Square Enix Charging $69.99 for PC Versions of FFVII Remake Intergrade and Forspoken

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For some time, the gaming industry has been speaking about possible price increases for AAA games. It appears that Square Enix has taken that step with the upcoming PC releases of Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade and Forspoken. They are up for preorder for $69.99 on EGS and Steam, respectively. The deluxe version of Forspoken with DLC and bonus items is listed at $94.99.



Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade



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The game reimagines the events of the 1997 PlayStation classic up to the team’s departure from the city of Midgar. The original game was a ground-breaking release that changed the gaming...
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Actually forspoken is listed for €79.99 on the EU store. Laughable
 
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
SquareEnix can kiss our @sses.

I was wondering when the $70 price for 9th-gen games would start showing up for PC games. Just another stupid-@ss idea in a world where 6 months after launch, you can find games on sale for 50% off, and a year or two after launch, games can reach as low as 5 bucks (unless those games are on a Nintendo system, then you'd be lucky if they dropped down to $40).

Also gotta love it when companies pull a Nintendo and try to sell you games that came out a couple years ago to several years ago for full f*cking price. I guess FF7 remake only came out in 2020, but even with the DLC included, it's faaaaar too long after launch to charge $60 for this game, let alone $70. Sh1t should be $30 at most.

Well, as I always say, they can charge whatever they want, but my @ss doesn't usually pick up games until they are $20 and below (usually well below). So have fun with that SquareEnix. I know PC gamers love it when they are treated as second-class citizens, getting games well after the consoles (usually in a poorly-optimized state) and then being asked to pay full price for them. And then companies always act surprised and hurt when gamers resort to using "community demos."
 
Another interesting twist and it goes with what @DrezKill said about games going on sale 6 months after launch is that I've noticed SE will release games around the end of the summer or early fall and then drop those prices just before BF happens. Now that's not uncommon for older games but I've seen SE do it with a number of Tomb Raider games and Guardians of the Galaxy. Now on the plus side I do like their products. They're not for everyone but I find myself replaying a lot of these games on multiple systems when I upgrade or get something new. I also like how they put the resources into developing new technologies as they come out. From SLI to 3D to HDR to mGPU to Atmos, DLSS, RTX, FAS, the list goes on and on for the things they try to work with.
 
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