"Oh we've been trying to keep the process down" Then why don't you just lower the price? The company has had record profits for the past 5 years and they have the balls to raise the prices. Don't insult our intelligence

@clinch4402

3 ай бұрын

Lets not forget when they used to have stores fully staffed with 3 members back in the 00s, now barely have 1 and have to shut for "lunch". It's beyond hilarious how much they've cut costs.

@gatall91

3 ай бұрын

@clinch4402 cut costs??? They've shut most of their storefronts doors! This is nothing but corporate greed and nothing more. If we want to really show our displeasure we need to dig more into the 3rd party miniature/ 3d printing market. Hit them in their wallets

@RobbieB2606

3 ай бұрын

Exactly right - just the same as the energy companies raising prices complaining about their costs, but making record profits. They just think us plebs are idiots unfortunately

@Believer1980

3 ай бұрын

@@clinch4402 You think that's bad, the manager don't do store events, we had no Armies on Parade late year, and no other events. On top of that he put the kibosh on in store games, in my area there is only the store where we can game together.

@Believer1980

3 ай бұрын

@@gatall91 We need to take a leaf out of the Hell Divers 2 players hand book.

I 100% call bullshit on this. North Star Military figures (that make Frostgrave, Stargrave, oathmark) and Wargames Atlantic havent raised any prices in years and they are putting out great products. Fuck GW.

@mausolus8466

3 ай бұрын

Fellow NSM fan? Well met. I mean, box of their 20 miniatures is less than half a price of GW 5s while potential for kitbashing and quality are imho in simmilar values. I found this out hard way when I got fed up with GW shenanigans first time years ago and was searching for alternatives, and since then, I have purchased not only many non-GW miniatures, but also got reasonable collection of rulebooks for other gaming systems (systems that are fan-fiction-creation friendly and miniature-agnostic - that's right GW, you are not even competition anymore!)

@Swordsnstuff

3 ай бұрын

I'm currently working on a ton of stuff from these companies for Rangers of Shadowdeep. Fantastic miniatures :D

@rmkarros

3 ай бұрын

I think wargames atlantic prices are increasing soon but only by like a dollars per box and it the first price rise thay have done in years (last one was in 2022 and a rise of 0.12 cents a box) edit never mind it was Warlord I was thinking about that raising prices soon.

@calebbarnhouse496

3 ай бұрын

​@@KnightSquire 1, scale is a benefit dumbass, bigger companies get bulk discounts, and better return rates for things like molds, they will sell a mold's lifespan of space marines way before a smaller company will sell a mold's lifespan of models, 2, even if poor GW was making less per kit, they would still be the bad guy for raising prices, and finally, with how GW treats it's customers, there's no way in hell it treats it's employees well, bare legal minimum and that's it, but even if they did treat the employees there well? That doesn't excuse the fact that they charge 50% more to multiple times more for the same product just being moved to a nation, even when the cost of shipping those plastic models is literally less then the cost of t British taxes

@Funko777

3 ай бұрын

​@@KnightSquire oh?? We having a chuckle down here are we? What you are saying makes zero sense. If a small mom and pop (ish) miniature producer can provide minis at a similar quality for cheaper then THERE IS AN ISSUE. You're right, GW is big business... A BIG MULTI BILLION DOLLAR business who literally owns their own manufacturing centers. They set the prices throughout the entire chain of production from design to retail, and want to know a secret? PLASTIC IS FUCKIN CHEAP TO PRODUCE. Pretty hilarious you think they pay their factory employees well when it's well known they paid the literal game designers who... Ya know...make 40k function as a game like $30k a year. That's trash. GW is trash, recasters in China are cheaper and better than GW/FW resin. They only raise their prices to further gorge the executives at the top with profit, that's it. For God's sake Catachan and Eldar haven't been refreshed since the 90s, where's the money going James workshop?? Normal people cannot fathom how much a billion dollars is and yet GW made 5.5 last year if I recall correctly and now they want the customers they're already screwing to pay even more because they know most will do it. Ready for the sad part? no matter how poorly GW treats it's customers or how bad they blatantly screw people over some mouth breather will come along and make excuses for them because they like the taste of that GW spit in their mouths or fundamentally don't understand how business economics work.

