I’m not paying $80 for this game.

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    I believe it’s $70 USD on PS5 not $80, However it’s $60 on Steam and GoG for PC. Keep in mind PS5’s, and consoles in general are sold at a loss and make up for it from game sales.

    Wait for a sale.

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        The revenue split is the same (30%) on Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox, which seems like the number that should matter to the publisher.

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        So what?

        They sold consoles at a loss to begin with, they overcharge for games to make up for it and people ‘happily’ paid it. Just because they cost less now, they still need to make up for the loss they accrued when they were selling at a loss. When they truly break even on the costs, why would they lower the price? If people have been paying $70 for new games, why would they drop the price when their costs go down.

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      That shouldn’t really effect anything but first party titles. Larian don’t care about Sony’s loss on the machine.

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        Sony takes a cut of all game sales, not just first party. Larian probably got a better deal with Steam and GoG than Sony and are passing the costs onto console players.

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          Yeah, but Larian shouldn’t care if Sony get 30% of £50 or £70 to make up their PS5 losses.

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            If Larian sets the price at £50, they make £35 per sale. If Larian sets the price at £70, they make £49 per sale.

            Larian cares, because Larian wants to make money.

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    You can always for a sale. The game (imo) is absolutely worth the price tag. I mean COD comes out every year and now includes a premium battle pass on top of the regular battle pass, not to mention the $20 skins sold separately.

    If you like these types of CRPGs, this one is hard to beat.

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      Comparing it to COD, a game I don’t even play doesn’t make it better.

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        As the other comment mentioned, I’m saying it’s getting harder and harder to find well designed games that dont include a plethora of microtransactions. So, yes, BG3 is full priced AAA game but you get a complete game unlike many games coming out (see RedFall, Gollum, and Forspoken to just name a few).

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          See the problem here? Micro transactions, or charge extra for not having micro transactions… either way- you’re paying more than you should.

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                It’s as arbitrary a number as anything else. Games used to be $50 in the sixth gen, and N64 games in the generation before that could cost as much as $90. We first switched to $60 games in the mid 00s, and if you adjust for inflation, that would mean games today should cost $90, all other things being equal, but not everything is. The average game, and especially Baldur’s Gate 3, is way bigger now than it used to be. Those non-inflation-adjusted $90 N64 games and $50 PS1 games were made by about 20 people as opposed to Baldur’s Gate 3’s 400. If the game isn’t worth $70 or $80 to you (there is a $70 version, FYI, but you seemingly only saw the deluxe edition), then you can wait for a sale or play a cheaper game, but I do believe they’re charging what the game is worth, if not underpricing it. I know I bought Elden Ring for $60 and felt like I’d rarely ever gotten that much value out of a game before; and value goes well beyond how long the game is.

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          Nah, it’s pretty easy to avoid games with microtransactions. You’re just listing the games with the most marketing, but those are also the games most likely to have microtransactions because they know they’ve got you in the hype cycle. If you look a little bit outside of that bubble, the next closest games are most likely to earn your dollar just by making a good product.

          EDIT: Also, what about Forspoken is “incomplete”?

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        Right, but while I don’t want to speak on behalf of the original commenter, I’m sure what they’re trying to get across is the value, with the comparison of COD charging the base cost plus DLC plus skins, whereas Balder’s Gate is a one time purchase of $80, and that’s it.

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    Probably not. I haven’t seen a single major AAA release on this console that was not $69.99 minimum. It’s the one reason I still buy games on my PC if they are cross platform even tho the PS5 is better spec wise; they’re usually $10 cheaper.

    Edit: Well now I can’t say this because I am looking at Armored Core 6, which just came out, being only $59.99.

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    You are really gonna feel bad when the price for such a game was 39.99. This is just the way it works friend. When you get older some kid is going to be saying the same thing but 79.99 will be the pricepoint.

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          I’m 51. I don’t need to be older. Nor do I need some random clown on the internet judging me because I have an opinion on the cost of games.

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            Read your comment again. You are outraged because someone made a completely valid assumption bases on the information you gave. Truley someone that old wouldn’t be that angry about it would they? You are really just reaffirming that you are a kid masquerading as someone older by being this upset.

            The point of my comment wasn’t even about your age. It was that this is how things go in general.

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    I am not a console gamer. But afaik the extra money you have to pay goes not towards Larian. It’s a toll that Sony collects for allowing the game to be released on their system.
    I return you get easy to use hardware for a somewhat decent price.

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      for a somewhat decent price.

      Well, that’s the thing: With the additional cost of games, it’s not really more affordable. You cannot use the hardware for anything but expensive games.

      With just 5 games, that’s already $100 more than the same games on PC would have cost.
      Depending on how many games you’re going to buy, you could spend hundreds more on the PC’s hardware and it’d still be cheaper overall.

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        Depends from how many games you want to buy during the life span of your console. If you are happy with one or two games, and only interested in Singleplayer then go cheaper with a Playstation, Xbox or Switch.
        If you need assistance in using a full flegded Desktop Environment you could even buy a few games more because you will never need to call an IT professional to reinstall your Console after you clicked to wrong link in the internet ;)

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      Steam and GOG also take 30%. Nintendo, Microsoft, Google, and Apple too for that matter. The only exception is Epic who takes IIRC 12%?

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        FWIW the Steam cut is lower for games that sell well. It’s probably below 25% for BG3 overall.

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        Yep, correct. Steam and Gog charge a provision of 30% on every sale.
        Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo als charge this 30% on Top of that they chage a toll for releasing your game. And they charge you if you want to play online with the console you already payed.

        Epic is not a good comparison here because they are subsidized by chinese money.

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          Tencent is a very prolific investor as has been pointed out. The way this is phrased also comes across a bit xenophobic. Please keep that in mind when commenting further. Thanks

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            Sorry mate.
            I did not intend to be xenophibic.

            Let’s just state that the money comes from the same un- democratic country that also brought us Tiktok

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          You know all these companies have investments from the same Chinese company, right?

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        Nope, they can’t. Because they have signed contracts that allow them access to the build tools for Playstation, and require them to pay the fee in return. There is no way to avoid it, becuase Sony will sue you if your “pirate- relase” a game for Playstation.

        If you want to see an abusive party here, your finger must point to the Console developer.

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    Absolutely correct imo. Although bg looks great, the company behind it is also not known for their decency iirc.

    Maybe consider sailing the high seas my friend.

    Edit: I am not talking about Larian studios but the IP holder, Wizards of the Coast. They’re know for their less than stellar trackrecord.

    https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-dd-world-is-on-fire-right-now-and-wizards-of-the-coast-can-only-blame-itself/1100-6510643/