I've always found it a bit of a slap to the face of console owners that they HAVE to pay an MSRP of $60. Why couldn't they get a $40 version also? They could have easily made it a digital only purchase. It's more insulting that Console owners are basically paying for extras that 95% of them can't even use. I mean, how many PS4/Xbox One owners also play D3, Starcraft 2, or Heroes of the Storm? If you play those games, then odds are you are going to get the PC Version. At least there's some sort of added value in the Origins Version for PC Gamers. Not quite the same for console users.
And the only reason I got the Origins edition was because it's the only retail version you can get, and I got that for $18 via Gamestop thanks to Trade in Deals. One of the few times I actually "flipped" a game by buying it from GameFly and selling it to Gamestop.
Yes but that's because the game is on sale. My point is that console gamers are being charged $20 extra for a version that comes with extras that 95% of the user base can't even use, and that a $40 standard Digital Only release would have been a better alternative, but apparently Activision are just too money hungry to understand this concept of not ripping off customers.
Don't forget, the console makers charge a fee (per copy) to manufacturers for the "privilege" of being released on their console. That's why the same console game has historically been more expensive than the PC release (where there is no such fee). And is how they make their money, as the console itself is not the revenue generator.
Yes but that fee is quite small, which is why there's so many indie/small studio games in the digital market. And nowadays most AAA PC and Console games are generally the same price. And it's not like sub $60 games are a new thing. It just comes across as rather hypocritical.
That was more of a response to what happened to Atari and the gaming crash of 1983. Back in the day, ANYONE could make an Atari game and release it. Because of this, a LOT of broken, low quality games and shovelware was released. Nintendo didn't want that to happen again. It also wanted more control and to set some sort of standards as to what games would come out, so that they wouldn't have sexually based games coming out either, such as these (NSFW video)
