The controversial price of consoles arrives at PC with FF7 and Forspoken: 80 euros each

The arrival of Final Fantasy 7 Remake to PC Through the Epic Games Store is known for a while, and its arrival this December 16 was formalized during the Game Awards ceremony 2021. The bad surprise waiting Players soon in the store is price: 80 euros for the basic version of the game, according to data extracted from the store itself.

This converts Square Enix into the first study in daring to use this price for the basic version of a PC game, being normal prices something more than 50 and 60 euros for a Title Trip A. However, this It is not too surprising, since in the consoles the games are typically sold 10 euros (from 60 to 70 euros), but the change to the generation of PS5 and Xbox Series has cemented the base price at 70 euros in many cases, such And as happened with Demon's Souls. If we add the luxury versions, which are around 20 euros, the invoice rises to 90 euros.

We can try to explain the thing by pointing out the presence of the Intergrade Extension of Final Fantasy 7 Remake, and that the set is sold at this price also in PS5. But this does not end here.

For spoken at 80 euros

The next Open World Role game of Square Enix, For spoken, has just arrived for the pre-purchase in Steam. Here it is not necessary to extract data, since the price is displayed openly at 79.99 euros for basic edition and 104.99 euros for Deluxe Digital Edition, a fairly large pain for our portfolio. The Deluxe edition includes the illustration book, the soundtrack and a downloadable prequel in advance access by the end of 2022.

Justified prices?

The question of the prices of the games has been returning to the forestry during these last years and has divided both studies and video game companies and players. As the price development price continues to rise, some publishers prefer to avoid transferring it to the price. Instead, they prefer to try to reach a broader audience or use other monetization methods, such as the dearest Game Pass by Microsoft. On the other hand, important savings are achieved with the disappearance of physical versions in PC, and the commissions charged by online platforms, EPIC, are lower than those of manufacturers in consoles. Elements that Square Enix obviously prefers to ignore when aligning prices.

In the end, as with many things, they are the players who will decide on what to spend their money. Nothing forces them to buy these games, especially not immediately. The large number of games distributed free of charge and the huge regular Steam sales that allow you to get AAA games launched a few years ago at 10 euros (such as Cyberpunk 2077) shows that a little patience rewards players who do not have the media, Or the desire to buy games at this price. It is possible that Square Enix goes back in the future, if it is considered that the price increase has too much impact on the sales figures. But this is something that probably can not be measured quickly or easily.

At the same time, the key sales sites, as well as competition between different online stores, also help lower prices, something notoriously absent in consoles. For the record, Nintendo is also the most inflexible in this area, we take the example of the basic edition of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, which is still sold for 70 euros in the Nintendo Shop and that it was Launched in 2017, and its promotions are around -5%. Ironically, a physical version that you can then resell can be easily found for a lower price. Hopefully, it is not the future that also awaits us on PC.

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