Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown Is Already On Sale (US)

When you want to get a Ubisoft game, wait a month or two and you will always get a sale.

@link12684 I honestly think this is beginning to affect their launch sales. Feels like the last few games of theirs I read about have had disappointing sales at launch, and that's likely due in no small part to people knowing this exact situation is going to happen. I personally am very interested in buying this game, but I'm going to wait because I'm also confident it's going to drop to $20 by summer.

@burninmylight Ubuysale, I mean Ubisoft right? 😂

Pretty simple release game with a price of 30~ and that's it. Very few games are worth 60 retail. Making these sales just proves that it's a reasonable price and no1 loses money nor the consumer which is us nor the company which is ubisoft in this case.

I just grabbed it on Amazon for the 29. Man my backlog is just getting bigger and bigger.

I got both Mario and Rabbid games for 20 each by just waiting for a sale and I'll be doing the same with Prince of Persia.

people this is imho goty contender. it's that F'ing good!!!!!!!!

Ubi (waiting for) Soft (launch numbers to drive the price down).

@Smug43 it's good but goty contender don't think so.

This is why you can't take Ubisoft games seriously at launch. I'll probably wait for a bigger sale for the physical version.

I’m going to wait for it to drop to a tenner or less, as with Fenyx Rising. But that doesn’t mean I’m not interested.

This is next on my list of gaming purchases anyway. Just need to finish Sparks of Hope and Xeno3 first. As soon as the sale hits Europe I'm picking this up.

@SwitchVogel It absolutely is, at least on switch. They fed the bear and now it keeps coming back. Also I'm in the same boat, waiting for it to drop even more.

Discounting is just part of their pricing strategy, as it keeps the game in the spotlight. And it seems to pay off, because we are talking about the game in this forum, after all.

Having said that, Ubisoft is so eager to use this tactic, that it's become a cliché not to buy their games at launch.

Picked this up on launch day full-price to support the devs (and because I want more games like this), but Ubisoft's really shooting themselves in the foot with this ridiculous sales behaviour.

Anyway, fantastic game, well worth the $30.

I got it physical several weeks ago from Best Buy on sale. Didn’t realize I had a $5 coupon in my Best Buy wallet, so got it for $25.

I bought it day one.
Glad I did, worth every cent plus I wanted to support a great game

I'm not sure why anyone buys Ubisoft titles Day 1. They're always heavily discounted within weeks.

@Poodlestargenerica I know everyone loves to rag on Nintendo for never discounting their games often or deeply, but I have to say that it does make people value their games more. The only few times in the last few years that I've actually bought a game for full price were all for Nintendo games, because I wanted to play them and knew that I'd be looking at a months or years long wait before I could even start seeing 30% off regularly.

I supported Mario + Rabbids 2 at launch on principle, since I loved the original, but I never buy other Ubisoft games at launch anymore thanks to their pricing antics. I believe other people, particularly Nintendo fans, are the same way. Why not wait a few months and grab the same game for 80% off?

I feel the same way to a lesser extent about a lot of SEGA's releases.

If I'm going to be punished for supporting day one, then I'm going to adjust my purchasing strategy in response. This is why Nintendo games are generally day one buys, and everything else waits for a sale down the road.

@SwitchVogel Yeah they definitely are a bit too reluctant to discount sometimes, and some games are overpriced, but they maintain a high quality and their designers/programmers seem happy.

That is one of the only good things about Ubisoft, it doesn’t take long for them to put their games on sale, and quite significantly in some cases

Ubisoft already devaluing their game, sigh.

If they do not care, I will not care either.

@SwitchVogel This is why Nintendo doesn't do sales and the reason why I keep buying their games day one. I'm concerned that other Japanese publishers, especially Sony, are begining to catch on and we will soon see the end of games quickly dropping in price.

This poses such an interesting discussion about the value of games and whether Ubisoft's constant discounting hurts their game's reputation. I say interesting because one of the more popular arguments within the gaming communities is not being tempted to buy games on day 1. Valuing the art of being patient. Waiting for a good round-up of reviews to make your decisions and, like in Ubisoft's case, waiting for that inevitable price drop.

Yet, some of the arguments go the other way. When the price of a Ubisoft game eventually drops, the argument then becomes how maybe they are making a mistake, shouldn't do it, and how it devalues their games.

@iaLgan Maybe you have the right idea, pricing the game at a lower price point at launch. But I'm sure there's probably some study in consumer psychology that supports releasing the game at a premium price, and then discounting it shortly after.

This may be a (very expected, we all knew it was going to be in sale sooner rather than later) sign to pick up my Switch for the first time this year. It has been collecting dust for a while, while I focus on other consoles.
After Paper Mario there seems to be nothing more left for me on the Switch sadly.

This plus “pay more for early access” tactics makes me hesitant to buy games like this 🤷‍♂️

I knew it!!
Can't wait to get home and grab it, this has put a smile on my face 😃

I’ll wait a little longer for it to hit 60-80% off. Doing the same with Hogwarts and Arkham trilogy. Fortunately I just got a switch last year, so I was able to get a discount on some first party Nintendo games, but I buy those day 1 for new releases since I’m not willing to wait 5 years for most of those…

@iaLgan Nice profile pic! 👌

i always wait to buy ubisoft games never.

SOP for Ubisoft then?

Ah darn this is the sale that’s on the PlayStation too. That’s where I ended up getting it. Should have waited bit oh well I’m enjoying it.

Surely Ubisoft understands why nobody buys their games at full price right? ...right?

Been wanting this but it's an Ubisoft game, so yeah, never, ever buy it at launch. The price will always drop eventually.

Being a bit underwhelmed by the initial demo, I passed on PoP until I bought it on sale a few days ago as a change of pace from Unicorn Overlord (which I like). I'm happy to report that I have been really impressed by and enjoying PoP. Definitely some challenge for this 'geezer gamer', but so far able to get through on Warrior difficulty.

A bit odd to say "saving up to 40%" for the game. Does that mean certain other areas are not getting the 40% off? Because saying "up to" usually implies there are different percentages.

Bought this for the PS5 which was also on sale. Perfect game for the Portal.

For those who tell that Ubisoft drop their prices pretty early ... I think that we deserve Nintendo's never dropping prices !

I’m waiting for £2.99.

Ubisoft and Warner Bros games hold their value like milk

Physical £32.99 on Am*zon UK as Spring Deal. Another £10 or so less for Ubisoft PC digital - which handily you can play on Luna.