PS4 PS4 games - pricing

[The_Carpet_Frog]

Has there been any hint of the prices that PS4 games are likely to be sold at ?

 

[Spruijt]

We got the games in the system for €64,99 and €69,00. I'm guessing the'll drop a fiver making them €10,- more expensive than PS3 games.

 

[ColSonders]

The only official word as of yet on next gen pricing is by EA who have clearly stated that they are raising their RRP to £55.

This is confirmed by pre-order pricing of BF4 on next gen systems....but that games is £45 on PC/PS3/360.

Activision will no doubt follow suite for their CoD franchise.

If I were to speculate i'd suggest we might see a real £5 increase in prices in stores with the higher profile games such as CoD and BF4 holding higher pricing.

 

[The_Carpet_Frog]

Its all getting a bit excessive I think, bad enough that you have to have PS+ to play online.
Its all these extra costs that will ultimately decide my PS4 fate.

 

[Martok]

I hope they keep the prices the same as the PS3 but we shall see.

Games prices whether they raise them by £5 or not aren't cheap. However, I look at the price and compare it to other entertainment. A meal out for two can easily be £30-£40 if not more for one evening. A film at the cinema for two sets you back nearly £20 and that's for 1.5-2 hours entertainment. A few drinks down at the pub one evening can be £20 or more. So when I look at the hours of entertainment I get out of a game costing £40 (or £45 if the price goes up), it doesn't seem quite so bad.

 

[Jkrohn1]

Rrp for current gen is £49.99 most selling for £35.99 to £39.99

I'm gonna assume next gen will be £59.99 rrp so £45.99 or £49.99 with the exception of Cod and EA games being higher price for the obvious reasons.

 

[Jkrohn1]

Remember though everyone wants your business which should bring the price down so might be only a few £ more then current gen.

 

[ColSonders]

I'm gonna assume next gen will be £59.99 rrp

Given that EA led the way with attempting to raise prices for the current generation and that they've already stated that they are increasing RRP prices to £54.99 then it's a fairly safe bet that most games will be at or below £54.99 RRP.

 

[Jkrohn1]

Looking at a lot of sites the rrp is £59.99 lol

 

[The_Carpet_Frog]

I hope they keep the prices the same as the PS3 but we shall see.

Games prices whether they raise them by £5 or not aren't cheap. However, I look at the price and compare it to other entertainment. A meal out for two can easily be £30-£40 if not more for one evening. A film at the cinema for two sets you back nearly £20 and that's for 1.5-2 hours entertainment. A few drinks down at the pub one evening can be £20 or more. So when I look at the hours of entertainment I get out of a game costing £40 (or £45 if the price goes up), it doesn't seem quite so bad.

So what your saying is, to eat out, go to the cinema or have a few drinks are expensive as well

Its not as if they don't make shit loads of money from games.
Take GT5 for example, took 5 years to develop at an approximate cost of $80 million. (roughly £51.5 million. The 2nd most expensive game to make.)
It sold 10.66 million copies, lets say at an average of £30 (total £319,800,000)
£270 million profit if my sums are correct, and that doesn't include any DLC.

End of the day Im tight

 

[ColSonders]

Looking at a lot of sites the rrp is £59.99 lol

That's complete speculation though, the single confirmed pricepoint is £55.

 

[Wilks]

You certainly get value for money these days by putting in the gaming hours on multiplayer. I visited a local arcade this week to see games like Mario Kart 2 at £1 a go and last gen graphics may I add. I think back to the days when I pumped many 10p's into arcade machines. Going off topic but what the hell happened to the arcade scene? The current arcades are dead, shit and expensive.