The Last Guardian has Received a Permanent Price-Drop From Sony

This morning, twitter user Wario64 noticed that Sony's exclusive The Last Guardian, seems to have already hit a permanent price-reduction on all store-fronts.

The Last Guardian suffered almost 10 years of development hell, but eventually released two months ago to strong critical reception.

[naruga]

buy the game people! ...it s a perfect experience ...... such tries must be massively supported or else we ill be filled with generic shooters and QTE simplistic episodic games

[darthv72]

your sentiment can be applied to all sorts of games this gen. Ones where the devs put lots of effort into it and all they want in return is for people to play it and enjoy it.

[naruga]

just No .... there are too many mediocrities and generic games out there (especially from FPS genre) that are being repeated, multiplying and stuffing the industry ....tries like TLG, Gravity Rush (or as you mention below W101) must be supported better in order to not be lost and show there is an audiencefor classic gaming...also exploity companies like Capcom which try with heavy names but sloppy made games (SF5 RE7) to just cash from consumers must be boycotted

[darthv72]

naruga, I made a very honest and general statement to which you opted to impose your own view on. Realistically there are several fun games that did not get the attention they deserved. Wonderful 101 is a fun game that (sadly) hardly anyone played because they didnt want to get a wiiu to play it.

another one is Ryse son of Rome. It is a really good game but because it was on xb1 it too got shunned. The order 1886 is another good game that people either did not give it a fair shake or just hated on because it was the thing to do. It's a shame when people already have their minds made up about something without even trying it. Lots of hard work goes into making these things to entertain us.

The least we can do is be open minded to their efforts. you may have your genres you dont care for and that is understandable but you cant just blindly say "NO" to the notion that there are games that deserve to be played other than TLG.

edit: so you edit your response which makes other responses seem out of place. Can't even stand behind what you initially typed huh....?

[Sparta07]

@ darthv, I'm going to have to agree with you on this one 100%.

@Barricade, yes sir!!
Resident evil 7 is pretty amazing ( I'm a sucker for horror games )
I agree about TLG, is not perfect not at all but what a GREAT game. I fell in love with TLG the first ten minutes playing it. For those who haven't played it, please do is freaking awesome!!

[BizarroUltraman6]

@naruga,

Im not even gonna try.

[babadivad]

*cough* Quantum Break *cough*

[bouzebbal]

@naruga:
i agree with most of what you say, but it is still a subjective opinion.
some people might dislike TLG, others like me dislike GTA.

[zidane1341]

Resident evil 7 is not a sloppy game, what the hell are you talking about? Get the hell out of here, resident evil 7 is the beat since 3, moron. 20 dollars says you haven't even played it, fool.

[Spike20XX]

Lol Naruga just can't stand to be so wrong

[LordMaim]

Neither Ryse nor The Order were good games. They may have looked good, but they were simply not good games. The Last Guardian however, is a great game that many will unfortunately not even try, let alone have the patience to get Trico to trust them. It was by far the best game to come out of Team Ico. My hat is off to Ueda.

[SmielmaN]

I've bought it but it's in a backlog lol

[G20WLY]

Me too lol, looking forward to playing!

Incidentally, this is a duplicate article :

http://n4g.com/news/2012459...

[SmielmaN]

G20WLY. Lol. Too many games!

[Overload]

Advice for everyone. Don't spam the commands for Trico.

[ORyanDeee]

yeah ive got it in the backlog too, waiting for the controls to be patched

[SojournUK]

Same here, picked it up for £16 back in December, still in its shrink wrap.

[WelcomeToTheFamily]

Biggest hypocrite on N4G goes too you.

[Bahamut]

And sports games.

[MagicBeanz]

I agree with you, people absolutely should buy the game especially at that lower price, theres no reason not to. But if I had one disagreement it would be with the idea that its a "perfect experience", honestly it has a couple of flaws, they are not game breaking just a bit annoying at times but it keeps the game from being perfect for sure. That being said no game is perfect and The Last Guardian is defenitly a game that all PS4 owners should experience.

