New Xbox first-party games are going up in price later this year.

Xbox first party titles expected to hit $80 USD this holiday; Game Pass pricing currently unchanged.

    • @[email protected]English
      29•2 months ago

      The difference is: Microsoft and Sony 1st party titles go on sale and eventually come down in price over time.

      Nintendo first party titles are always full price, even for 5 year old games.

      • missingno
        3•2 months ago

        The discounts usually aren’t too steep, but games do go on sale periodically. DekuDeals is a fantastic resource for price tracking.

        • @[email protected]English
          2•2 months ago

          That’s fair… But the point I was more trying to make is that Breath of the Wild, an 8 year old game that has a sequel out, is currently full price. It went on sale earlier this year for 40% off.

          40% off a $70, 8 year old game is very different than 40% off an 8 year old game that was selling at $40-$50 without a sale.

      • @[email protected]English
        6•2 months ago

        Yup. The reality, while shitty, Microsoft still publishes games on multiple platforms (2 at minimum - PC and xbox). On PC, the games are sold on multiple storefronts with varying discounts and sales. Oblivion remastered just launched with a 17% discount on another store on PC for example.

        Nintendo has a complete monopoly on the platform they publish for and completely control the prices.

        For me, all these price increases are doing is moving me more towards PC. And to a larger degree off AAA titles all together.

        • missingno
          5•2 months ago

          Every game that has a physical release (and even some that don’t) does get sold by other retailers, and those retailers do regularly have sales.