Prices are insane

[Sherlock]

$99 for the deluxe edition? $129 for the founders edition?

That's a hard, HARD pass. I'll wait a few years. It's not like I don't have lots of games to play.

 

[Leyrann]

60 and 90 for Civ 6 regular and deluxe respectively.

We've easily had 15% inflation since 2016. Probably more.

Add 15% and you get 69 and 103.5.

Prices seem quite reasonable to me.

EDIT: I did the math. In 2024 money, with launch pricing:
Civ 6: €76.47 or $78.70
Civ 7: €69.99 or $69.99
Civ 6 Deluxe: €114.71 or $118.05
Civ 7 Deluxe: €99.99 or $99.99
(Civ 7 Founder's Edition has no Civ 6 equivalent)

 

[gwarf]

Of all my serious concerns, this isn't one of them.

 

[nakzox]

Pretty standard in today's gaming industry, rightly or wrongly.

 

[Klaus Hergersheimer]

People complaining about 60 dollar games?
What is this, 2010?

 

[Laurana Kanan]

$279.99 for the Collector's Edition.

 

[TheMarshmallowBear]

$99 for the deluxe edition? $129 for the founders edition?

That's a hard, HARD pass. I'll wait a few years. It's not like I don't have lots of games to play.

You're not obliged to get the Founders Edition. From what it seems it's just a Seasonal Pass with extra cosmetics, which isn't too bad.

 

[Baudshaw]

I pray it gets a summer sale…

 

[Luís Felipe Silva Pinto]

The price is insane! If I wanted to buy it now I wouldn't be able to.
The price of Civilization 6 is R$ 129.00 (Brazilian currency)
The price of Civilization 7 is R$349.90 (standard version)
It's 220 more expensive, I could buy 2 more Civilization 6, while the FOUNDERS version is R$649.50, insane. With this money I can buy 3 500GB SSDs

 

[Sherlock]

People complaining about 60 dollar games?
What is this, 2010?

People complaining about hundred dollar and hundred and thirty dollar games.

 

[djvandyke]

Just get Humankind

 

[AntSou]

People complaining about 60 dollar games?
What is this, 2010?

People complaining about hundred dollar and hundred and thirty dollar games.

The game is $70 dollars. Why are you both pretending it to be something else?

 

[esoba]

I operate under the model of $1 per hour of play makes a game's price worth it. Civ games, every single one, has been worth many multiples of what I've paid for them. So for me, $130 is not an issue at all as I can guarantee I'll put in another thousand hours on this game.

 

[Makenshi]

$279.99 for the Collector's Edition.

In Brasil, the current minimum wage (defined by law every year) is R$ 1.412,00 (aka US$ 257.68) - yes, for numbers we use coma where you use point, and point where you use coma

Considering most imports here pay some hefty taxes, prices usually rise to values between 2x to 3x the base value it should cost in direct conversion (US$ 279.99 = R$ 1.534,23)... so the price of US$ 279.99 will most definitely translate here to something between R$ 3.068,46 (US$ 559,98) and R$ 4.602,69 (US$ 839,97)!

Even for a civil servant (it can pay real good here, depending on position), those prices are absurdly high. I'm one of them, and my liquid income is of R$ 6.304,22 (US$ 1.150,49). Unfortunately, I will have to wait for a drop in prices AND a kick ass sale on top of that.

I salute those who can pay just the US$ 279.99, and have income that allows for that without issues. Hope you have a blast playing Civ 7 early.

 

[Makenshi]

The price is insane! If I wanted to buy it now I wouldn't be able to.
The price of Civilization 6 is R$ 129.00 (Brazilian currency)
The price of Civilization 7 is R$349.90 (standard version)
It's 220 more expensive, I could buy 2 more Civilization 6, while the FOUNDERS version is R$649.50, insane. With this money I can buy 3 500GB SSDs

Definitely not just that. Remember the "custo Brasil" (or read my post above). That new Star Wars open world game is costing R$ 500+

 

[DSYoungEsq]

The game is $70 dollars. Why are you both pretending it to be something else?

The OP for the thread was not complaining about the base game cost. They complained about the $100 and $130 cost for the upgraded versions. Thus, Sherlock was right.

 

[_hero_]

I don't care about the cosmetic stuff. Early access is nice but not something I'd go out of my way to spend money on. I see it as $30 for a 4 Civ DLC and 2 leader personas that I seemingly won't be able to get if I don't buy now. Had they listed what the DLC would cost separately down the road, I would be able to judge if this is a better deal than just buying the standard edition. It honestly sounds like a FOMO strategy to me. Had they stated that the DLC is going to cost $30 and this is getting you the DLC+the other stuff, I'd have thought, "well, that is steep for the DLC but I get it and appreciate their honesty," and probably been inclined to pay it, but this, I don't feel good about. I don't feel good about encouraging these types of tactics by giving in to them.

 

[Lonecat Nekophrodite]

$99 for the deluxe edition? $129 for the founders edition?

That's a hard, HARD pass. I'll wait a few years. It's not like I don't have lots of games to play.

I don't know if Steam sales season can help either. and these are 4,XXX - 6,XXX ฿ .
no surprise, a new game, but from what I saw, newly announced games can only be about 2,XXX ฿

maybe wait for seasonal promo.
well do you expect that folks still playing Civ6 will switch to 7 immediately or will wait for one o two quarters for that?

 

[E.man]

In Brasil, the current minimum wage (defined by law every year) is R$ 1.412,00 (aka US$ 257.68) - yes, for numbers we use coma where you use point, and point where you use coma

Considering most imports here pay some hefty taxes, prices usually rise to values between 2x to 3x the base value it should cost in direct conversion (US$ 279.99 = R$ 1.534,23)... so the price of US$ 279.99 will most definitely translate here to something between R$ 3.068,46 (US$ 559,98) and R$ 4.602,69 (US$ 839,97)!

Even for a civil servant (it can pay real good here, depending on position), those prices are absurdly high. I'm one of them, and my liquid income is of R$ 6.304,22 (US$ 1.150,49). Unfortunately, I will have to wait for a drop in prices AND a kick ass sale on top of that.

I salute those who can pay just the US$ 279.99, and have income that allows for that without issues. Hope you have a blast playing Civ 7 early.

It's good to get different country costs. Here in Australia exchange rate alone will add almost 50% over the US cost

 

[Goodenuf]

The reality is that the cost of excellent software development is expensive; especially for such an expansive game as this. If the game is great, then $60, or $100, or even $130 for getting literally thousands of hours of gameplay is extremely good value.