Gaming gone mad?

[Boozad]

£240 ($360) for four games. Discuss.

 

[stormy13]

Sad to say but typical price for new releases.

 

[Alex1986]

Wait for sales.

And prodobly they are not worth it anyway never buy before you can see how game looks on youtube and then decide.

Edit: I wonder why quality of games is not going to increase but only price.

Edit2: Wanted to cheak Sims 4 for sister and already 3 dlc **** them. For DAI only 6 dlcs

Kinda makes you wonder if customers are idiots...first explanation for dlc was we diden't finish in time we worked on them after we finished game so we sell them. Now months before game is sold addons are sold too briliant.

 

[MrNeeds]

It's origin, EA charge what they like for broken games, I've never bought anything from origin, it's cheaper to buy the physical disc from stores.

 

[Alex1986]

It's origin, EA charge what they like for broken games, I've never bought anything from origin, it's cheaper to buy the physical disc from stores.

Did you heard about Origin printer(forgot it's name) so you can make copy of Origin games? i wonder and im almost sure they will never decide to abandon drm.

Edit: damn can't find it on google im 100% sure i saw it on Origin. It was abou 3d printer and making hard copy of your origin games.

 

[boogieboy]

That's normal and that's a full price tag for big and anticipated games. Well after putting so much money on the projects and development of each game they need to cover it too. I personally buy games on sales and discounts most of the times! I'm waiting for a price drop on Wolfenstein the new order and Watch Dogs

 

[Boozad]

That's normal and that's a full price tag for big and anticipated games. Well after putting so much money on the projects and development of each game they need to cover it too.

That's the thing though, as others have stated if you shop around you can often find the same games at nearly half the price. Now those vendors have obtained the keys for those games from somewhere (or the physical disks which theoretically should cost more than digital downloads) and will make a profit when they sell them.
I suppose really I'm having a dig at EA as some people with more money than sense will pay that price, and EA will be more than covering their costs of developing the games. It's pretty disgusting really.

I've only ever bought one thing through EA, the BF4 Premium content, and only ever paid for three EA games since moving to PC (I've paid Humble Bundle for a few in the Origin pack they did) and I'll probably never buy another EA game. The fact that they are comfortable charging people what could very well equate to a week's wages for four games is despicable, and guaranteed a lot of people will have trouble getting those games to work.

 

[Alex1986]

The fact that they are comfortable charging people what could very well equate to a week's wages for four games is despicable, and guaranteed a lot of people will have trouble getting those games to work.

In my country it's almost a month wage my laptop was cheaper than those games lol...

 

[badger906]

i get my games from G2A.com. They send you a CD key 24hours before release and then you just add it on steam or origin, get games much much cheaper. I paid £24 for Titanfall on release.

Battlefield hardline is currently £31.92 on G2A.com
https://www.g2a.com/battlefield-hardline-origin-cd-key-preorder-global.html

 

[boogieboy]

That's normal and that's a full price tag for big and anticipated games. Well after putting so much money on the projects and development of each game they need to cover it too.

That's the thing though, as others have stated if you shop around you can often find the same games at nearly half the price. Now those vendors have obtained the keys for those games from somewhere (or the physical disks which theoretically should cost more than digital downloads) and will make a profit when they sell them.
I suppose really I'm having a dig at EA as some people with more money than sense will pay that price, and EA will be more than covering their costs of developing the games. It's pretty disgusting really.

I've only ever bought one thing through EA, the BF4 Premium content, and only ever paid for three EA games since moving to PC (I've paid Humble Bundle for a few in the Origin pack they did) and I'll probably never buy another EA game. The fact that they are comfortable charging people what could very well equate to a week's wages for four games is despicable, and guaranteed a lot of people will have trouble getting those games to work.

Well actually I usually do same my self and look around for games in cheap price I never bought any game directly from EA Origin in fact I bought Humble Origin Bundle and that was my first ever collection in the Origin client and later Plants vs Zombies GOTY added for free of course from the On The House deal other than that I actually never bought any digital copy from Origin. I sometimes buy Steam keys from GMG and they already have a huge sale going on these days and I think Steam summer sale is also near!

 

[Boozad]

Oh I've no problem buying off Steam when they have their sales, Steam is infinitely better than Origin when it comes to a) Value for money, b) Customer support (and Steam's isn't great which just shows how bad Origin's is) and c) Games actually working.

And yeah, the Summer Sale is nearly upon us.

 

[NoN]

I usually buy retail DVD cheaper than the priced online are. I mostly do that because when i can't find a Goty or whatsoever deluxe, ultimate edition at reasonable price, i do buy and can choose the DLCs i want to be in. In a certain way i do pay the price but not as expensive they are without extensions.

 

[Alex1986]

Hm everyone is saying Steam is better than Origin...

What about GOG? no drm and games work too.