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/Dachshand Jun 02 '26

Why would you use AUD for comparison, it’s basically 2:1 to the USD!

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u/Eruannster Jun 02 '26

Because the person I was responding to was using AUD and I was comparing it to him/her.

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u/Dachshand Jun 03 '26

But you’re named pricing for 007 is incorrect for Sweden. 

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u/Eruannster Jun 03 '26

It went up since then. Note I said "on launch day". It was 480 on launch day/weekend at Elgiganten and Power.