keep up with the times....1US is only worth 98c AUS now....our dollar is actually worth more.

Exchange rates were never my forte'

EB games are just crooks really, I rarely buy from them anymore it's just to expensive (Modern warfare 2 is still about $80), I usually just go to JB Hi-Fi instead they're at least somewhat cheaper

I swear the last new game I bought was $60, as was the one before that and the one before that.


Maybe things are just different in Canada.

It has nothing to do with the ability to pay the extra $10, but the principal that $60 in general is [censored] expensive and borderline [censored] pricing.

@MC.Jesus: PC versions of games are typically $10 cheaper then console games, which is what I'm guessing you play. Save for a select few like MW2, MoH, and most current big titles.

wow, a whole $60! some of the latest hit games *can* reach $115 here in new zealand, and stay that way for the first few weeks till they drop. even then, they only drop like 10-20 bucks.

We are talking USD, but even then that comes out to around $90USD by current conversion rates.

I'm not worried about the cost of the game so much as the experience, content, playability, and quality all justifies the cost. I would probably be willing to justify a 150 dollar expense for a collectors edition if I new that I was going to get my money's worth(which is of course subjective).

The PC version for China probably costs $10. So it looks like everyone is getting screwed anyway.

EDIT: I base that off of the prices I have seen for international releases of top games in the Chinese format for the past year.

Seeing as it is part of the TES series I might have to buy it. However I am totally against having a game sold for $60. Fortunately for me I can last without a certain game. In fact, I haven't even bought the new Call of Duties and Medal of Honor yet.

I remember when I used to buy games for the computer at twenty dollars. :C Oh well, times have changed I guess.

Of course games have gotten a lot more advanced and detailed though, so i guess it's pretty reasonable. However so have the cost for all the parts in my computer, which keep needing an upgrade because of the advancements. Unfortunately the advancing with quality AND cost applies to computer parts as well, so I'm spending hundreds of dollars more than the last each time I need to upgrade. Along with the more powerful parts also requires a more powerful power supply, which in turn raises my electricity bill.

I guess gaming in general just keeps getting more expensive, and we will have to deal with it. We are being forced from a Volkswagen to a Ferrari without a choice

Console games have a licensing fee so that is why they are $10 more than pc games. And since the pc is not owned solely by one company, that extra 10 bucks is there for no reason.

Well 60 cash-zings for a PC game sure is much. But think of the epicness Skyrim will bring along.

I could get Skyrim for 43,44 € for PS3, but I'm going to buy the collectors zomg edition if there is one.

This discussion seems pointless to me. If you actually aren't willing to pay whatever price it turns out to be.. you won't buy it when its first released. And that's how Bethesda would know their game is overpriced, not because of a small portion of their market is posting on the forums saying they don't want to pay that much.

But that doesn't even matter anyway, because you're all jumping to conclusions on a projected RRP. Will stores in the U.S.A. not price cut to compete for sales on this major release?

Then you sir, know nothing about Activision. (or Bethesda depending on which way you look at it)


EDIT: To all the people who will boycott the game just based on principle: What are you trying to prove? That you like to avoid good games? That your bored and need something new to do?

EB Games put their prices a little extravagantly high, most other tech stores here charge about $100 (which is still high), while EB Games charge ~$115


I went to buy the Sims 3 yesterday for PC, still cost about $70


$76, if we went by the USA's game prices our games would be around $80. So, EB Games (Gamestops counterpart) are sorta making us spend and extra $35-$40

People saying "It's only $10" are completely missing the point - it's $10 there's no justification for. $10 of pure profit, just because they know people will pay. The reason PC games are generally $10 cheaper than console games is because publishers don't have to pay anybody to release games on it - this hasn't changed.

It doesn't matter than it's $10. It doesn't matter that even at minimum wage, that's about 2 hours work. It matters because there's absolutely no justification to charging PC gamers relatively more than their console counterparts. It sets a precedent that I'm sure nobody who isn't bought all their games doesn't want to be set - that they can raise the price of games with no justification, and people will buy it anyway. Those $10 will start to add up - and what next? If people are willing to spend $10 without a thought, how else can they be charged? Because I'm sure publishers will find a way.

Well that's capitalism. I don't like it either, but it will never change. By the time you finally decide "Fine! I'll pay it!" we will be up to $70 a game. The only way to avoid this is to just stop gaming all together, which is not an option (for a lot of us gamers).

I'm not defending the price increase, just saying that complaining and boycotting is useless. It's like politics. Friends sometimes ask me why I don't seem worried about the future. I just say "I'm concerned, but worrying about it won't change anything." So why worry about a $10 dollar price increase? It won't change anything.