“The price of the brick going up” - GW

They can't raise the prices of kits that are never in stock *rollsafe head tap*

@socalastarte6727

3 ай бұрын

The smartest comment on this whole thread. I’ve not bought a product through GW in several years, it’s cheaper to go through 3rd party retailers, but also the GW web store is a barren wasteland of items not in stock.

You sound so surprised by this news! I live in Norway, that's a stupid increase. It's priced me out the market. I'm starting a cheaper hobby like buying aircraft carriers.

@KKeef-lm5jt

3 ай бұрын

I've heard you can get diesel aircraft carries cheap now lol

@kennethmacgregor-Gregorach

3 ай бұрын

@@KKeef-lm5jt WOOHOO!!😄 WIN!

@qwads

3 ай бұрын

Buy a 3D printer, the initial cash investment is larger but the payoff is great and you can even print for others and recoup your investment. It takes about 600-1000 Euro to buy everything you need to get into 3D printing, this including some resin, wash and cure station, gloves, full face shield mask, IPA and even a few good paid files.

@kennethmacgregor-Gregorach

3 ай бұрын

@@qwads Could be a plan!

@LupusGr3y

3 ай бұрын

Oh, I've got bad news for you in the aircraft carrier market considering the world situation....

In other news, 3D printers have never been more accessible and affordable.

@itsallfunandgames723

3 ай бұрын

Saturn 4 still at preorder prices for a summer release!

@kurisi5563

3 ай бұрын

But still a ballache to use and toxic and needs space, sadly

@biffa2987

3 ай бұрын

@@kurisi5563 alot easier now than ever before. The other points remain valid

@guywatkins5590

3 ай бұрын

​@kurisi5563 yeah that's fair but it really isn't enough drama to offset paying like a grand a year for models surely

@biffa2987

3 ай бұрын

@guywatkins5590 really depends on the circumstances I guess. I enjoy painting so being able to print £100 size/type models to paint for £5 is great for me. I paint them and if I mess it up I don't care. Also the various scults and ideas available now in 3D printing are never ending if you want something different

I genuinely can't think of a company/ brand that has as consistent price rises as Games workshop.

@56sketch

3 ай бұрын

You might be surprised. Looking at market shares and values across economies tye trend is often that companies just don't mention their price increases. Most consumer goods went up in Q3 of last year and the same is happening now, GW just talks about it because it would be much worse if the prices went up suddenly.

@ger5956

3 ай бұрын

Nvidia is probably king of that game to be fair.

@Manlio.Cipullo

3 ай бұрын

@@ger5956 but there is AMD as an alternative... Most GW fans do not want to play other games, it is silly, but it is true...

@Ogre6972

3 ай бұрын

@@Manlio.Cipullo BUT...GW fans don't have to buy the newest version of a game, or continue to buy models from GW. They can use proxies, they can play older versions of games, etc., etc. The only time it "must" be OFFICAL GW, is for in-store games and sponsored tourneys. Other than that, GW has absolutely ZERO leverage over the fanbase. Vote with your wallets, my dudes!

@Manlio.Cipullo

3 ай бұрын

@@Ogre6972 Sorry my friend, i think you are delusional. Take no offense, but i know plentry of players stuck with GW 40k or AoS, unwilling to move to other games, even just to try them... It is sad but it is true, GW is a brand and they want to stay in the brand because it is the mainstream game...

"We understand that no one likes a price rise and we've done our best to keep prices down." 😃

@jamfjord

3 ай бұрын

The shareholders quite like a price rise

@rosskwolfe

3 ай бұрын

"The machine detected that was a lie."

