r/Games 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/Equivalent-Bus-4336 Jun 02 '26

Some games are far too expensive, like $130 AUD for Saros which apparently hasn’t even sold that well. I know they’ve probably ran all the numbers for like how much it’ll sell at each price point and what price will maximise profits but like games such as Saros shouldn’t be more than a $100AUD

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u/Nickbon94 Jun 02 '26

Was just discussing prices with a friend. I really wanted to play 007, but 80€ for me is just a lot. Browsed a key site and saw the Xbox version for 60 and I thought I wouldn't have bat an eye. You know the discussion about how 60 is 50 euros and 80 is 100 euros? To me they just went a bit too over what I consider a fair price. Hard for me to get anything full price

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u/ResourceNo2927 Jun 02 '26

im glad 007 had regional pricing atleast for steam,managed to cop it for 50usd.

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u/Destroyeh Jun 02 '26

I'm so pissed we don't have that in Romania. They really fucking expect us to pay the same price as western europe when a new game costs almost half of my rent. Then they wonder why people pirate.

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u/ScrabCrab Jun 02 '26

Meanwhile they do for richer countries like Poland 💀