40% Off 3 weeks after release
hard oof bois, hard oof.
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Anyone know how long it's on sale for?
Preordering is for those that have never felt scammed out of their money. As these gamers get older they will no longer buy games early and will teach their children not to buy games early either. This is a very poor marketing strategy and is one that is driven by poor development and the forced release date set for the stockmarket. When gamers stop buying on day one and preordering, the sales strategy will be forced to change. Only then will games get better upon release.
Do not preorder or buy on day one. Granted this strategy will take time to change the way things are done, but it will change for the better over time.
@CyberDyme wrote:If the BF2042 game was good and more players coming online to play it as expected per business plan, then this game would not have gone onto a fire sale just 3 weeks after launch, especially as we have xmas/new year days just ahead.
Speaks volumes about the commercial disaster this has been so far.
This, I have never seen a game have such a big discount so quick after launch. Maybe a 10% discount yeah but not a 3rd off, especially when they been selling Ultimate for £100 before launch just 4 weeks ago.
It literally defo speaks volumes of just how bad it is doing.
The WOW and big deal is obvious. I studied marketing. You don't mark down a product which is very popular, selling well and has the potential to produce the projected revenue. That it is already being marked down is testimony that it is not meeting revenue targets. I wasted $108 on this dog. And it is nothing like the video advertising both outside and inside the game. It is a disgraceful POS! And now they have changed the only good thing, Portal and replaced BF; 1942, 3, and Bad company with Rush. In addition the weekly mission has you getting 30 kills with a crappy weapon like the Marksman rifle, and 50 revives, you're lucky to get 3 in a match and 3 arming or defusing in Rush. My skill level is not the best and that is not going to happen so I have 0 motivation to play this trashy game. I am very disappointed and anyone that asks me, I tell them don't buy it.
@CountSero wrote:So what is now the “wow “ on this topic?
This is not the first game, that happened so many times before with other AAA titles get some % off 4-6 weeks after release and every time some people get upset.
For examples Jurassic World Evolution is out for around 1 month now and you get 30% off or the new Guardians of the Galaxy also 35% off, both on steam
And as someone has written before its max 33% off on origin not 40% 😉
So as I said this happens all the time….nothing new
@Noodlesocks wrote:Anyone know how long it's on sale for?
I do not buy the game without joystick Support even if it is on sale when there is no info when or if it will come. And the game does not seem to be worth the full price even with joystick support.
So I hope they keep it on sale until joystick support is added.It's not "on sale". A disconted price is always a more correct price. A car is always listed with a negotiation-buffer. A game is always listed with a discount-buffer to reel in sales in the continuing weeks after launch.
@Ingeniekey wrote:It's not "on sale". A disconted price is always a more correct price. A car is always listed with a negotiation-buffer. A game is always listed with a discount-buffer to reel in sales in the continuing weeks after launch.
Not on sale on steam.
- @Noodlesocks It's just this weekend.
yeah I ended up picking up the PS5/PS4 cross play bundle for $49 down from the original $70 price tag, I know its probably still overpriced for what it currently is but I had to see for myself. Its one thing to watch streamers that are sponsored by EA, its another to play the game for yourself and see all the bugs & issues are actually in the game particularly because the VAST majority of streamers play on HIGH END top of the line gaming PC's whereas the rest of us peasants are either on PS5 if we were lucky enough to get our hands on one, PS4 if you weren't lucky or a mid grade PC that probably just meets the minimum requirement.
I made an educated decision to buy now knowing its a pretty substantial discount for the digital bundle so at least I can play with my kid if he wants in on the ps4 we have.
@Spidder81 wrote:
This, I have never seen a game have such a big discount so quick after launch. Maybe a 10% discount yeah but not a 3rd off, especially when they been selling Ultimate for £100 before launch just 4 weeks ago.
It literally defo speaks volumes of just how bad it is doing.
@Spidder81 BFV was effectively half price within weeks of launch and just before xmas too. It annoyed me back then and so (unusually) I did not pre-order 2042, especially after experiencing its beta.
