It's beyond insane to me that a $70 "AAAA" game (kidding, it's AAA) dips down to the absurd price of $5. I've never seen anything like it. Wish the entire Sims 4 "collection" if you can call it that was $5 total, would be incredible, or Starfield.
Because NFS Unbound sucks. Never in my life have I tried to refund a game so quickly. Couldn't make it past the first hour of the game.
The characters just won't shut up, I'm trying to drive not hear people yap about how the illegal street racers that cause millions in public property damage and multiple fatalities each race are so oppressed by the government.
Because most people won't/can't pay these stupid prices just for an average/poor experience.
I don't know whether it's the case here (it's the biggest sale of the year regardless), but often game developers will have licenses for some of the content in the game (music, most often), and when those licenses are soon expiring they do a fire sale on it. The previous Forza Horizon game comes to mind.
The "sale" price you see here is effectively the "standard" price. Publishers know that most users will just wait for a sale to make their purchase, and that those too desperate to wait will be willing to pay any inflated "full" price they set.
NFS Unbound wasn't taken too well by the community. I recently replayed NFS Heat (which was the release before unbound) and it is still a great modern NFS game!
Black Friday sales are crazy sometimes
Instead of gradually lowering the prices, publishers tend to keep the original price and give it higher discounts as time goes on. People read it and think "wow, it's 90% off! I can't miss this deal!" and buy the game.
Poorly received games with tons of other venues of monetization outside the box price.
Because it is ... Black Friday!
It's about volume.
Selling a thing to a million people for $5 makes more money than selling it to a thousand people for $70.
They'll most likely return the price to $70 before long, so they can pick up a few whales who miss this sale and aren't patient enough to wait for the next one.
Then... Why not just price it correctly to begin with? Huh.... I'd buy some of these newer games if they cost a reasonable amount. Starfield out here charging $70 for a 5.5/10 game
You charge the highest price you can for the people who don't want to wait, then drop the price once you've run out of those customers. The temporary price of a sale creates a sense of urgency that it won't be this cheap again for a while, and positive word of mouth from the sale customers drives more sales for a little while once it returns to full price.
Starfield wasn't worth $70 to me, but I bought it on sale for $45 a few months later.
Price tier strategy. Get impatient people to pay $70 because they need to play ASAP. And then sales to get people who won't pay $70. Pricing low permanently misses out on getting as much money from people who are willing to pay more throughout the year.
Then… Why not just price it correctly to begin with?
I can't speak for the people pricing these things, but suspect the answer has to do with whales, perceived value, shareholders, regional economics, and various other things.
I agree that lots of games are overpriced, though.
Is this game any good?
Absolutely not. This game is more interested in yapping in your ear than letting you race.
It's okay, I'd highly recommend playing it on console though. No EA account required on console unless I'm mistaken. EA games on PC are notoriously ass.
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