games anyway, so I don't really care what price they are, lol.

 

[xman2007]

Don't buy this BS for a single second that they are losing money on it. The SoC and memory ~= 200$ at most, storage ~= 150$ at most, the rest is more or less the same cost as previous consoles as there is nothing exotic like using the blu-ray drive in the PS3 for the first time. I bet they are making some decent profit on them.

That's 350 already, now all those other parts that are more or less than the last time round include motherboard, with more io and upgraded components, Wi-Fi/networking, pcie storage controller, audio, and all the other bells and whistles, not too mention psu, case, controller etc and suddenly it doesn't look as if that extra 150-250 for the top end model leaves a lot of room for profit, consoles have for the last however many gens always relied on licensing and games to generate their profits. As the cost of the console is usually higher than the selling price, especially true with a new console and new components.

 

[freeagent]

Seems like they think if it’s ok for Nintendo it must be ok for them. I did buy a ps4 when they were new.. honestly I should have just bought a new video card at the time. Paying to play online is weak. Especially since I pay for the internet twice already lol.

 

[windwhirl]

Frankly, while disappointing, it was bound to happen because inflation, if nothing else.

Ars Technica did an interesting article about this topic when Take-Two started pushing for 70 dollars...

Take-Two says its $70 game pricing will be on a “title by title basis”

But industry watchers foresee more publishers planning a next-gen price bump.

arstechnica.com

 

[Caring1]

Only reason I would buy a console is to avoid online gaming and launchers etc.
I want single player without having to go online.