@DislocatedDesign

3 ай бұрын

They failed, on purpose

@dannyslag

3 ай бұрын

​@Khobai this is the dumbest comment on the internet.

@eidolon1426

3 ай бұрын

​@@dannyslag As cringe as it is, this is in fact NOT the dumbest comment on the Internet. The spirit of his comment is absolutely correct. If money is become problem, why not fire people who siphon money out of your IP? Cut off the parasites. Seems like the logical thing to do, considering that meta-politics have killed over a dozen massive franchise's in the past 5 years alone...

I had worked in retail for various companies over the years at different levels of management. One thing i have learned the moment the firm has shareholders any sense of fair pricing goes out the window. GW has to keep the shareholders happy or they will force them to change how they do things. Most of the shareholders are big companies with no interest in GW outside of the dividends they will get. I am not defending the price going up this situation is stupid and will be the death of the company. The shareholders don't care they just want the money. That said the price rise is at least somewhat close to inflation at the moment unlike some of the supermarkets. Too many firms are taking the piss

A price hike announcement is usually a 3 month precursor for a hidden price hike.

at a certain point you gotta ask yourself... when will they realize that more sales is better than less sales but higher pricing? it is one of the first lessons you learn in economics and its hilarious that gw doesnt know about the ford principle ESPECIALLY in the context of the digital age and 3d printers

@ruslanhoncharenko2179

3 ай бұрын

It's really not that simple

@Maethendias

3 ай бұрын

@@ruslanhoncharenko2179 it really is, it is the most fundamental principle of economics... selling more products means you have lower cost than if youd sell less products at a higher price it is the FUNDAMENTAL reason why globalism works the way it does especailly when the vast majority of things that get more expensive ARE FIXXED costs...so htey LITERALLY shouldnt make products more expensive overall you know, like power which is literally the reason why shrinkflation is a MASSIVE scam

@calebbarnhouse496

3 ай бұрын

​@@ruslanhoncharenko2179it objectively is, lowered prices means higher sales, higher prices lower sales, if a stormsurge wasn't 185 dollars, or a taunar being about 300 after buying 1 weapon loadout for it, people would buy it just to own it, but instead a stormsurge costs as much as a high grade gundam kit imported from Japan in low quantities, while having way better engineering, molding techniques used for them, and are able to be moved without falling apart

Crikey. I remember when blood bowl teams were 20 quid... it wasnt that long ago 😢

@S.A.S.H.

3 ай бұрын

I cannot find the Cri key on my keyboard... ;)

@cloraformsgood5340

3 ай бұрын

I remember when metal blister packs were £1.99 😭

@Fanto_Sir

3 ай бұрын

@cloraformsgood5340 yeah man only 30 years ago. Time flies... sadly

I’ve not bought anything new since the last big rise. With this, doubt I’ll ever buy anything new again. I can’t be the only one?

@edmundthespiffing2920

3 ай бұрын

I think I'll make one last order and stop ordering for a long while. Maybe until make a six figures salary.

@jeffers1985

3 ай бұрын

I buy recasts now as the quality is now on par with gw and is in stock. Sod this company, the community can get buy without them due to 3d printers coming up with incredible designs now

@qwads

3 ай бұрын

You are missing out bro, me and my friends invested in GW plastic and it keeps gaining value, it's better than crypto! You are guaranteed it will always increase in value! :D

@theamericancaesar4848

3 ай бұрын

As soon as guardsmen started costing over 40 dollars for 10 I stopped buying.

@jeffers1985

3 ай бұрын

@@theamericancaesar4848 mid Atlantic miniatures are great value and half the price. My friend has moved over to them for his guard army

As a Swede Im happy my printer goes brrrrr. Get stuffed GW.

Like clockwork...

Didn't BitsofWar just announce price reductions because models have got cheaper to produce?

