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Why are $70 AAA games slashing prices so drastically? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 weeks ago by DuckWrangler9000@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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It's beyond insane to me that a $70 "AAAA" game (kidding, it's AAA) dips down to the absurd price of $5. I've never seen anything like it. Wish the entire Sims 4 "collection" if you can call it that was $5 total, would be incredible, or Starfield.

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[-] mox 3 points 4 weeks ago

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.