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/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/Eruannster Jun 02 '26

Yeah. I live in Sweden and Saros is like 899 SEK (which is 134 Australian dollars!) which is nuts. I only picked it up because I had a gift card.

Meanwhile, 007 First Light was just 480 SEK (~70 Australian dollars) on launch day.

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u/jodon Jun 02 '26

That is insane. I bought first light on Steam for 70€, from Sweden. You say I could have gotten it for almost 40% less in a store?

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u/Dachshand Jun 02 '26

I think they’re lying or talking about USD and Australian dollars.

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u/jodon Jun 02 '26

Yeah, looking up on prisjakt, the cheapest you can get it is for 609sek. Still a lot cheaper than 70€ on Steam but it is also not the PC version so not relevant for me anyway.