Skyrim Special Edition’s Price Tag Is A Joke

Rich Drummond of Gaming Tech United writes:

"I’m a huge fan of Skyrim. It’s easily one of my favorite games of the past generation. The music was perfection personified, the missions were fun, and getting lost in the world was a daily occurrence for me. I spent 500 hours with the game on the Xbox 360, so needless to say, I really enjoyed the time I was playing Bethesda’s RPG. When I heard the news that a remaster coming the Xbox One and PS4 I was a bit skeptical, but I was waiting to see what exactly Bethesda would be giving the consumer. When the details were revealed and the price was unveiled at 60 USD, I, like many others, could only laugh."

[-Foxtrot]

If it came with a Steelbook, maybe a Septim coin and an updated cloth map showing the DLC then it wouldn't be that bad. Hell maybe just the odd new location here and there to build on.

Something to give it more of that push

[GamingTechUnited]

Oh! I actually really like the extra map idea, man. That would be pretty cool. I adored the one that came with the original game. I just don't see the push that this game needs for the full 60 USD price tag.

[Hroach616]

I still have the original skyrim map sitting under the glass of my living room table in as mint condition at the day it left the case lol

[Rebel_Scum]

Skyrim on sale for $5 on previous steam sales is the real joke imo.

[UltimateMaster]

What is a joke is that people that have it on PC will get the upgrade for free while console owners are forced to buy it again.
I say it's a favour treatment for PC.
Do I need to mention that Bethesda Games are always broken at launch.
It is people in the PC gaming modding community that fixes some of the issues for their games.
Their games aren't meant to be played on consoles so I don't know why anyone buys them day 1.

[DragonKnight]

"What is a joke is that people that have it on PC will get the upgrade for free while console owners are forced to buy it again."

People keep saying this but really don't understand. It's not about favouring the PC, even though Bethesda does. This remaster provides literally nothing for PC gamers at all. The only way they get this for free is if they have all the DLC already, and the PC has all the best mods out there already, including whole graphical overhauls that put Bethesda's remaster to shame. There is zero incentive for PC users to buy this remaster and Bethesda knows it so that's why it's free on PC.

[KindaGrump]

Love this idea too! I remember those septim coins going for a chunk of change back when the original game released.

[Lsbb]

I've still got one

[Liqu1d]

Buy it on sale then.

[GeraltOfRevia]

What's more of a joke is the support this company gets even though their games are always broken and outdated.

[Bradk721]

Then other companies need to step up and make adventure rpg's w fantasy settings. Witcher 3 was good but it does not scratch that itch. First person fantasy rpg's are an endangered species on the current consoles. THAT is why it's getting so much support. Dragon Age couldn't do the job. Until somebody does this, Bethesda is the only option.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Need a new first person Ultima

[Dark_Knightmare2]

I would take Witcher 3 over any Bethesda game any day of the week and that's with me loving skyrim.

[deadfrag]

+1 well said!Bethesda pays a big pay load to review sites i now,every one talks WB but Bethesda ways of getting high reviews its much more nefarious and no one talks.To much money involved !

[Silly gameAr]

I agree. I think Bethesda is one of the most overrated companies in gaming.

[_-EDMIX-_]

The joke is that you think support is even based on that.

I got both Fallout 4 and Witcher 3 day 1, they both actually had issues.....

Yet...only Witcher 3 did I get a corrupt save and had to start over.

I'm not going to go out and say "joke is the support this company gets even though ABC etc" when my situation is not what many others had and I understand that many others still like Witcher 3, despite its issues, just like Fallout, just like a lot of games.

The reality is, we don't have other RPGs like Fallout or Elder Scrolls bud, you can try to argue it til your blue in the face, but i play MANY RPGS as anyone who sees me on PSN knows I play many, many different ones and I can tell you Bethesda,by FAR are the most unique in how they are crafted. Most games don't even come SLIGHTLY close.

From many unique NPC's, to many different quest path, to the large number of items and crafting. They have a very rare RPG that isn't the norm of RPGs. Believe me bud, I've been trying to find any RPG even remotely like the ones Bethesda's make and I've yet to find it.

Didn't even bring up the switch from first to 3rd person on the fly. They can move 12 million units in a week because they are clearly doing something correct bud. Someone is buying what they make for a great reason. If they made bad games, their sales would very much reflect that.

Many love jumping on this hipster bandwagan x developer is a joke or "broken and outdated" etc.

What RPG have you crafted that has moved more units?

What RPG series do you know of that is near such a company that moves such units?

Someone disagrees with you bud, like in the range of like 13 million or so lol

The interwebs general theory on games is many times incorrect. Many of you don't speak for the majority as sales kinda disagree with such a narrative. If someone is bad, the market sorta reflects that.

Call Of Duty still sells.

Battlefield doesn't outsell COD

Battlefront moved 13 million units.

Fallout 4 sold more then 12 million units

Witcher 3 sold less then all the games I just mentioned.

What you read on the webz, isn't always reality bud. If that was the case, the above would not be resulting lol I think you put way, way ,waaaaaaay too much stock in what you read from comments. I own both games and disagree with your statement bud.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Amen brother!

[hirobrotagonist]

I like how you guys are shitting on one of the best game companies of the decade that have brought us complete world experiences with thousands of hours of entertainment. I'm denying their games are buggy, but I've had a lot of fun with them.

[KingOfArcadia]

What's even more of a joke is the fact that a guy with a Witcher 3 account name & pic is still salty about Fallout 4 nearly a year later. Get over yourself Geralt.

[Bradk721]

Lol I got 8 thumbs down for stating 100% facts. Just shows ppl are butt hurt about a Skyrim remaster. Logic goes out the window for those ppl.