[PFFT]

Its a pass for me. Ico was amazing and it had memorable characters. And dont even get me started with Shadow of the Colossus that game was amazing! But on this one...............ehhhhhhhh something about that dog with chicken legs and feet just doesnt catch my interest. MAYBE ill give it a shot once it hits the bargain bin OR gets a free release as a PS+ title.

[IamTylerDurden1]

I'm surprised bc it actually outsold Deus Ex MKD, Quantum Break, Dead Rising 4, and other big budget titles. TLG has exceeded sales expectations and already sold about one million physical copies. But if more ppl get to play it the better. It should definitely outsell SotC as well.

[josephayal]

Will this game make me cry?

[Overload]

My game of the year for 2016.

[Vizigoth04]

It is truly a great game. Should be at around 1 million worldwide right now. The price drop should give it some legs.

[Sparta07]

I guess it can't be YOUR game of the year.
According to the disagrees.
Lol

[Brugal]

One of my favorite games this generation. Definitely one of the most memorable gaming experiences I've ever had, especially playing it with my dog on my lap.

[JackieDrunken]

In my top 5 for 2016. Not without faults but a fascinating game with a beautiful story. Refreshing and different.

[Inzo]

Differently in my top 3. A fantastic game.

[RedPill86]

A PS exclusive for you? Shocker. Standards are pretty low I'd say. Deus Ex did some fairly new stuff in the RPG department. Doom was the first good FPS campaign in years and mechanically functioned very well. Compared to TLG which mechanically functioned very poorly.

[Overload]

@RedPill

The Last Guardian picked up 15 GOTY awards in total, Deus Ex had 0, Doom had 28.
https://gotypicks.blogspot....

Not sure what you're getting at here? All you've shown is your love for Deus Ex blinds your judgement.

[isarai]

Okay? And?...

are game not supposed to go down in price? Two months for a price drop sounds pretty damn common to me. Don't get why this is news :/

[Rimeskeem]

I guess CoD is its own league of prices

@below

I know, my point precisely

[crazychris4124]

Thats just activision being greedy. Modern Warfare 3 is still $40 on Steam and was released over 5 years ago, Black Ops 2 is $60 and is over 4 years old.

[ShaunCameron]

@ crazychris4124

That's because those games are still in high demand and people are willing to pay such prices.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Infinite Warfare is $40 at Walmart

[81BX]

Instead of taking offense, maybe you should look at it as a way to let those on the fence know its cheaper

[isarai]

Im mot taking offense, just wondering why this is news at all.

[81BX]

Ok. Well maybe to inform? I just finished res7 so i might pick this up now.

[RedPill86]

Two months is not common for a permanent price drop. It's only common for this generation with software sales failing across the board, minus the handful of exceptions.

[ziggurcat]

i bet they've only knocked $5 off of the Canadian pricing...

[shodai]

They knocked 30$, now it's 50$ on bestbuy. Not bad, but it still suck's that we pay more. The price looks ok now, I'm gonna pick it up.

[mocaak]

Um, you pay less, 40 USD = 52.20 CAD.

[ziggurcat]

@mocaak:

$49.99 is not $40. The game isn't $39.99 in Canada.

[shodai]

@mocaak

I was referring to back in the days prices where we used to pay the same amount in dollars as the US even if our currency is lower. we used to pay 60$ CAD in the PS3 era, and shortly after the PS4 it was bumped to 70$ adn then to 80$. You have to understand, we dont have as good sales as you have it and games costs hardly falls. When I look at amazon.com there are all those great deals! Amazon.ca hardly has any. And also we dont have bestbuy gamer club, so we cant have reduced prices. Amazon prime in canada dont give reduction on preorders like the US. And in Quebec, the taxes rate is a bit more than 15%, and my salary is about the same as the US so our buying power is not higher! They adjusted the price to the currency, but my salary isnt getting adjusted! Anyway its all good...we gotta do what we gotta do and find a way to get those games, thats why I dont buy new anymore, I wait for sales, thank god playstation has me swimming in games so I can wait!

[MRMagoo123]

Canada huh 😂 you guys are not even close to the prices we are subjected to in Australia

[ziggurcat]

Pretty close, actually.

[Allsystemgamer]

We pay $92 after tax for the standard editions of new releases.

[Majin-vegeta]

Time to get the CE

[Nyxus]

Amazing game. People should try it out.

