Microsoft "Testing" Better Deals on Xbox One Digital Content

[Imre Csete]

They should atleast pretend they are doing this to offer a better customer experience, instead of just taking another shot at the evil used game market for more $$$.

 

[Aggieknight]

I'm not sure that discounting a nearly 4 month old game by $40 counts as doing a test. It's pretty standard operating procedure. In fact, Amazon offered me a wildly successful game for that exact price this weekend (COD: Ghosts for PS4).

How is doing that with a digital download anything unique?

 

[Tradjus]

It's hilarious to me that Microsoft is so inept they need to "Test" lower digital prices. Hey geniuses, here's a good yardstick, if a game is a month old, drop it's price by ten bucks, then drop it by five bucks every month after that until it's six months old, and leave it at 19.99$ for the rest of it's life as a product, you'll make bank without even trying. You leave a digital game 60$ for over a year, and you make nothing as people buy it for 5$ in a used games bargain bin at Gamestop.

 

[FoolKiller]

A couple of things wrong Microsoft.

1. I can get Ryse used for 39.99... and sell it again. As its a relatively short game, I wouldn't be surprised if this were the case in general.

2. With a small hard drive and mandatory installs, if I beat the game and then want to play something else (deleting it for space) and then want to play again, I have to waste another 35 to 50 GB of bandwidth. No thanks.

 

[Shamanic Rhythm]

$39.99 for Ryse? Let's see, that's about 8 dollars per hour of content.

Keep 'testing', Microsoft.

 

[shintakie10]

I dont think following the Valve model of gouge your customers most of the year, then heavily discount them throughout the year, is a good model.

Would rather just see lower prices overall.

 

[ritchards]

Yeah, I'm surprised they didn't make digital a better deal by raising the physical price...