The South African pricing of Microsoft's "Play Anywhere" games is ridiculous

[Jamie McKane]

The South African pricing of Microsoft's "Play Anywhere" games is ridiculous

Is this the start of console pricing for PC games?

[BeoTeK]

Well... you're effectively getting two games (or platforms) for a single price. I don't really see an issue with it, the avg console game is ~R900 and the avg PC game is ~R600 so therefor the total would be ~R1500.

Forza Horizon 3 is R999, so win-win.

[mottamort]

Well... you're effectively getting two games (or platforms) for a single price. I don't really see an issue with it, the avg console game is ~R900 and the avg PC game is ~R600 so therefor the total would be ~R1500.

Forza Horizon 3 is R999, so win-win.

But are you? Will I be able to play the game at the same time on both platforms? If the answer is yes, your analysis is justified...if the answer is no...well then you just admitted pc games cost R600 and these are way above that, seeing as these are already available on xbox no? only pc people will be buying this, or have I missed something?

[BeoTeK]

But are you? Will I be able to play the game at the same time on both platforms? If the answer is yes, your analysis is justified...if the answer is no...well then you just admitted pc games cost R600 and these are way above that, seeing as these are already available on xbox no? only pc people will be buying this, or have I missed something?

I've admitted to saying that an average median price of ~R600.

And I honestly haven't got a problem with. I'm paying the same price I would have for a console only game, that I can now play on PC too if the TV is otherwise occupied.

[DieGrootHammer]

But are you? Will I be able to play the game at the same time on both platforms? If the answer is yes, your analysis is justified...if the answer is no...well then you just admitted pc games cost R600 and these are way above that, seeing as these are already available on xbox no? only pc people will be buying this, or have I missed something?

At any single point in time, you may only sign into the game on one Xbox One console or one Windows 10 PC. You cannot be signed into the same game on both an Xbox One console and a Windows 10 PC at the same time.

So there you have it. You get a console game at console game price that you can play on your PC as well.

Personally I also don't have a problem with this as I'm in any case gonna be playing the game on Xbox One, plus I am only one man, and can only play one game at a time, so no need for me to be logged in on two separate systems at the same time. I know, people want to share the game with their SO on the other platform and play with them, and its sucky that it doesn't work that way.

[Grievous]

So there you have it. You get a console game at console game price that you can play on your PC as well.

But it's not from what i saw the price is for Gears of War 4, according to the article it's R999, where as the xbox one version is R899. I don't mind paying the same price for a console game to play on pc, but not really willing to pay more.

[mottamort]

Well then the real question is why the hell are console games so damn expensive o_0

[BeoTeK]

Well then the real question is why the hell are console games so damn expensive o_0

It's always been the case. Granted they have escalated over time.

[mottamort]

It's always been the case. Granted they have escalated over time.

Eish...feel sorry for you guys then

[Wlad]

PC games are hardly R600 as a standard anymore. R600 is considered "cheap" for a PC game these days.

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