Astro Bot will be priced at 60$ USD, the same price as sackboy: a big adventure

[ethomaz]

Do you live in the UK or USA? I highly doubt it. Maybe you would know about Toys R Us since these aren’t used games.

Rare games always cost more than the competition in the SNES and N64 days.

Donkey Kong Country and Killer Instinct were more expensive than other games at launch.

Turok was always more expensive than new games even though it was a launch game.

Prices have always been variable. You honestly argue for the sake of it and refuse to accept you are wrong.

In Brazil.

Retail can give discounts but you have a full price point by the Platform.
I don't know which is in Europe or UK but US is today $70.
It was $60 before.

Now if Sony changed the price point to $70 they can't back to release full priced games at $60.
It doesn't make sense.

If that is the case then they should never had changed from $60 to $70.

But of course all of that is based in speculations... nobody knows the US price yet... so maybe it is all aright and Sony is following their own full priced point... $70.
$60 doesn't make sense since Sony migrated to $70 full price point.

 

[Muddasar]

In Brazil.

Retail can give discounts but you have a full price point by the Platform.
I don't know which is in Europe or UK but US is today $70.
It was $60 before.

Now if Sony changed the price point to $70 they can't back to release full priced games at $60.
It doesn't make sense.

There has never been a set price for games.

Just a maximum price. This generation is 70 dollars/pounds for Sony games.

Nothing stopping publishers from releasing cheaper than 70.

 

[ethomaz]

There has never been a set price for games.

Just a maximum price. This generation is 70 dollars/pounds for Sony games

Nothing stopping publishers from releasing cheaper than 70.

All games full priced at launch is $70 for Sony platforms since it is PS5 only game.
It was $60 in PS4.

And it is not the maximum... special editions can be more expensive.

 

[Muddasar]

All games full priced at launch is $70 for Sony platforms since it is PS5 only game.
It was $60 in PS4.

And it is not the maximum... special editions can be more expensive.

I am talking standard edition games. You know that very well.

Honestly where is this even going?

Let’s not derail the thread.

Astro Bot is 60 dollars. End of discussion.

 

[ethomaz]

I am talking standard edition games. You know that very well.

Honestly where is this even going?

Let’s not derail the thread.

Astro Bot is 60 dollars. End of discussion.

Is it?

Because that should be a big hit (and can have even lawsuits over Sony) against the $70 price point move.

 

[Johnic]

Fine by me, day one.

 

[Muddasar]

Is it?

Because that should be a big hit (and can have even lawsuits over Sony) against the $70 price point move.

Do you enjoy arguing and bring up nonsense?

Lawsuits cause of 70 dollar price point?

Sony can charge 1000 dollars for their games and No lawsuit is coming or gonna be successful.

Consumers aren’t being forced to buy these games or the consoles.

Get some sleep.

 

[TigerFang]

Is it?

Because that should be a big hit (and can have even lawsuits over Sony) against the $70 price point move.

I don't think pricing Astro Bot at 60$ instead of 70$ would lead to lawsuits.

There are no concrete laws that bigger games need to be priced at 70$ USD on the standard versions.

Price is entirely an variable that depends on Return on Investment requirements, Budget, Time spent of development, Genre of game, etc. Not


& that's how it should be, there need not be every game at 70$, it should be an dynamic variable that shouldn't even be limited to 70$, if there enough engaging content it should be able to go to 100$.

 

[Muddasar]

I don't think pricing Astro Bot at 60$ instead of 70$ would lead to lawsuits.

There are no concrete laws that bigger games need to be priced at 70$ USD on the standard versions.

Price is entirely an variable that depends on Return on Investment requirements, Budget, Time spent of development, Genre of game, etc. Not


& that's how it should be, there need not be every game at 70$, it should be an dynamic variable that shouldn't even be limited to 70$, if there enough engaging content it should be able to go to 100$.

Exactly.

Ethomaz talking about pricing and lawsuits like he was born yesterday.

Variable prices have existed since gaming began.

Wait till he sees the prices of Neo Geo games in the 90s.

 

[Loy310]

$49.99 would've been better. This is basically a brand new IP to most people and it doesn't have the cache of Mario, Sonic, Rachet & Clank, Rayman etc. (even if it'll be on par with recent Mario & R&C games quality-wise).

I understand this doesn't have a setup for MTX the way a Helldivers 2 does, but SIE should prioritize IP growth for Astro and $49.99 would do that for them. It has to be in impulse buy territory and $60 isn't quite it for what is, again, basically a new IP for many and not something billed as a serious/mature action-adventure epic like a Stellar Blade, Rebirth, or GOWR which were all only $10 more at launch on the same platform.

Brand new?
60 million got the game on their PS5 for free. At least 10% of them had to have loaded it up played for a few hours is my guess.

 

[Kokoloko]

Ratchet and Returnal should of been this price too

 

[Darth Vader]

Do you live in the UK or USA? I highly doubt it. Maybe you would know about Toys R Us since these aren’t used games.

Rare games always cost more than the competition in the SNES and N64 days.

Donkey Kong Country and Killer Instinct were more expensive than other games at launch.

Turok was always more expensive than new games even though it was a launch game.

Prices have always been variable. You honestly argue for the sake of it and refuse to accept you are wrong.

Don’t argue if you aren’t from the UK or USA.

You know nothing about variable prices on launch games which have existed for decades.

Same in Europe, or at least in Portugal. Some N64 games cost more than others at the time. I was too young to remember exact figures, but I distinctly remember some games going for values close to what is now 70 euro, while others were close to 50 or so.

 

[arvfab]

Great! Will make the wait for that drop to 30€ shorter

 

[Say1nMan]

Really good price point considering the huge amount of content especially the levels that they're increasing for this game.

 

[peter42O]

Surprised considering the fact that Ratchet was $70. Either way, doesn't matter. Day one for me!!

 

[TigerFang]

Surprised considering the fact that Ratchet was $70. Either way, doesn't matter. Day one for me!!

Agreed, absolutely preorder type of game.

This trailer is soooo damn good.

 

[FatKaz]

Day one regardless.

 

[Petekilla]

Surprised considering the fact that Ratchet was $70. Either way, doesn't matter. Day one for me!!

It think Rift Apart had a higher budget. It had voice actors, Astro doesn’t.