They forcing you to buy GAME PASS.
I honestly don’t like paying every month since I play 1 or 2 games only, if AOE4 could be cheaper I may get it.
Oh, I thought you meant $20 in your currency, not American Dollars. So AoE2 DE is normal while AoE4 is super cheap…lucky
I thought you meant $20 US dollars
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Months later, Switzerland residents still cash cows 
Short version (just talking for the Switzerland case) :
- Xbox Game Studios decided to use the regional pricing to overprice the game in Switzerland.
- It’s a weird move used by big companies ~legal/illegal here.
Long version (posted a series of messages in that topic):
People who keep saying this is AAA game or brand new who r u kidding ?
this is 80% Aoe 2 20% Aoe 3 i dont see any reason for 60usd price tag
for 4 years they didnt even focus water or naval what they were doing ?
if u wanna see AAA game and graphic of 2021 check Company of Heroes 3
Aoe 4 is just a small project from Microsoft for Relic
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But this IS a brand new AAA game.
Same as diablo4, civ6, coh3, battlefield 2042, cod vanguard, assassins creed: idk and everything else.
Why people are hating aoe4? I have no idea… Same logic you used could be applied to every other sequel or prequel of a game released or soon to be released.
“Why charge $80 for diablo4? it’s like d2 and d3 together”
“Why $60 for battlefield 2042? They basically just did new maps and weapons”
“Assassins creed is just like a reskin of older games with the same mechanics”
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60$ is a fair price for release
If it was more than that I would raise the eyebrow but np
yeah it’s very expensive, looks like MS want more people to use Gamepass than buying the game.
For what I saw in the beta test. It’s expensive.
be mindful of the NDA.
feedback/opinions based on the beta aren’t meant to be posted on the normal forums.
This is of course very sad.
But the fact is that games are a luxury anyway.
Games are not an essential product that must be accessed, no, games are like going to the cinema or the theater, this is entertainment, if you cannot afford it, then this is not a problem with games or movies.
Perhaps in this case, you need to ask the question of the minimum salaries and the economy of your country, why people have limited access to entertainment, but this is not a problem of the game itself.
In addition, I want to add that it is extremely incorrect to compare the price of the old game and add-ons with the new game, and the number of factions cannot be an indicator of the price, in Company of Heroes there were only two of them at release, and the game still cost money.
PS
I think you have noticed that prices for games in general have increased, unfortunately this is the trend in the gaming industry, all games are becoming more expensive, this is our future.
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I think it will be much better to sell each civ seperately (like each civ cost 1/8 of the price now). This stategy may attract more player to try this game.
Hmm, that will sound a bit like AoEO
Couldn’t disagree more.
This is a new AoE title not some remake.
The price is totally fine, every other AAA game has similar pricetages.
This is basically the price of going to the cinema 3 times and you will spend the next months / years playing this game. No idea why people nowadays think everything has to be cheap or for free, but at the same time whine about P2W games ?
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I wonder if it could work to make this game free to play like league of legends and only make revenue with skins and cosmetic stuff one can buy. And make the civilizations so one can unlock them with progress points or buy them (like in league of legends).
Indeed this would make the game more accessible and many games have shown that this works. But this isn’t something they will change now, they would need to add an ingame shop and so on, not going to happen.
On top they would need to encrypt all the texture data and so on, otherwise “skins” and such things could be shared.
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I still don’t understand how people have this many issues with the price for a AAA game? It’s nothing new and that’s how much they cost, and the same thing could be said about BF 2042, D4, or any other game that continues their franchise but they are AAA games and they will cost a minimum of 60$ at release.
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I think the problem is with the region pricing, $60 AUD would be a reasonable price to pay for 1 copy of the game instead of $100 AUD.
I think its paired with some people thinking that the game “isnt worth it” or is bad.
Problem isn’t base price but local prices. Microsoft added games to steam like Forza Horizon 4, Gears 5 etc. from steam’s offered local prices until latest E3. After that every new game added to steam with increased prices.
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Tbh I think the standard price for games these days of $/€ 60 is a bit much in general, I believe they increased by 10 because a new console gen got released?
It would not be a bad idea if they reduced it based on mean net salary for struggling countries. That would only benefit them by bringing in more fans and income.
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