How many of you still buy full priced games in the era of Steam sales?

[markec]

Betwen huge number of online stores and key resellers there is no reason to buy a full priced game.

For example I bought Expeditions Viking on Gamersgate on day 1 for 25% off.

I buy on Steam only during big sales.

 

[RhodokMasterRaceOfficial]

The last thing I D1P'd was Dominions 5.

 

[Ezeekiel]

I buy full-priced mostly if I want to support the dev.

 

[Abu Antar]

I still buy many games on day 1. That doesn't mean that I get it for full price. There's usually a 10-20% discount. There's cdkeys.com and greenmangaming.com that usually sell games cheaper. I also look out for discounted Steam credit (20%). In other words, despite buying lots day 1, it's usually not for full price.

 

[Turjan]

I hardly ever buy games at release. I guess the last one I remember was Banished, and I bought that somewhere where I got some money off even on release (GMG probably). Other than that, do the Kickstarters count? Those aren't full release prices though.

 

[Ovplain]

Getting back to buying games at 'full price' now or at least I no longer care that much about the prices.

Those 'steam sales,' they're nice and all, but they're also THE DEVIL! At least for me. Spent a bunch of cash on shit I'll most likely never play. I'm sure I own at least 200 games I've never even touched or I played for like 15, 30 minutes.

So, yeah, I just buy a game now whenever I REALLY feel like playing it, price be damned. Better this way.

 

[Feyd Rautha]

Almost never. I would by a game at full price on launch if i was excited for it. But that almost never happens anymore since all games now a days are shit. I would also buy a game at full price if I really like the studio and when I feel that what they do is important to the genre or the industry. But that's also rare. And what's even the point of buying a triple AAA game from a big studio with an evil publisher? You don't have to wait that long to get it 50% off or more.

For example: I bought Age of Decadence at launch, I bought Expeditions: Viking and the day after tomorrow I will buy The Fall: Part 2 when it launches.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

You obviously don't play with friends. Friends play->you want to play with them->you buy the game->you or friends stop playing the game because you were overhyped or it gets boring fast

 

[Irata]

80% off or bust. Last time I enjoyed a game that I'd pay $60 for was something on the Amiga and I pirated it.

 

[kalganoat]

I still do it because I changed my steam account to Russia so every game is 40 to 50% off

 

[Ocelot]

As an eastern european poorfag, almost never. I may occasionally buy some obscure or old title at full price but that's it. I don't feel spending 60€ for a videogame, especially since many games require another 50€ down the road for all DLC. For AAA games, I always wait for the complete version before buying. In general, I follow this rule

The last game I've bought at full price is Rusty Lake Paradise.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

The more I see this screenshot, the more I think this is one of the Golden Rules of Gaming.

 

[Burning Bridges]

I wouldn't even know what I should buy. Except from a few indie EA titles there is nothing I want, and those I buy at sales, obviously,

 

[Jimmious]

Since I don't play "AAA" titles that cost 60 euros, I don't mind paying full price for titles I'm really into playing - they will anyway be in the area of 30-40 euros max
Of course I'm earning a pretty decent salary... My mindset was definitely not the same when I was in the uni

 

[oldmanpaco]

The only two games I have bought full price in the last year were Elex and Grimoire. I cannot remember one from before that.

 

[Doktor Best]

Elex and Kingdom Come Deliverance were the last ones.

I tend to do that when i want to support the developer.

My backlog is horrendous though so i pledged a vow to stop buying games for a while now.

 

[Mexi]

Last video game I bought at full price was Fallout: New Vegas. Absolutely fucking worth it. One of the GoATs in RPGs. Anyways, I would buy full price games from developers that I like and want to support.

 

[Somberlain]

All XSEED games

And Grimwah

 

[wyes gull]

I started out my gaming life paying full price for pirated game tapes for the Speccy. Two whole dollars each! Load "", baby.
Oddly enough, I think the first non-pirate game I actually bought was Monkey Island for me 286, and for less than 20 bucks too. Either that or Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Never bought anything day 1 and haven't paid full price for a game since Pro Evo IV for the PS2. Man, full price was easy to pay back when you used someone else's money.

 

[Mexi]

I started out my gaming life paying full price for pirated game tapes for the Speccy. Two whole dollars each! Load "", baby.
Oddly enough, I think the first non-pirate game I actually bought was Monkey Island for me 286, and for less than 20 bucks too. Either that or Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Never bought anything day 1 and haven't paid full price for a game since Pro Evo IV for the PS2. Man, full price was easy to pay back when you used someone else's money.

 

[wyes gull]

I knew there was a reason I didn't like kids.

 

[Correct_Carlo]

I only pay full price, sight unseen, for Spiderweb games, even in cases where I know I might not play them for a while. For AAA games, I will if I know that I want to play them right now. I paid full price for Dark Souls 2 and 3, Nioh, Pillars of Eternity, Age of Decadence, The Binding of Isaac remake, South Park the Stick of Truth, Dragon's Dogma, Witchers 2 and 3......honestly, that's about it for the last 5 years or so. All of those games I played instantly and finished.

I will pay full price for Monster Hunter: World. Other than that, though, I can't think of any other games being released this year I'll pay full price for.

 

[Tramboi]

My colleague Gwenn, who is also the developer of Helium Rain, looked into key scams.
https://twitter.com/StrangerGwenn/status/1052596840149991426
https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/9p0pkj/scamming_developers_for_review_steam_keys_to_sell/

tldr : G2A and Kinguin are Steam keys laundering business, and it's an industry, not some 3rd world kids making a bit of money, don't buy games there

 

[deuxhero]

Still? I don't recall paying full price for PC games ever. I don't mean piracy either, by the time games started being published on CD in earnest there were plenty of budget rereleases (generally jewel case only) for anything of moderate popularity.

 

[BrotherFrank]

I believe in spending my ill gotten gains supporting the things i like and the things I like tend to be niche so I actually buy games at full price a lot more then I did years ago when money was tighter. Far too many games i like or devs i adored (i will never forget you psygnosis!) have gone under due to lack of sales and I cant bitch about it if im part of the problem.

That said i also pirate heavily to “demo” stuff and use how guilty i feel playing a game for free as an indication of I should buy it or not, and if so, full price or on sale?

So far this year games bought at full price: elminage original, pathfinder kingmaker, vigilantes, age of fear 3, star traders frontiers, banner saga 3, hero-u rogue to redemption, whatever total warhammer dlc was released, war tech fighters and kenshi. All pretty deserving of support imo.