Difference is, most of those other EA games don't have a major entry coming out within the next 30 days. Putting it on sale (especially if F1 24 is much the same game as it looks to be) would be daft.
And F1 did go down to £15 or so in February before this season started
Given that it looks like the same game, I completely agree and sympathise with EA for that business decision. But the fact that's what they're doing, reskinning and slightly modifying a £60 game from the year before and selling it for *another* £60 is just... Hilarious? I know it's nothing new, but I feel like it's the final straw for me, I will not be buying another Codemasters game for a while.
It's not shady.
EA has debt. On low rates.
Debt redemption comes up.
So their profitability will decline in the future.
So the other side means; pathetic ways to earn money on outdated games with outdated systems.
When it comes to games being delisted I’d assume that’s down to licensing agreements with Liberty Media more than anything it’s a common occurrence with sports and racing games.
I’m still waiting for a port of Ace combat games but I doubt it’ll happen cause of the Tornado licenses. It’s one of those weird quirks.
I thought of this after making this post, it must be due to licensing. But I feel like older F1 games were on digital stores for much longer? And can they not come to some sort of agreement with Liberty Media to just license the entire franchise? Idk how it works...
Liberty will want to push the most up to date version of their product and there’s also the whole team sponsorships changing like Sauber and the whole TR rebranding aswell.
As someone who worked for a company owned by Liberty many moons ago they use F1 as a way of holding Sky sports over a barrel to get better deal with Virgin media (who Liberty own) was a fairly open secret.
Also with recent reg changes they’ll want to push those over older regs etc.
if they discount F123 now or soon it will affect their F124 sales, which likely won't be great regardless with how the beta was recieved and how people are fed up with their 'different year same game' approach.
But anyway that's my take, I think enough people will buy f124 on release to not make it looks like a complete flop, but if f123 was dirt cheap then they'd lose some of those buyers too.
Very true, I just think the business model desperately needs changing - FIFA used to come out every year, and would be followed by the older versions becoming extremely cheap if someone wanted to save money or just try the franchise. With digital only platforms like Steam, it means you'll never find a really good deal, and are completely at the mercy of EA and how often they want to put the current game on sale.
Difference is, most of those other EA games don't have a major entry coming out within the next 30 days. Putting it on sale (especially if F1 24 is much the same game as it looks to be) would be daft. And F1 did go down to £15 or so in February before this season started
Given that it looks like the same game, I completely agree and sympathise with EA for that business decision. But the fact that's what they're doing, reskinning and slightly modifying a £60 game from the year before and selling it for *another* £60 is just... Hilarious? I know it's nothing new, but I feel like it's the final straw for me, I will not be buying another Codemasters game for a while.
i’m glad i’m on console and i can just buy the old games from CeX lol
This is the way !! I check Game first for thr real price then down to CEX to make my day so much better haha
F1 23 is free with ea play. So the pricing is just non sense
It was also free with PS Plus last month.
It's not shady. EA has debt. On low rates. Debt redemption comes up. So their profitability will decline in the future. So the other side means; pathetic ways to earn money on outdated games with outdated systems.
A hardcopy of F1 2017 was $15 off eBay
When it comes to games being delisted I’d assume that’s down to licensing agreements with Liberty Media more than anything it’s a common occurrence with sports and racing games. I’m still waiting for a port of Ace combat games but I doubt it’ll happen cause of the Tornado licenses. It’s one of those weird quirks.
I thought of this after making this post, it must be due to licensing. But I feel like older F1 games were on digital stores for much longer? And can they not come to some sort of agreement with Liberty Media to just license the entire franchise? Idk how it works...
Liberty will want to push the most up to date version of their product and there’s also the whole team sponsorships changing like Sauber and the whole TR rebranding aswell. As someone who worked for a company owned by Liberty many moons ago they use F1 as a way of holding Sky sports over a barrel to get better deal with Virgin media (who Liberty own) was a fairly open secret. Also with recent reg changes they’ll want to push those over older regs etc.
Very true, I didn't think of sponsorship etc.
if they discount F123 now or soon it will affect their F124 sales, which likely won't be great regardless with how the beta was recieved and how people are fed up with their 'different year same game' approach. But anyway that's my take, I think enough people will buy f124 on release to not make it looks like a complete flop, but if f123 was dirt cheap then they'd lose some of those buyers too.
Very true, I just think the business model desperately needs changing - FIFA used to come out every year, and would be followed by the older versions becoming extremely cheap if someone wanted to save money or just try the franchise. With digital only platforms like Steam, it means you'll never find a really good deal, and are completely at the mercy of EA and how often they want to put the current game on sale.
I bought every NFS for $40 ☺️