Are they anywhere near as big as steam sales are? Steam regularly has themed sales for specific genres and then has major sales 4 times a year where nearly every game has some kind of discount.
The days of steam having wild deals on newer stuff are over. IMO. It’s all more measured and regimented now. The sales are part of the whole business plan these days, and likely planned out from the start.
I’m sure there are exceptions, but I don’t get the impression that sales are as exciting these days. Everything has adapted to consumers expecting sales.
It varies by publisher; some have parity, such as Control Ultimate Edition being $4 on both PS5 and Steam. But on average, Steam’s prices are cheaper. Although piracy is where the true value lies…
I’d say mods is where the true value lies, I’ve extended my Bethesda gametime significantly because I can install modpacks and get complete overhauls in various flavors.
I know there are mods on PS/Xbox but it’s much more limited and most require payment on consoles AFAIK.
I wouldn’t know this from personal experience. Nothing compares to a pc for me.
But according to ltt it is comparable and having done a quick search online for current deals.
Fallout 4 anniversary edition has the same full price on both platforms but ps has a discount making it cheaper atm.
One of em Call of duties (cold war) has a much cheaper full price on steam but the current ps discount makes it almost half of steam’s current offer.
I doubt the comparisons are fair because sony is definitely looking at current steam prices to respond with their own deals. But technically steam is not always cheaper.
Of course if you look at little past the steam platform and recognise that it’s a full fledged pc able to obtain games from many different types of sources there is only one clear winner.
Are they anywhere near as big as steam sales are? Steam regularly has themed sales for specific genres and then has major sales 4 times a year where nearly every game has some kind of discount.
They are. Consoles also have big seasonal and holiday sales, a lot of big games can often be nabbed for $5 like Steam.
The days of steam having wild deals on newer stuff are over. IMO. It’s all more measured and regimented now. The sales are part of the whole business plan these days, and likely planned out from the start.
I’m sure there are exceptions, but I don’t get the impression that sales are as exciting these days. Everything has adapted to consumers expecting sales.
When I last had an Xbox many years ago they had decent sales, but not as frequent. Nintendo is the only one who never does sales.
It varies by publisher; some have parity, such as Control Ultimate Edition being $4 on both PS5 and Steam. But on average, Steam’s prices are cheaper. Although piracy is where the true value lies…
I’d say mods is where the true value lies, I’ve extended my Bethesda gametime significantly because I can install modpacks and get complete overhauls in various flavors.
I know there are mods on PS/Xbox but it’s much more limited and most require payment on consoles AFAIK.
True, mods can also add value, but it varies wildly depending on the game. I get the most use of of mods that just add QOL changes.
If you like Bethesda games, check out some of the wabbajack modlists
I wouldn’t know this from personal experience. Nothing compares to a pc for me.
But according to ltt it is comparable and having done a quick search online for current deals.
Fallout 4 anniversary edition has the same full price on both platforms but ps has a discount making it cheaper atm.
One of em Call of duties (cold war) has a much cheaper full price on steam but the current ps discount makes it almost half of steam’s current offer.
I doubt the comparisons are fair because sony is definitely looking at current steam prices to respond with their own deals. But technically steam is not always cheaper.
Of course if you look at little past the steam platform and recognise that it’s a full fledged pc able to obtain games from many different types of sources there is only one clear winner.
Steam frequently has deals though, look at the price history on fallout 4 (don’t have one for anniversary upgrade unfortunately)
It has dropped to below $10 8 times in the past year alone