Sony hate thread

[Questions are a Burden]

Do you have a hacked PS5? Obviously, there are people who will drill holes into their motherboard to get free games, but even the softmodding available on some Switch units is too much of a barrier for most people to bother with. On PC, everyone knows you can google pirate bay to get free games.

Capcom's Resident Evil 9 is currently on sale for $56 on Steam but $70 on PSN and EGS. I don't think Capcom feels pressured by the existence of alternate storefronts. Then again, Playstation didn't tell Capcom that they had to sell RE9 for $70, that's something Capcom decided themselves because it's the market norm. Competition also doesn't depend on platform, it depends on the market, that's why RE9 is $70 but Pragmata is only $60, because Capcom expects Pragmata to be less competitive than RE9. I guess the reason for the sale is just that Capcom really appreciates Steam gamers.

It's even cheaper to buy a Steam game key.

https://gg.deals/game/resident-evil-requiem/

 

[volatile puar]

It's even cheaper to buy a Steam game key.

https://gg.deals/game/resident-evil-requiem/

So RE9 is discounted because Capcom is trying to compete with Steam keys? I'm pretty sure Capcom is the one who gives those keys to the key stores.

Also I heavily disagree about disc cost. Even today CD printing isnt that expensive. Remember the sheer floodgates of PS1 and PC games in the nineties? Thats because in bulk at max a CD cost 50 cents.

You're correct that discs, boxes, shipping, and storage costs are tiny for mass produced games, the actual reason why games companies make more from digital is that retailers take a cut of the sale (or, more accurately, publishers sell them to retailers well below MSRP, probably half MSRP, and then retailers sell them to the customer).

Oh absolutely, but they were the ones to introduce it and set the trend. You can argue that it would happen anyway being that blueray was a clusterfuck on PC, and nowadays there isn't even a format that would fit the bill anyway. But let's not forget who introduced it first and got away with it. Valve and Steam is the first who set "you will own nothing and you'll be happy", in exchange for Gaben memes and "sales"

Like, I said, they get away with it because they compete with piracy. This isn't just about pricing, if Valve bans an account, or otherwise removes access to a game, the game can pirated, and therefore the consumer only loses out on the ability to resell their games. The lack of a secondary market is made up for to some degree by lower prices.

 

[Questions are a Burden]

So RE9 is discounted because Capcom is trying to compete with Steam keys? I'm pretty sure Capcom is the one who gives those keys to the key stores.

I never mentioned Capcom.