#baulk

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baulk

shy away from, hesitating or unwilling

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I have BAULKED at the price of Insomniac's Spider-Man 2

I was excited for the new spider-man game and half hoping someone would buy it for my birthday. But after it became clear I was gonna have to get it myself I looked at the price and-

WHEN THE FUCK DID NEW GAMES START COSTING £70?!

Even when I found a 15% off deal I had to pause for a moment.

Nearly £60... It's cheaper but... That's STILL too expensive!

Now I understand things are going to cost more over time due to inflation. I understand how the price of a new game in 2008 being £39.99 and a new game in 2023 being £69.99 are actually about the same when you consider how the value of the pound has changed over the past 15 years. Except... Is it the same?

Those cheap bastards are ripping me off! Ok, maybe buying it for 15% off is still worth it, but consider that the state of modern gaming right now means after only 2 months or so, prices get slashed anyway. Here's a couple examples of games that released earlier this year just to prove the point:

Star Wars: Jedi Survivor - April 2023 - £38.99

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - May 2023 - £47.99

Street fighter 6 - June 2023 - £39.95

Xenoblade chronicles 3 - April 2023 - £37.99

Pikmin 4 - July 2023 - £39.99

Hopefully I've proven my point here. It's highly likely given current trends that spiderman 2 will be at least £20 cheaper by the time Christmas has come and gone. Hell, it may even do that just before Christmas.

To be honest, anyone with modern gaming as a hobby could have told you all of this, these dramatic price slashes after only a couple of months have been commonplace for a few years now. But the reason I made this great big long post is because I was genuinely shocked at the initial asking price. I don't think they can afford to go any higher than what they're asking for right now.

Time to learn a new word! Baulk - definition: To hesitate or be unwilling to accept.

In economics, customer baulking is a concept where a customer sees the price of an item and immediately passes on it. The item is too expensive for them and they don't even TRY to consider if the price is justifiable. If the thing you're selling is consistently getting people baulking at it, then it's not going to sell enough units to be profitable. If you're familiar with the "laws of supply and demand" then you should understand why this is a problem.

I'm concerned that the modern video game industry is going to shoot itself in the foot repeatedly by setting the prices of their games so high at launch that their week 1 figures are going to give the shareholders heart attacks.

I'm not saying £70 isn't a reasonable price (despite... the rest of this post heavily implying otherwise) but what I am saying is I think they've hit the maximum limit of reasonability.

There will be people who think the price of Zelda: tears of the kingdom is too high, even now. There will be people who are willing to buy games new at £60. I'm one of those people, I bought the star wars game I listed earlier, on day 1, for around £60. But the sheer AUDACITY to look me square in the digital eyes and ask £70 for a new game... That's my tipping point. To the extent that I don't even want to buy it at £60 anymore, I'll just wait.

If £70 becomes the new launch standard then I will baulk at every single new release until the prices start to go back down. I sincerely hope you'll join me.

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