I would imagine they just listed down a price - it's not official. It is pretty expensive though if it were true, enough for me not to buy on release.

"First, they came for..."
Or more musically, "My life is fine, so why would I care? Because it's not my ass, per se, on the line."

Now is the only time you *can* change anything. At the start. One man? No, but this is the only chance any of us have to take a stand. Like you say, it's capitalism - if they're making more money with it it'll never change. Just lying down and accepting the new status quo because its effect on you is minimal is just a long way to write "burying my head in the sand". It's probable it's already too late, and that you're right - nothing we do now will change anything. But that doesn't mean trying isn't worth anything.

Hell, even from a pure-capitalist viewpoint there are better ways to do it. Do you think that Minecraft would have made as much money if it were $60? Are Steam sales actually /bad/ for business? No - Steam's profits spike when there's a sale on, the better the sale the higher the spike, just from sheer force of numbers, and minecraft is close to selling 1 million copies - a feat many large titles never quite manage.

edit: And yes, I'd take the news with a pinch of salt, the Modern Games Press is somewhat notorious for making [censored] up or accepting anonymous tips with no evidence.

So that still doesn't justify a 66% mark-up. I could understand a cost increase for shipping, but at least for Steam, D2D and similar there is no shipping.

I think I'll preorder it again from gamestop... probably get the special edition. any guesses on the price of a special/collector's edition?

Thread should have ended here. I'm amazed it's gone on for this many pages - the game isn't going to be $60.

Putting any stock in anything Gamestop says that isn't listed somewhere else makes absolutely no sense, please don't do it.

? I clicked on the link, it is $59.99 for all platforms. That's close enough to $60.

His point is that gamestop have no more of an idea than we do.

This thread is ridiculous, a lot of people are missing the whole point too. I don't care if Skyrim may be worth 70, 100 or 800 bucks, 60$ is still a high price for a pc game. Cinema ticket prices have no relevances whatsoever and it is well known they're incredibly overrated. Second, please, anyone, don't bring up the recession argument, we're in the video game industry here. The video game industry must be the one which got the less hurt from the recession, hell, it flowered more than ever! Yes smaller studios get closed down, but Bethesda are by no means a small studio. Just look how Black Ops crushed any entertainment release! Big video game developers flourish as ever, the recession argument is [censored], if anything, prices should be cut down so everyone who actually suffers from the recession would be able to buy the game and not wait for it to be half its price.

It's funny how on every game developer forum I get, people all shout "the game is worth soo much more than any on the market, I'd gladly pay 200$ for it!" without even playing it. That's why DLC is getting such out of control and overpriced, because too many people are too willing to jump on some new content the moment it's online without even thinking about if it's worth it. But what I can't understand, is, isn't there anyone who wants a great deal nowadays? How are people so eager to burn their hard-earned money? Are video games the only thing you ever buy? I always feel like I'm short on cash, no matter how good a game is - and let's be frank, as much as I like TES games, it's obviously not the only good franchise or game out there - you bet I'd want to pay as less for it as possible even if I may buy the collector's edition. Buying the latter doesn't mean I'm willing to mindlessly fork out my money for the game or developers (in fact, I don't know why I should be so happy some developer is making more money, that means more in the pockets of the bosses and barely mean anything towards game quality, if anything they might turn like EA, something you don't want to see), but I enjoy the series a great deal and I want an extra something, which I willingly pay for, it's not for anything else.

If pc games get sold a certain price, and that price gets higher, don't you feel cheated? It's not just about how much you'd pay for Skyrim, but for ANY other game. And from what I read here, it seems like everyone would pay 50 times the worth of every game that gets out and they'd be broke all the time. As less money I can put in video games as possible, as more money I can put towards something else or for savings (which may be used in a near future) and the happier I am. I missed on plenty of games last year because they were all over-priced for their worth, because I didn't want to fork out my hard-earned cash for anything that wouldn't give me a lot of gameplay hours, because I'm short on cash and I don't feel like getting broke for games. Of course I'll buy Skyrim no matter what (particularly that I'll buy it on 360 hehe), but if gaming is getting more expansive than ever - particularly on consoles, I wonder why so many console players get here to tell pc gamers to stop whining and telling them it's worth it - the industry is greedy as ever, all I care about, is getting a great game for a great price, I want to feel I had a good deal, so I can willingly buy more games in the future, support more developers. But if games stay as expensive as they are, my money won't support too may developers.

you guys visting the wrong shops