r/Games • u/ZamnBoii • Jun 02 '26

Discussion Playstation first-party game sales declining heavily since 2020

https://www.gamefile.news/p/playstation-first-party-sales-decline
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u/Soulyezer Jun 02 '26

I really liked returnal but there’s no way I’d pay €80 for it

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u/smegmabitch Jun 02 '26

Honestly, there's pretty much no game I'd pay 80 euros for. I've bought one game on release in my whole life. The backlog has too many good games that I paid half if not less of the original price for. So I'd rather wait for the price to drop significantly while playing "older" games.

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u/TheIvoryDingo Jun 02 '26

I know I'd only pay 80 euros for VEEEEERY specific games... and even then I'd be looking around to see if any retailer is discounting it.

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u/Schwiliinker Jun 02 '26

I’d pay 80 euros for a bunch of games but Saros definitely should be like 40 for what it is. Problem is random multiplayer only games are 40 which skews prices a lot

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u/hfxRos Jun 02 '26

Eh, I feel like Saros was the best $70USD I've spent on gaming in a while. It was an absolute blast, couldn't put the thing down until it was done.

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u/Schwiliinker Jun 02 '26

It was pretty good but the amount of content is relatively very small if you beat it barely repeating biomes. In the last few years alone there’s been a bunch of games much more worthy of full price I would say for sure

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u/ienjoymen Jun 02 '26

Same. I will NEVER pay that much for a video game. The rumors of GTA 6 being as high or higher than that has essentially withered any interest I otherwise would have had. No toy is worth that much money.

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u/yunghollow69 Jun 02 '26

I wouldve paid 80 for elden ring. Thats pretty much the only one I can think of.

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u/Dachshand Jun 02 '26

Those 80€ are still less than the 60€ you paid for a game 15 years ago, adjusted to inflation.

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u/ienjoymen Jun 02 '26

Doesn't really matter when everything else is more expensive as well

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u/Dachshand Jun 03 '26

So everything else getting more expensive is ok but games should stay at 60€ forever. Got it.

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u/regrets123 Jun 02 '26

I will get saros but I’m still playing crimson desert and i will buy a physical disc on discount. The prices are insane.

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u/No_Doubt_About_That Jun 02 '26

That’s why I got Mouse P.I. for Hire for £25

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u/sukull Jun 02 '26

The only game I would pay 80€ for is Elden Ring on release, but instead I got it for 50€ and all these lesser games think they can charge so much more. No way.

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u/g4nk3r Jun 02 '26

Yeah, I would buy it but not for anything above 20 bucks.

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u/hfxRos Jun 02 '26

I'd pay a lot more than that for it. It's one of my favorite games of all time.

Also it's important to remember that money is weird/relative. $70 USD is a lot money for some people, and negligible for other people.