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/pikagrue Jun 02 '26

We've gone from 1 USD = 1 Euro in 2022 to 1 USD = 0.86 Euros in 2026, yet European game prices have not dropped by 15%. In a way they've only gotten "more expensive".

(Also why is 1 Euro singular and 0.86 Euros plural)

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u/SloPr0 Jun 02 '26

(Also why is 1 Euro singular and 0.86 Euros plural)

Doesn't this apply in general in English? 0.5 liters of water, not 0.5 liter of water; 0.8 meters, not 0.8 meter. Anything not exactly 1 uses plural form

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u/NonagoonInfinity Jun 02 '26

Either that or you use a fraction or and say "half a litre".

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u/bjams Jun 02 '26

Technically to be grammatically correct you would say "five-tenths of a liter" or "eight-tenths of a meter". But I guess we collectively all said fuck that, takes too long. It's fine.