PRINT THE WORLD

@elijahherstal776

3 ай бұрын

Print miniatures for a better game than 40k if your IQ is higher than room temperature

Yes, the world is getting more expensive but, nothing on earth gets more expensive, faster and more often, than GW products. Solution? Stop buying GW. There are way cheaper options out there now. GW hasn't been the only game in town for a long time but, they are less important now than ever before.

@Manlio.Cipullo

3 ай бұрын

say it loud bro, say it loud!

@mikeed2k9

3 ай бұрын

“Nothing on Earth gets more expensive, faster and more often than GW products”….. Well here in the U.K. food price inflation has been as high as 18% this year and is still above 5%, and inflation as a whole has only recently dropped below 10%. So yeah, food prices are still going up quicker and that’s a lot more essential than wardollies

@Ogre6972

3 ай бұрын

@@mikeed2k9 I hear ya. Food prices here in Canada have gone a bit nuts, too...but even with that in mind, if you look at how much GW products have increased in price over say the last 20 years, and compare that to food price increases during the same period, I think the food prices would end up being the more favourable, if only 'slightly'.

@Ogre6972

3 ай бұрын

@@mikeed2k9 And keep in mind all of GW's "hidden price increases", too. Not all of their price increases come with a press release. Uncle Atom over on Tabletop Minions has touched on this a time or two. GW's price hikes have been much more than what they announce, much more often.

@kristianjensen5877

3 ай бұрын

@@Ogre6972 Yep, every time they've modernized a kit, they usually hike the price by at least 15-30% (on a good day). Inflation of course affects prices, but not this much. Ex. the Warriors of Chaos box from Fantasy 8.0 was 20 dudes for around €30 - now you get 10 "updated" models (albeit prettier and slightly bigger) for around €50. So not only has the price almost doubled since 2015, we're getting half as many models in the box for a game system that is quite model intensive. Same thing with the Primaris Intercessors costing €50 compared to the old Tactical Marine Squad costing around €30 in 2015. Not quite as egregious, but still sets a precedence of GW gouging the crap out of their customers. Yet we continue buying from them because they made us fall in love with their lore (which they've also been doing a great job at cheapening lately).

One Page Rules.

@TheMichiganMachinist

3 ай бұрын

Don't forget old editions

@TheBreanor

3 ай бұрын

Indeed ... GW is pricing me out of their game . OPR has good rules . And 3d printed mini are getting better..

@davidhalstead402

3 ай бұрын

They actually reduced the price of their physical prints on OnlyGames this year

@elijahherstal776

3 ай бұрын

Better games exist. One Page Rules is basically for people who struggle with GW's room-temperature IQ rules. It's the shorter bus behind the short bus of wargame rules.

@Pemmont107

3 ай бұрын

@@elijahherstal776 Guess I'm one of those people then :D I and many others prefer simpler rule systems; Makes it much easier to play social games out, or at a mate's!

As a New Zealander I am terrified. We already pay an extra 20% or so when compared to converted US prices just because we are far away. That little note mentioning Sweden and Norway are getting a much higher increase sets a scary precedent, especially when they give transport as an example for a reason for the change. I legitimately don’t think i’ll be able to justify this hobby anymore and I barely can currently

@spnked9516

3 ай бұрын

How did you not anticipate this though? GW doesn't care about it's consumers or the fans of its properties - it only cares about its shareholders who can only see in quarters. You should have bailed on paying for anything GW years ago - ideally back when they axed Fantasy rather than fix the problems with it they caused. I'm not saying bail on the hobby. You can still buy secondhand or - better yet - print, or find someone to print, whatever models you want. You can also use other rules, or just "acquire" the free PDFs of rules floating around on the high seas.

@laurentrighetti9645

3 ай бұрын

Hey man, recommend you buy recasted armies. Some recasters are extremely good quality for a fraction of the price

Yeah, after more than a year without any GW purchases, sending all of my miniature budget to AMG, Bad Squiddo, Great Escape Games and Warlord Games I was starting to get drawn back in with the tempting new skaven leaks... I was even sort of looking forward to trying and preorder the new AoS box. Guess I got over that real quick, as I live in Sweden. Way to go GW! I will buy more Star Wars, WW2 and resin for my printer instead.

