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Xbox sale round-up December 19th, 2023

gothmoges759,909

Posted on 20 December 23 at 14:16, Edited on 20 December 23 at 14:20 by gothmoges
HUN playmore said:
Nave Sutlef said:
Latinfla4 said:
they realize the non bc 360 games are going off the market right?
They’d rather nickel and dime the few willing to pay full price than discount them for the majority who won’t.

Corporate greed.
The issue with old content is a sale wouldn't make a difference. For example how many more people would buy the TR Legend DLC if it was half off? It is a 2006 game. The few full price sales will make more money than two more at half price. With that said there is the possibility of a big sale on last week. There is really no reason to do it before.
I think the most probable reason is that publishers (the ones that are still in business, anyway) don't even care about those titles anymore. Once a title has made its commercial cycle it gets out of support, and there's probably no one responsible for old titles marketing; in the best of the cases, the games are just sitting there in the store or there's an agreed cyclical sale; worst case, they get delisted in case of expiring license or explotation rights.

Sale or no sale, those old games or dlcs will just make them peanuts.

Allgorhythm653,914

Posted on 20 December 23 at 15:06
Euler13 said:
Still no Baulder's Gate 3 in the sales yet?
If anything, after the GOTY announcement, it's a wonder Larian didn't raise prices.
HUN playmore1,974,579

Posted on 20 December 23 at 15:06
gothmoges said:
HUN playmore said:
Nave Sutlef said:
Latinfla4 said:
they realize the non bc 360 games are going off the market right?
They’d rather nickel and dime the few willing to pay full price than discount them for the majority who won’t.

Corporate greed.
The issue with old content is a sale wouldn't make a difference. For example how many more people would buy the TR Legend DLC if it was half off? It is a 2006 game. The few full price sales will make more money than two more at half price. With that said there is the possibility of a big sale on last week. There is really no reason to do it before.
I think the most probable reason is that publishers (the ones that are still in business, anyway) don't even care about those titles anymore. Once a title has made its commercial cycle it gets out of support, and there's probably no one responsible for old titles marketing; in the best of the cases, the games are just sitting there in the store or there's an agreed cyclical sale; worst case, they get delisted in case of expiring license or explotation rights.

Sale or no sale, those old games or dlcs will just make them peanuts.
Well, yeah. It is very likely these games don't make more than a thousand dollars each year for a long time now. A sale or not doesn't really change anything and even if it did it would still be nothing, even for a smaller company.
Latinfla41,416,728

Posted on 20 December 23 at 15:17, Edited on 20 December 23 at 15:24 by Latinfla4
HUN playmore said:
gothmoges said:
HUN playmore said:
Nave Sutlef said:
Latinfla4 said:
they realize the non bc 360 games are going off the market right?
They’d rather nickel and dime the few willing to pay full price than discount them for the majority who won’t.

Corporate greed.
The issue with old content is a sale wouldn't make a difference. For example how many more people would buy the TR Legend DLC if it was half off? It is a 2006 game. The few full price sales will make more money than two more at half price. With that said there is the possibility of a big sale on last week. There is really no reason to do it before.
I think the most probable reason is that publishers (the ones that are still in business, anyway) don't even care about those titles anymore. Once a title has made its commercial cycle it gets out of support, and there's probably no one responsible for old titles marketing; in the best of the cases, the games are just sitting there in the store or there's an agreed cyclical sale; worst case, they get delisted in case of expiring license or explotation rights.

Sale or no sale, those old games or dlcs will just make them peanuts.
Well, yeah. It is very likely these games don't make more than a thousand dollars each year for a long time now. A sale or not doesn't really change anything and even if it did it would still be nothing, even for a smaller company.
from a marketing standpoint If the ips are just sitting there why not put them on sale for some money instead of no money?
its like the ACA neogeo games that haven't had sales for a long time b4 they some used to be 3.99 in sales...guarantee if some went on sale again they would make more money than they do now(I know they are xbox 1 games but it is valid example of devs just sitting on their ips and hoping for sales here and there at full price)
now look at something like the Friday the 13th game...soon to be delisted lowered ro 5 dollars and probably made more money with that sale than if it stayed at regular price
if u have ez games on your gamercard dont b a hypocrite and stop others from enjoying the same games and try not 2 spend more than 4 dollars for them
DriftRanger196,099

Posted on 20 December 23 at 19:15
Corporate Greed. smh. Prices are high because people pay them. When that stops happening, companies maximize shareholder value (as they are obligated to do) by putting things on sale.

