Skull and Bones Already Getting Price Cuts

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Ubisoft's latest release, Skull and Bones, has seen its price reduced by $25 only three weeks after its release, though it has since returned to full price. Skull and Bones is Ubisoft's second $70 AAA title behind December 2023's first-person adventure shooter Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. As the price of video games has risen from the $60 standard over the past several years, many gamers have become more selective over which games they choose to spend money on, live service titles especially.

After years of new trailers, disappointing delays, and even a development reboot, Skull and Bones is finally available to the masses. The pirate-themed live service ship combat game launched to unremarkable reception, with many Ubisoft fans opting to revisit Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag instead. Ever since Skull and Bones' beta weekends, Black Flag has seen its player counts skyrocket, as its stellar naval combat served as the springboard for Ubisoft to move ahead with Skull and Bones in the first place. Additionally, rumors of a Black Flag remake have garnered a lot of buzz and excitement throughout the gaming zeitgeist, certainly more so than Skull and Bones' launch has.

Now, only a few weeks after its release, Skull and Bones' controversial $70 price tag has been slashed nearly in half to $45 at Best Buy. Unfortunately for gamers who have been waiting for a price cut to set sail on the open sea, Skull and Bones was mysteriously restored back to its original $70 price just a day later. The reasons for this strange $25 price reduction are unknown, though it's possible it could've been an error on Best Buy's end, considering it was reverted the next day. Skull and Bones is currently available for $65 at GameStop, making it apparent that the game is slowly beginning to come down in price.

While Skull and Bones' Best Buy price has since gone back up to $70, it's possible it will see another permanent drop sometime soon, as it is still struggling to find its footing weeks after