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Why does the PC gaming industry still use such deceptive pricing? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Battlefield 2042 is $60 right now. One of my friends on Steam plays Battlefield 2042 and I thought hey, that would be pretty cool to play with him. I'm sure it wouldn't be that much because that game came out a long time ago and was extremely poorly received and like, I'm sure it would be really easy to buy that game or get it now since it's been so long and again, very low reviews. The game is $60!! But when it goes on sale, it's like 8$, so 80% off. Truly unbelievable. Why do they do this? Like, they're basically trying to kill the game or something because no one in their right mind would pay $60 for this game, so 90% of the time when it's not on sale, no one buys it or wants to try it out... Also, lots of old games that are "on sale" constantly for like $5 and the base price is 40-60$, so it makes it seem like SUCH a good deal, when in reality, the value has just depreciated...

They never seem to lower the base cost of anything, making it deceptive. Is it really 80% off of a $60 game if no one in their right f*cking mind would pay that much for it ever?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Can you not get it from a key reseller? As long as your buying it above the minimum sale price it's probably legit.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As well as OP’s problems getting dud keys, I would warn that key resellers often contribute to the pickpocketing industry.

Tourist gets lost in Indonesia, kid grabs his wallet. In the time between then and when the tourist calls their bank, the kid buys as many legitimate keys of Game XYZ as he can using the tourist’s credit card, and sells them to G2A.

The bank refunds the fraudulent transactions, but even if the key retailer (eg, Greenmangaming) reports the transactions to the game dev, the dev is often pressured to not revoke the keys since it just leads to poor press off later customers that believe themselves “legitimate” for spending money on the game.

Sites like isthereanydeal.com give more legitimate tracking info and avoid key-sharing sites; the copies sold were obtained directly from publishers. They can also give price history to give you an idea of whether the game will go on sale again soon.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yeh, I dislike them, but in situations like this, would probably look at using one.

I avoid the ones where you buy from a user. (Can't remember which ones I have used, don't use them often)

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago

I've used CD keys and G2A in the past and had keys failed to work because they had already been used. Lukewarm customer service on both. I don't know if I would trust that