[Gamist2dot0]

Guess they met their sales goal.

[Vizigoth04]

Should be at about 1 million worldwide right now. These guys could easily make a second installment or new IP before moving on to PS5.

[Bathyj]

I guess I could have waited since I still havent play it :( too much backlog, but thats ok, I got it for a good price to start with and I dont mind supporting good devs. Just finished Rise of the Tombraider, Gravity Rush (finally, that was great) and just started Dishonored. Hopefully I can finish that and then play Last Guardian before Horizon hits. So busy.

EDIT
Damn, still have Deus Ex, Doom, CoD. I need to stop buying games I dont have time to play right away, but I'm a sucker for Christmas sales.

[MRMagoo123]

ugh or when eb does a sale on second hand games .....I usually come home with about 10 games that don't get touched for months sometimes a full year 😂

[Bathyj]

Yeah, I got Doom for $23. Its not even an old game.

[Kribwalker]

I bought mad max on Boxing Day last year from the MS store for $19.99 plus a $10 gift card, it's still in its package lol

[DashArrivals]

So what. It happens to nearly all games. Nothing abnormal here. Geez

[NoPeace_Walker]

Temporarily reducing the price of a new game after launch is normal gaming pratices from best sellers Battlefield 1 to COD that can be had for $30- $40 during the holidays.

Permanently reducing the price of a game after less than 2 months on the market is not normal practice. It is most likely Sony trying to spike slow sales. There is a reason why GTAV is still $60 to this day. That game still sell.

[DashArrivals]

Yes it IS normal practice for exclusives. GTA5 is multiplat and a magical beast of a game. Don't compare

[rainslacker]

It's pretty normal if a second pressing of a game is done. If it fails to sell well, then the price drop usually comes much sooner, and tends to be retailer specific, and is done by offering rebates to the retailers with the hope that they'll order more so the publisher can move stock.

Several of my distributors send me price drop information every week, and almost every game on there is in the 6-12 weeks after release stage. It's pretty rare that it stays full price after 2 months, and if it does, it's typically because there are no rebates offered to the distributors or retailers to move through stock. Not all these price drops always show up at retail as fast, because those stores have to move through stock that they brought for higher prices.

There's also the fact that this month is very heavy with game releases, so Sony will want to get stock out, with the hopes they can ship retailers more games.

[TechnoGoat]

Downloading the update as we speak.

[Razzer]

isn't this a duplicate story?
http://n4g.com/news/2012459...

[DiceAndRice]

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[Vasto]

Bargin Bin

[Doabarrelroll]

And it still sold more and was better rated than most Xbox exclusives so congrats

[Vasto]

The salt

[MRMagoo123]

best thing to do is put vasto on ignore the guy has the intelligence of an overcooked carrot, I mean look at his reply, he says you are salty (whatever the f#$k that means I'm not a millennial so I can't be sure) yet your comment was that it sold more than most Xbox games /shrug

[Goldby]

@MR MAgoo

Salty = someone is being bitter
mainly used for useless console fanboy wars and jabs at other companies.

[NotanotherReboot]

Not good, considering it only released a month or so ago.

[MRMagoo123]

"derp derp derppity derp", there i fixed it for you

edit: Frankers ?? who is Frankers? ......oh I see you can't even spell correctly and you wanna have a go at me 😂🖒

[stiggs]

@MrMagoo123

You JUST said that "he (Vasto) has the intelligence of an overcooked carrot, I mean look at his reply" and then replied to Frinker's legitimate observation with "derp derp derppity derp".

Unbelievable...

[stiggs]

@MRMagoo123

Yet another enlightened and sophisticated response. I'm surprised that you didn't reply with "duuuuuuuuuuuuuuur!" Oh wait, you already used that discerning remark in response to Nintengoth's comment.

I'm sure if you put your mind to it you can formulate another brilliant rebuttal. Something along the lines of "I know you are, but what am I?"

[NotanotherReboot]

So facts are gibberish to you?
Wow... This is a remarkable breakthrough in desiphering the mind of a Sony fanboy

[PhoenixUp]

I wish Nintendo dropped the prices of their first party titles a quickly as Sony and Microsoft

[G20WLY]

This is a duplicate article :

http://n4g.com/news/2012459...

