What games do you think are ridiculously overpriced?

[Kovlak]

I see some games whose price leave me dumbfounded.

Project Arms for the Switch costing $41 in a sale?! WTF is that?

Also Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age still costing $20 in sales. It's a game which was revolutionary in some ways at the time, but it's also 20 years old or something... Even Final Fantasy XV Royal Edition costs less than that on sale, with heaps of DLC.

Pokemon Z-A with the DLC costing $100 is also quite shocking given how weak the overall package seems to be.

There are some crazy prices around for games.

 

[NOTthatHARD]

I see some games whose price leave me dumbfounded.

Project Arms for the Switch costing $41 in a sale?!

Also Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age still costing $20 in sales. It's a game which was revolutionary in some ways at the time, but it's also 21 years old or something... Even Final Fantasy XV Royal Edition costs less than that on sale, with heaps of DLC.

Pokemon Z-A with the DLC costing $100 is also quite shocking given how weak the overall package seems to be.

There are some crazy prices around for games.

Pretty much every single modern AAA an AA game right now is overpriced; most modern games are so bad that any price over 10$ is too much.

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Also yes, the price for Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age and Pokemon Z-A is ridiculous, $20 for a 20 years old game and $100 for a pokemon game is an insult.

 

[Kovlak]

Also yes, the price for Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age and Pokemon Z-A is ridiculous, $20 for a 20 years old game and $100 for a pokemon game is an insult.

Out of sale Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age is $50. Almost as much it cost for the PS2 at release. It's a pretty good game, but it's 20 years old and outdated. Crazy stuff.

 

[NOTthatHARD]

Out of sale Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age is $50. Almost as much it costed brand new for the PS2. Crazy stuff.

That is even worse. Crazy indeed.

 

[vulonkaaz's iconvulonkaaz]

all of them

 

[Zerohour2k12]

Most if not all.

 

[What's His Face]

Kuon. It's a poor game with a badly translated script and bad controls. It only inflated in price when some dork realized it was made by FromSoft. Not worth $50, not worth $1,400.

Persona (PS1). It's a good game, but it is NOT a $400 game.

Final Fantasy I-VI Collection Pixel Remaster (PS4). Just saw this is going for $700. What.

Crusader of Centy (Genesis). $2,000. I mean, yeah, it's a decent game and all...BUT NOT THAT DECENT.

Magic Knight Rayearth (Saturn). $900. Sure, it's, like, the final Saturn game in the US, but holy crappola...!

Aero Fighters (SNES). $3,700. What is it make out of, 100% pure Rhodium!??!

 

[Doomsday519]

Yeah, to me a lot are overpriced. Why my Steam wishlist only gets bigger cuz even with heavy discounts the games i want don't seem worth it to buy.

 

[SolemnlyDoc]

Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild came out almost 9 years ago, it is still $60. Horizon Zero Dawn came out almost 8 years ago, and it is still $50. That's not including deluxe editions or anything like that, just base game. My problem is less with new games being so expensive and more about old games not getting marked down nearly a decade later.

 

[What's His Face]

Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild came out almost 9 years ago, it is still $60. Horizon Zero Dawn came out almost 8 years ago, and it is still $50. That's not including deluxe editions or anything like that, just base game. My problem is less with new games being so expensive and more about old games not getting marked down nearly a decade later.

It's rare to see 1st party Nintendo games going on sale. Almost like they're price-fixing like they did in the 80's.

 

[Doomsday519]

Yeah, to me a lot are overpriced. Why my Steam wishlist only gets bigger cuz even with heavy discounts the games i want don't seem worth it to buy.

Oh and I forgot I've seen a good variety of horror video games online specifically running a couple hundred USD minimum. I don't know about all of that...

 

[polter99]

Any games published by team who doesn't believe in regional pricing. It's the Voldemort of video game industry.

Any "collector" or "cult classic" or "modern audience realize this game exist" games as commenter above said.

Any games that is the key to jailbreaking a system. (Cubic Ninja, PS4 .lua Games, Star Wars Racer, etc etc)

And Sonic 2 with a line.

