Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-36180858-20190206153942/@comment-28169398-20190208011152

Tylerama wrote: Mildvex wrote: They're crazy with prices. I get 1,019 for 120€. Hmm, a brand new Surface Pro 6 or a bit over 7K ? Tough choice… 🤔🤔 Not! 😒 Madness isn't it. When I look at Forza or Gran Turismo at the shops and compare the cost to what I would get in RR3 for the same ££'s, it's bonkers. Forza and GT could be loss leaders in the sense that they drive purchases of XBox's and Playstations (Polyphony Digital is I believe internal to Sony) and Microsoft and Sony make up for any shortfalls in the games from margins on the device sales.... EA gets nothing from Apple or Samsung, etc.

They could also have very different licensing structures with manufacturers, so there isn't really a way of knowing what their costs relative to RR3 are.

Then there are season passes, expansion pack sales, buying the game again for the next major update. I have paid $20 for RR3, and gotten 4 major updates, with the addition of at least 150 cars and 4 tracks since I have played. I would have spent more in the same amount of time on one of those titles, though if you factor time for ads and completion, maybe it balances out or costs even more for RR3.