Why so expensive skyrim after two years? :(

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juanjo11

Discuss (Fuck Bethesda)

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BloodEmblem

Because.. it sells?

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musical

+1 to this. If Bethesda know that Skyrim will continue to sell at or near its full price, they will continue to do so until its popularity peaks or until a new Elder Scrolls game is released.

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SpankyPie

+1 to the +1. At the rate the DLC's/expansions are going, it's gonna be around for a while.

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Tobio

+1 to the +1 to the +1

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spartanss300

We need to go deeper.

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Khalaq

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The price on (vanilla) Skyrim will drop when they come out with a GOTY version which includes all the DLC. In other words, the price will drop when people no longer are willing to pay the current price. (See Morrowind and Oblivion prices for an example of that.)

Hmm... Looks like we need to go even deeper.

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EmeraldKithkin

I say it hasn't lowered because the next Elder Scrolls it not yet upon us. Perhaps Elder Scrolls Online will have... Microstransactions.

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Khalaq

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OK, not that deep.

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ThirdSketch

Skyrim outsold Oblivion the first day. It'll take some time, and by then everybody owns it anyways.

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HustlaOG

This. Same goes for COD's.

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AzatothAU

COD MW 2 is still $90 on Steam in Australia. Which make you wonder about their regional pricing policy since I don't think you can actually buy it here for even close to high a price lmao. Yet I am sure they still make sales:)

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beziko

Why so expensive StarCraft 2 after more than 2 years?

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gigapudding

Because blizzard

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AssassinDeity

Yep, Blizzard rarely makes any price changes to any of their latest games from what I've seen

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o0scottyd0o

$38 is expensive??

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beziko

Yeah? Huh.

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xYorYx

$38 = 55.87 levs (BGN). The minimal wage is 310 leva or $210.86

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S0uLKe3peR

So true.

Dano se wdignat dohodite shtoto inache she qdem chepa s teq ceni...

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o0scottyd0o

i will agree that it may be a fair bit in your country, i get extra taxed so it prob wouldnt straight convert like that (this was AUD price in a store and we have to pay an extra 30-40% on most electronics and video games that are imported in from overseas). but considering i would have to pay 3 times that price for any new call of duty game (not that i ever would anymore) i consider it cheap. (for example, the last one was $128)

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chairmankao

Basic economics.

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DrDudePhD

Yep, offer and demand =)

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Gruntp

The supply is endless, or did I miss something?

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TG123

Yes but not the demand.

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Brandongl

Skyrim been out for like 14 months
not 2 years

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Dreakon13

Came in to say that lol.

Came out in November 2011. It isn't November 2013 yet.

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Misanthrope3

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theRealPadster

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SomebodyNowhere

That's just what I was thinking when I saw the title for the thread.

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PumiButt

Because fuck you, that's why.

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venomblade

I can't think of a more logical reason than this.

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cxiong93

because you still want to buy it

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maurih1games

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kjzcrew

Juanjo11 just mad because after 2 years, he couldnt save up $60 to buy the game. UMADBRO? its been 2 years...

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mangenkyo

2 years!?? WHUT!

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Tarsier

Because people seem to think newer is better, and Skyrim is the most recently released TES game.
Of course, Oblivion was better. And Daggerfall. Morrowin(d) was good, even if I hated running out of Stamina trying to get somewhere at a decent speed or dodge attacks. Arena, well, it was a framework for Daggerfall, as far as I'm concerned. It can get away with being mediocre.

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Dreakon13

I actually really disliked Oblivion. It wasn't a bad game, but between the monotony of being forced into like 20 very similar Oblivion gates to complete the main quest (as well as the monotonous Thieves Guild questline)... it really struggled to keep my interest. Dark Brotherhood was pretty fun, the rest was meh. The story as a whole wasn't particularly thrilling.

Skyrim however I hit 100 hours before even realizing it. Which is a lot to me.

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Tarsier

Technically you only need to go in the Kvatch gate and the Bruma gate, IIRC. It makes the Bruma fight harder, but odds are you're a physical god by then. All wilderness and unlisted city gates are optional, though they give you useful Sigil Stones.
I agree with the Thieves Guild point though, that was dull. I liked the conclusion though.

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mawerickmc

because they are making more money this way than would do otherwise. (when demand for Skyrim will decrease enough, they will lower the price, and another wave of buyers will explode). And i'm happy for them, as they deserve all the money they make

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Lorkhan

They have no reason to lower the price and they shouldn't.

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lucidus

It doesn't have much to say for competition and it still tops the charts at even $40 so they have no incentive to further reduce the price. GMG had an excellent price for it recently, I think it was for $24 after coupons?

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AntLion

Two years? I think it's only been one year and one month. If you still haven't bought Skyrim, it's better to wait for GOTY Edition.

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Ritardog

more importantly, why have u won dota2 more than one time?

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knsys

^ this

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Lorkhan

Nice observation doppelganger!

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BloodEmblem

hahahaha oh god

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GMK

because he sold them all, that's why

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Matrixomega

wowsers ^^

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rogii

^suspension incoming

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vidmavidma

+1.

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Solnaga

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WSS

He probably misread the second one and thought its skyrim

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MaNs1nH0

It's Skyrim! You know? The game everybody wants?

Thanks for Skyrim? :D

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dedecou

Because Bethseda doesn't care about you.

They only care about you giving them money.
And even with that price, people still buys Skyrim a lot.

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Tarsier

This is why I prefer Black Isle's descendants, Troika and Obsidian. At least they patch their games whenever they're horribly broken. Which is always.
They do care about the community, though.

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Lorkhan

Except when they go bankrupt.

... Too soon?

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dedecou

Hasn't Troika been closed down?
And there is inXile too. Since Brian Fargo worked on Fallout.

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Gridlock

Troika Games was closed down back in 2005.

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DBG

Black Isle is back too, but it's not the same Black Isle of course. Also Project Eternity looks like it has a much better chance of actually getting to market than Project V13 (I didn't invest in either of them but crowd-sourcing FTW?). Hell I only moderately care for South Park but I'll likely end up buying "The Stick of Truth" after watching some behind the scenes videos on Game Informer's site.

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Jack101yo

its 50% off on steam right now

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Purice

they need money for TES Online ! :O

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cxiong93

wait, they are free?

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SentoX

They aren't, it's just that you can't get them on Steam unless you buy the pack that has the newer GTA titles as well.

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Lorkhan

They are free elsewhere. As are Elder Scrolls 1 and 2, Red Alert 1 and the list goes on ...

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SentoX

You can't "buy" them on Steam, they have been added to Steam as a Bonus that you get for free when you buy the Pack, the pack doesn't cost more because of it.

Edit: I guess you want them to be added as Free to Play games so that you don't have to buy the GTA pack and still have GTA 1 and 2 in your library.. i don't understand why though.. they are free, just download them elsewhere.

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Lorkhan

I know. I never claimed you could buy them on steam, that's why I said elsewhere.

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SentoX

The way you said it made it seem like "They are free elsewhere, why not on Steam", sorry for the confusion ^^

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