[NoPeace_Walker]

The other article was failed by the mod. This is the active one.

[danny818]

they are desperate

[Vizigoth04]

I just bought this game for my brother this past Sunday. Pretty sure it was full price still at Walmart. But if anyone is on the fence about it or are busy playing something else this one is definitely worth it. You can beat it in a weekend. The personable approach this game had between the boy and Tricot was surreal. Man's best friend if you will. Definitely work playing through.

[theshredded]

Game is a must for people who people who like unique experiences and I'm pretty sure a lot were eyeing this game but held off at $60 but people make sure you purchase the game people at some point in your life. This is a once in a generation type of game.

[SR388]

It needs to be taken off shelves and destroyed lol it was so bad and was so looking forward to it years ago

[MRMagoo123]

duuuuuuuuuuuuuuur! that's basically all you just said, imagine what it'll be like when the switch sells less than this game does tho 😂

[SR388]

Indeed lol I highly doubt it

[VersusDMC]

I can see why it isn't selling like crazy. Honestly the game is just you leading a awesome looking creature out of a castle. I was frustrated at the beginning...but the majestic creature grows on you. The creature is unlike anything you've ever interacted with in a videogame. One of a kind videogame. Pick it up.

[YEP414]

Don't nobody wont this game!!!

[MasterCornholio]

Well people want it more than plenty of games that came out last year. If I'm not mistaken DR4 was one of them.

[TWB]

Good for those who are still not sure. There were quite a few people who said its not worth the full price, so maybe they'll get to experience the game now...

[MagicBeanz]

Absolutely worth it at that price.

[Obelisk92]

Bought it just a week after release for 40€ at gamestop. A remarkable experience.

Anyway no strange news, this kind of game always drops in prize because of the relatively small sales...

[DivineAssault]

I knew it was going to drop in price soon but i still bought it and its still sealed unfortunately.. Im 3 games away from firing it up..

[Tzuno]

The game might be good but it's a genre for a "few" people and that might be reflected in sales, lowering the price reflects poor sales.

[guyjean]

will get it when its between 5 - 7$.

[BigGamersSmallTalk]

Ouch! That bad I suppose? Cautionary tale of listening to the vocal minority. Seems like Sony thought the people on the internet begging for this game were going to number in the millions. Game cost a ton, and already a price drop.

[rainslacker]

And they still delivered. So congrats to Sony for providing for those fans the stuff they marketed their system with.

[Darkfist_Flames]

Great game, those interested should get this at this price.

[Einhander1971]

I agree naruga people moan but still buy the same shit, something like last guardian deserves more
respect and should be played for the experience.

[KickSpinFilter]

No excuse, pick it up now one of my favorites last year, right after my GOTY Inside.

[paulust2002]

I love the concept, honestly. Just found the game unplayable controls wise. I'd rather cartoon style graphics or cell shading if it meant everything was responsive.

Game was a victim of circumstance I think, rather than any complacency on the dev's part.

I'll likely try again one day. Maybe.

Did everyone else find it worth sticking with?

[RedPill86]

Game is doing well I see. And people honestly want to debate the collapse of the software market with me, perfectly good games just aren't selling as much as required.

[Bismarn]

I would have preferred that they keep it the same price but patch it with 21st century controls.

[alfcrippinjr]

there been to much of a hype for this game and some reviews say it looks like a ps3 game
im passing on this one.
got around 20 games back logged to play

[Elda]

It's a good game taking my time with it because of work & other games.I should have waited to buy at 40 instead of 60 which is something I'm going to start doing.I'm going to wait to buy KH-2.8 & GR-2 till they fall to the 40 price tag,though some games I will buy at launch such as Nioh & Horizon.

[GordyNYC]

This game is special. If you can get past the camera then youll love it.

[hiawa23]

I rented the game from gamefly but did not like it at all. Did the game not do well for Sony?

[Darkfist_Flames]

it did better for a niche game, well better than that main stream dead rising 4 thats for sure xD.

[joethetimelord]

Odd considering it's already done surprisingly well.
Still, this won't hurt.