Because of the comments here I got Sifu for $16 and Atom RPG Supporter for $5, so thanks for that. In the big sale I got Callisto Deluxe for $27, RE4 Deluxe for $42, Hogwarts Deluxe for $40, and Batman Arkham collection for $8. I hope I get to play a couple over the holidays.
gothmoges759,909

Posted on 21 December 23 at 14:29
Latinfla4 said:
HUN playmore said:
gothmoges said:
HUN playmore said:
Nave Sutlef said:
Latinfla4 said:
they realize the non bc 360 games are going off the market right?
They’d rather nickel and dime the few willing to pay full price than discount them for the majority who won’t.

Corporate greed.
The issue with old content is a sale wouldn't make a difference. For example how many more people would buy the TR Legend DLC if it was half off? It is a 2006 game. The few full price sales will make more money than two more at half price. With that said there is the possibility of a big sale on last week. There is really no reason to do it before.
I think the most probable reason is that publishers (the ones that are still in business, anyway) don't even care about those titles anymore. Once a title has made its commercial cycle it gets out of support, and there's probably no one responsible for old titles marketing; in the best of the cases, the games are just sitting there in the store or there's an agreed cyclical sale; worst case, they get delisted in case of expiring license or explotation rights.

Sale or no sale, those old games or dlcs will just make them peanuts.
Well, yeah. It is very likely these games don't make more than a thousand dollars each year for a long time now. A sale or not doesn't really change anything and even if it did it would still be nothing, even for a smaller company.
from a marketing standpoint If the ips are just sitting there why not put them on sale for some money instead of no money?
its like the ACA neogeo games that haven't had sales for a long time b4 they some used to be 3.99 in sales...guarantee if some went on sale again they would make more money than they do now(I know they are xbox 1 games but it is valid example of devs just sitting on their ips and hoping for sales here and there at full price)
now look at something like the Friday the 13th game...soon to be delisted lowered ro 5 dollars and probably made more money with that sale than if it stayed at regular price
That's a slightly different case imo. Delisting due to licenses might find the game still in an 'alive' state from the point of view of marketing or support. Games from 15 years ago...

Think about it like the stuff that goes into a box in the basement. Years pass by, you rarely look through it, and most of the time, it never comes out again unless for being thrown again without even looking at it.
Latinfla41,416,728

Posted today at 20:14
gothmoges said:
Latinfla4 said:
HUN playmore said:
gothmoges said:
HUN playmore said:
Nave Sutlef said:
Latinfla4 said:
they realize the non bc 360 games are going off the market right?
They’d rather nickel and dime the few willing to pay full price than discount them for the majority who won’t.

Corporate greed.
The issue with old content is a sale wouldn't make a difference. For example how many more people would buy the TR Legend DLC if it was half off? It is a 2006 game. The few full price sales will make more money than two more at half price. With that said there is the possibility of a big sale on last week. There is really no reason to do it before.
I think the most probable reason is that publishers (the ones that are still in business, anyway) don't even care about those titles anymore. Once a title has made its commercial cycle it gets out of support, and there's probably no one responsible for old titles marketing; in the best of the cases, the games are just sitting there in the store or there's an agreed cyclical sale; worst case, they get delisted in case of expiring license or explotation rights.

Sale or no sale, those old games or dlcs will just make them peanuts.
Well, yeah. It is very likely these games don't make more than a thousand dollars each year for a long time now. A sale or not doesn't really change anything and even if it did it would still be nothing, even for a smaller company.
from a marketing standpoint If the ips are just sitting there why not put them on sale for some money instead of no money?
its like the ACA neogeo games that haven't had sales for a long time b4 they some used to be 3.99 in sales...guarantee if some went on sale again they would make more money than they do now(I know they are xbox 1 games but it is valid example of devs just sitting on their ips and hoping for sales here and there at full price)
now look at something like the Friday the 13th game...soon to be delisted lowered ro 5 dollars and probably made more money with that sale than if it stayed at regular price
That's a slightly different case imo. Delisting due to licenses might find the game still in an 'alive' state from the point of view of marketing or support. Games from 15 years ago...

Think about it like the stuff that goes into a box in the basement. Years pass by, you rarely look through it, and most of the time, it never comes out again unless for being thrown again without even looking at it.
true...guess I am looking at it through a game preservationist p.o.v.
if the original devs/publishers cant be bothered to put an iP on sale then why should I be bothered to give them full price for a game they might have forgotten about?
if u have ez games on your gamercard dont b a hypocrite and stop others from enjoying the same games and try not 2 spend more than 4 dollars for them

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