Capcom Has Officially Raised Its Prices With The Arrival Of Dragon's Dogma 2

Good on them for treating the UK pricing fairly. It's something I guess.

Any game over £50 at launch certainly affects my chances of day 1 purchasing. In fact it probably reduces my chance of playing Day 1, even month 1 to Zero.

The fact is that Games will drop in price and 'day 1' is when they cost the most - just because they are 'new' and relying on FOMO and Hype to maximise profit margins. Games may 'look' prettier on 'newer' hardware, but aren't offering 'better' stories, game-play etc than we had 10yrs+ ago - games like Dead Space, BioShock or Mass Effect for example.

As such, I can wait for games like Dragon's Dogma 2 to drop in price as I have thousands of other games I can play - all those in my Backlog, all those offered in Sales/Subscription services etc. I'd rather play games I have or can pick up in a sale than buy a Game day 1 these days - especially as the 'Day 1' experience is also when the game is often at its weakest/worst and/or missing features/content that will get patched and/or finished post launch...

I would probably wait for a price drop normally, but Dragons Dogma 2 is a game I have wanted for ages so am going to be weak and still buy day one…

And on the other side of the coin it's €75/$95 CAD

The lower UK-price is odd. Have Capcom forgotten that the standard USA price tag of $70 does not include tax?

Honestly the price increase doesn't effect me at all. 90% of games release in bad shape and take a few weeks or months of patches before they become good. I'd rather wait a while and end up spending less on a game that plays better.

i have to really want a game to pay more than $20. maybe, just maybe star wars outlaws.

Eh, I can always wait on a sale. The first one was fun enough but I don't need to rush out day 1.

Luckily like many others, Capcom's Steam prices are lower than consoles and £53.98, whilst a bit weird, is still a good price

I bought Dragon’s Dogma 1 for £4.20 a few months back. Great game.

I’ll be playing this when it’s under £20, all patched up and has DLC.

@BAMozzy I couldn't have said it better myself.

Did you have to go and point out the 'cheaper' price in the UK, @Kezelpaso? You just know that it was a mistake that will now be amended. They'll probably bump it up to over £70 now too, just to recoup any monies already spent on the 'cheaper' UK copies... 🤣

The main reason that I still like to buy Day One games is to get the pre-order incentives. Some times they're worth it, more often than not they aren't. It's a bad habit that I'd like to break, but I simply have no will power... 😂

Dragons Dogma was a niche game.

This seems like an almost guaranteed way to be sure it is even more niche.

As excited as I was, guess I'll be waiting for a decent price drop. As is my practice with any game that launches like this.

@BAMozzy Which is why Game Pass is the gift that keeps on giving. The more games on Game Pass for me the easier on the ol' wallet.

Otherwise, I will absolutely wait for a price drop.

£70 you say… suddenly feel my gaming backlog calling.

@Kaloudz it' Game Pass's fault i heard.

You have to remember that this affects discounted digital sales. For example 50% of a £70 is £35 instead of the old £30….

@TanaDax Exactly, let the game cool off until you get it for a bargain on sale, same game with all the bugs fixed for a fraction of the cost.

A lot of people didn’t grow up with games in the 80s and 90s, or don’t remember, when the MSRP on a game was truly just a suggestion to retailers. You can find scans of Toys R Us or Babbages selling stuff like Killer Instinct for $85+. That has to be equal to $100+ in today’s economy.

Not saying $70 is great, but it could be much worse!

I will never pay £60 for a new videogame. ESPECIALLY not a digital version I can't even borrow or sell to someone.

I can wait for it to go 40%+ off.

70 plus the cost of the obligatory season pass most big games tend to launch with. But it's not that huge a hike considering inflation in general, and I very rarely buy new releases, so for it's meh

@Kaloudz indeed, and I see they have a bundle of games for December as well.

The gift that keeps on giving!

I am super excited for this but in Canada it's 89.99 just for the base version. I will wait until it goes on sale.