[legionsoup]

I don't mind paying full price. I played through it on PS3. I want to see how much sweeter it looks on PS4. And the mod support should help make it feel newer as well.

[GamingTechUnited]

I wouldn't count on the mods quite yet. The mod scene on PS4 is pretty shaky at the moment. Hopefully it gets sorted out before the launch of this title. If not, people are not going to be happy.

[gigoran]

except it being blatantly advertised. so yeah, mods are there

[_-EDMIX-_]

Not sure why you would factor Fallout 4's mod situation with a different game. Unless Skyrim won't have mods until a certain date, I think you should hold off on this whole "sorted out" theory.

Are you sure its "PS4" and not just Fallout 4 WITH PS4? For all you know ,Skyrim doesn't have that issue, its a less demanding game then Fallout 4.

[DragonKnight]

The biggest problems with mods on PS4 are the small file size total (900MB to Xbox One's 2GB) and Sony using a proprietary sound format, so the issues with Fallout 4 mod support are issues with ALL games that may have mod support on PS4 because Sony are too anal about it.

Xbox One and PS4 also can't support, as of yet, script extenders so many of the best mods will never be available on either console.

[KindaGrump]

@gigoran

The mods were advertised for Fallout 4 too an they aren't out yet. Seems like the problems are coding for the PS4 itself. Those problems would still exist when looking at Skyrim SE.

Also when they are fixed, I hope the file size for them gets boosted because 900MB is way too small.

[Yukonsbud]

I might buy this someday when price drops, but with games like GoW4, Titanfall2, and BF1 around the corner I wouldn't have time to play Skyrim. I still have a backlog of games to finish before the holiday season games come out.

[SolidDuck]

I don't think the price is an issue. Sure I'd rather pay less. I'd rather spend 60 on Skyrim than many new games coming out this year. Watch dogs 2, cod infinite to name a couple.

[BlackTar187]

This is free on PC right?

[GrimmyReaper]

Lol, I said this would happen and people called me an idiot xD
That said, it is too high for what it really is. An updated version of GOTY edition of Skyrim, nothing much else

[MatrixxGT]

And if you can wait 30 days I'm sure you can get it under $40 new.

[Artemidorus]

Not a joke just pure greed.

[GamingTechUnited]

I understand that Bethesda is a business and I know this remastered version didn't just appear with one click of a mouse, so work was done to make it happen, but I don't see how Bethesda can rationalize the price. The graphical update is nothing to write home about and the use of mods is still something they haven't solved on one of the two consoles.

I love Skyrim, but this edition by itself isn't enough for that 60 USD sticker.

[xtheblackparade]

I agree. I have it on pc , but my pc broke down but there's no way I'll pay 60 for a ps4 game that originally released 2 years ago.
Plus playing it now after playing TESO will feel like playing on a microstain on the map of TESO lol.

[Big_Game_Hunters]

Bethesda will be bethesda.

[gigoran]

day one buy. sucks you all dont wanna buy it, but hey no skin off my NS

[s45gr32]

I do not have to buy it. I get it for freeeeeee on PC. That right there shows that console gamers must pay premium prices for their games. That is the sad reality.

[TaylorSwiftFart]

The initial price tag doesn't bother me at all. I'm positive it will go on sale a month after release. Besides, nobody is forcing me to pay for it on launch.

[Derceto]

This thing is a joke at $60, but buying utterly broken pieces of shit like AssCreed, Batman AK, Battlefield 4, etc. for $120 with laughably bad and entirely undisclosed "season passes" is perfectly fine? Getting nickel and dimed to death in retail games like Overwatch and Evolve, and the likes doesn't warrant any dislike?

Why not write articles about serious price gouging instead of a remaster that's going for the base rate of games these days?

[KindaGrump]

I don't see why there can't be a space to write both. Articles like this are fine and articles that blast those other games are fine too. They're both being written. When AK launched and was disaster on PC, every gaming site in the world had pieces about it. Same goes for the bugs in AC Unity and the season passes in BF4.

Just because this one is the one we're commenting on, doesn't nullify the fact that there was hundreds of articles covering the messes of those three games.

[s45gr32]

Because PC gamers THAT OWN THE ORIGINAL SKYRIM COPY GET THE REMASTERED EDITION FOR FREE; on the other hand, console gamers that own the original copy of skyrim must pay $60.00 for the remastered edition. Really, until console gamers fight back, console gaming will only get worse. Console gamers complain but they still buy the game they complain about lol. Wake up console gamers.

[FastRedPonyCar]

first paid mods on the steam workshop and now this... gotta hand it to them. They've got balls trying this stuff out.

That said, there's how many tens of millions of xbone/ps4 players who would probably love to play a better looking skyrim at a better frame rate with the potential for a flood of mods similar to what they did with FO4.

They're not crazy in knowing people want it but asking $60 is ... ambitious.

[s45gr32]

Because console gamers will gladly buy it. Make some asinine excuse, as to why Bethesda is right..... May complain about it but still buy it. The console gamers that do stand up are a minority. So, Bethesda is doing it, because they know they can get away with it.

[s45gr32]

Nope the PC version of this game makes the remastered edition irrelevant.

[KingOfArcadia]

I don't understand why the price of this particular remaster is cause for concern - aren't all the remasters coming in at full price? I'm pretty sure the remaster for GTA V was full price too.

[cimerians]

I'm getting it for free on PC and for 60 bucks for completely re-done game on console, I don't mind. Look at Silent Hill HD collection and all the other crap remasters out there. Sorry but the current console versions of Skyrim are basically unplayable when compared to Steam. You waste 60 bucks on worse stuff. Get over it or just don't buy it.

[spektical]

yeah i dont think its worth $60.. i bought it at $40 used after it came out on ps3 and then on PC for like $10 during the steam sales.

the only game i've bought as "remaster" edition was gta5