There are people who doubt things are getting more expensive?

We did the price outrage a few months back. We're onto payment processing censorship. Keep up with the times, brah.

Is this how people convince themselves that they're not the last to grasp something? Convince themselves there's uninformed people they need to inform?

Originally posted by Dodece:

Just check out that Electronic Arts sale going on now. Compare what they are asking for today to what they were asking during the summer sale. The bounce is obviously real, and fixed pricing is not. Anyway congratulations to those who had the sense. To get some of those games when you could still get them literally for dirt cheap. You've got to love it when a sale feels like a price hike.

They can price things whatever they want, but at some point, people will stop buying and they'll be forced to discount or close shop.

Originally posted by Dodece:

For those who doubt that prices are going up.

Just check out that Electronic Arts sale going on now. Compare what they are asking for today to what they were asking during the summer sale. The bounce is obviously real, and fixed pricing is not. Anyway congratulations to those who had the sense. To get some of those games when you could still get them literally for dirt cheap. You've got to love it when a sale feels like a price hike.

EA fluctuates their discounts...

https://steamdb.info/app/1172380/

I haven't bought an EA game on their own platform. Even then, it's pretty old games that were classics.

I agree that sale prices and by extension normal game pricing does seem to be higher now. Of course there is a limit for any market, eventually people will limit their spending and change their behavior with higher prices being a driver factor.

However, this reflects broader market trends rather than simple price manipulation. This is true for many retail businesses including food and certainly for the leisure and hospitality sector. Inflation is always a thing, there is no escaping it and it has been high around the world for a long time and that will mean that increased operational costs are a reality. Are there changes too with digital distribution margins? Probably!

I think publishers are adjusting their baseline pricing for these kind of reasons. 'Sales' now often in my view represent a discount off a higher MSRP, not necessarily a return to historical lows.

Originally posted by Dodece:

Just check out that Electronic Arts sale going on now. Compare what they are asking for today to what they were asking during the summer sale. The bounce is obviously real, and fixed pricing is not. Anyway congratulations to those who had the sense. To get some of those games when you could still get them literally for dirt cheap. You've got to love it when a sale feels like a price hike.

Isn't that what this post was regarding .. ?

Its funny when sales are everywhere and they're always pitching the same thing "save x %!"

Well, ill save 100% if I just dont buy anything. Its boring but my backlog is around half my library.

Originally posted by Dodece:

Just check out that Electronic Arts sale going on now. Compare what they are asking for today to what they were asking during the summer sale.

The only proof of prices going up would be if the RRP increased. Do you have evidence of that?

Originally posted by Mr. Smiles:

There are people who doubt things are getting more expensive?

Shockingly enough there are a legion of such folks. Who legitimately think that inflation shouldn't and doesn't. Actually have an effect on the price of digital video games. They also believe that the way the industry has been running is forever. They can't even conceive of a future where prices. Don't continually race to rock bottom in a couple of years.

I run into these folks on the regular, but that's actually aside from my point. It isn't just that these prices are rising, but that they're rising by a lot, and in a short span of time. Had more bothered to look for themselves. They'd have realized how impressive the bump is. A lot of these supposedly deep discounts. Are now one hundred percent more expensive. Then just a few short weeks ago.

Originally posted by Chika Ogiue:

Originally posted by Dodece:

Just check out that Electronic Arts sale going on now. Compare what they are asking for today to what they were asking during the summer sale.

The only proof of prices going up would be if the RRP increased. Do you have evidence of that?

By who's definition yours. Who's buying at full price. This thread is about a sale, and for those of you. Who act like it's common knowledge. Here you go someone who doesn't believe.

Originally posted by Dodece:

Originally posted by Chika Ogiue:

The only proof of prices going up would be if the RRP increased. Do you have evidence of that?

By who's definition yours. Who's buying at full price. This thread is about a sale, and for those of you. Who act like it's common knowledge. Here you go someone who doesn't believe.

And so what it your point? You're acting like this is something new or out of the ordinary. It's neither. It also makes perfect sense that a company may desire to sell their product at a lower price during a highly publicized annual sale event than during a smaller and less notable event at a different point in time. It never ceases to amaze me how people feel the absolute need to be a Captain Obvious and act like they have discovered the secret to life itself.

I thought this was going to be a thread that mattered based on the title but its a clueless triple a gamer buying extremely overpriced ea trash meme games lol.

Originally posted by Dodece:

By who's definition yours. Who's buying at full price. This thread is about a sale, and for those of you. Who act like it's common knowledge. Here you go someone who doesn't believe.

The definitions of most advertising and fair trading standards agencies. Sale prices don't have to be the same all the time. A legally recognised price increase is that in which the standard non-discounted price increases. Ask a consumer affairs expert if you're struggling with this concept.