 

[Jayonnaise6105 Jayonnaise6105]

The games that get scalped into oblivion are the ones that bug me the most. People who buy from Limited Run Games just to resell them on eBay, 20+ year old retro games etc.

I think most games have a price I can agree on though. Like, Gotham Knights wasn't the most amazing game in the world, but I had a really good time with it for the $15 I paid for it. I'd have been much harsher on it if I paid full retail price.

 

[Dark_Fact]

99% of Turbografx 16 games are ludicrously priced.

 

[bjork]

Square Tax and Nintendo Tax and Pokemon Tax have been a thing forever, though.

Secondary market was so good before ebay became a thing, those were the good old days. Everything after, all wild unless you luck out.

 

[Muftie2809]

I don't even own games anymore as I literally emulate pretty much most of the thing. But if I had to say, maybe (almost) every recent Mario games are overpriced? I mean, Nintendo being Nintendo to milk their own franchise with practically the same genre every single release and stuffs. Not sure how much it is, I don't even own Switch, but I'm pretty sure it's way too overpriced. Who knows.

 

[MrMann]

Honestly, any game... i couldn't care less about industry costs, even pre-$70/80.
I just don't have that kind of money. I like to believe someone shouldn't be excluded from culture by lack of resources.

i remember when triple A games were $50. I always waited a couple years as a laggard to buy them for less than 40% of the original price in a sale.

It also has the benefit of hindsight, since most reviewers are shills, politically inclined to give a biased rating regardless of quality and or straight up corrupt.
By waiting years, naturally all problems filter away and a more sincere set of reviewers come out and make it out of love for the medium.

 

[petran79]

fighting games are expensive too for online play. On one hand you are not forced to buy extra characters but for online play you must learn how to face them and they are not available in training mode either.

150+ euro for Sf6, Tekken 8, Mortal Kombat etc is way too much.As for SF, double the sum if you want extra stages and costumes.

DOA5-6 it ain't but it comes close

 

[Elwiwi]

Everyone that is more than 60 bucks regardless of quality or publisher

 

[Priimillion]

you think thats bad? try buying a copy of Snatcher on Sega CD or Panzer Dragoon Saga. both games go for $1000

 

[Vexicrypt]

If we count retro market, then pretty much any PS1-PS2 survival horror title that some youtubers claimed to be a hidden gem, therefore caused significant price spikes in already crazy expensive market. There are also random things like Tail Concerto that goes for 500 to 2000$ on Ebay for no reason except its a part of the furry fandom or something. I liked that game but its pretty short and inconsistent in its gameplay, so even if you cut the cult classic side out, it still doesn't worth anything near that price.

 

[dropsmegamega]

Plenty of old games distributed by Interplay actually raised their price on both steam and GOG to 20 USD. Games like Lionheart, Citizen Kabuto, Messiah, Toonstruck, etc. Sacrifice is even more expensive going for 25 USD. We are talking about 20yr old games that don't even run that well on modern PCs. They also almost never get discount and when they do is never more than 20%. Literally insane.

 

[Xold 01]

BomWelcome to Brazil

 

[BrawlMan]

Any AAA game going for the price of $70-$80. Especially if the previous games beforehand were or are still selling well.

we count retro market, then pretty much any PS1-PS2 survival horror title that some youtubers claimed to be a hidden gem, therefore caused significant price spikes in already crazy expensive market.

Even certain PS2 action games either have or are still going up in price. That even includes the ones that did sell well. Gungrave and Gungrave Overdose costing more than $50 is outrageous. The first game sold well enough and shouldn't cost more than $10. I got that game all the way back in 2007 for $5. Overdose is worth even less and shouldn't be bought at all.

God Hand they're charging $100 at most places now. It wasn't the best selling game in the world, but it still met the demands for what was expected back when it released. I actually got the game for free, because the guy who had it didn't want it.Any more and knew I like watching youtube videos of it back in 2008.

 

[Xold 01]

Another game in Brazil