Man I’m glad I play guard and can just buy proxy troops from wargames Atlantic for $34 bucks across the board on all there sets and I can get 24-30 minis in the sets. This company proves there’s no need for price increases since they’ve been the same price since the company started 3ish years ago.

I'll jump right on that geedubs, before the price rise in 2 days. Oh, wait, TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK

Also in the news: Siraya tech ABS-like resin costs only about 150 euros per 5L Canister.

@kiraangle2823

3 ай бұрын

Sunlu is about 30 percent cheaper and is what i recomend

@BarokaiRein

3 ай бұрын

Sunlu ABS-like actually costs the exact same per litre in Europe. They raised the cost once they got name recognition and the normal price is like 30 euros per litre. Also, Sunlu doesn't hold detail as well as Siraya tech resin, which is actually comparable to Ameralabs TGM-7 in performance.

Well from the point, I no longer have a problem with people 3D printing or buying elsewhere for their armies

Adjusted for inflation 30 Space Marines used to cost £28 from one RTBO1 box... Just gonna leave that here.

Isn't that the 4th price increase in the past four years..? This is starting to feel very much like British energy providers tbh. Using legitimate inflation to jack the prices ever so much extra that they still make record profits.

@Coproquim

3 ай бұрын

We had at least 3 in the last 2 years

@craggylotus

3 ай бұрын

brexitcovid tho.

@Coproquim

3 ай бұрын

@@craggylotus covid turned them from being a million pound company to a billion pound company.

@craggylotus

3 ай бұрын

@@Coproquim doesn't mean it's not an excuse every company has made to ream us for all the money they can get

@Coproquim

3 ай бұрын

@@craggylotus tru dat

I love it when companies say that their costs are going up, as if it is only their costs that are going up and not for everyone else.

I went into a store last week for the first time in like 10 Years.. ITs a nice new shop, Air con, Nicely laid out.. Way bigger than the one that used to be in town.. The singular staff member (Down from what used to be 3) was friendly.. Models were soo much better than I remember quality wise.. I was almost tempted.. But then they put me off so much.. IT wasnt that the price that put me off.. Though.. Seeing 5 monsterous infantry models for almost the old price of a start collecting box made me wince.. It was the proud announcement that actually.. Gaming in stores no longer exists.. You cant do it.. Buy our models and go away.. Figure out what to do with them elsewhere. In a town with no other gaming stores, no clubs that I know of.. No friends that I have that still play.. Makes it an easy choice to not spend money at all really.

@B1-997

3 ай бұрын

GW wants to treat their physical store like they are Apple stores, you go in, buy what you want and you leave. No gaming at all as gaming takes away from sales in GW's mind.

It's very simple. This will only stop when people stop buying GW products.

Meanwhile, Wargames Atlantic still sells most of its boxes for $35, even after multiple price hikes from GW over the last few years. (And remember, WA is a small operation, while GW is a billion pound company). It's only recently they've started putting out boxes that cost $40 (and that's because the sprues are physically larger on some of them, or else it's a collaboration with another company like Reptillian Overlords).

bru living in Australia almost everything they sell is over 100aud getting to the point where the 3d printers are cheaper then the plastic models the start collecting box's are almost 300aud basic Intercessors squad is over 100aud for 10 bits of plastic and then you have to buy paints and the tools to make then on top of that that's almost another 100, what kids gonna spend nearly 400 bucks on something they don't even know they like

So, the question is this lads: Are you going to take it? I know for many the hobby is their thing, the one thing they love without question, I get it. But you have to ask yourself: is it worth supporting a company that raises its prices every year? We’ve jumped up at least 15% in the past three. And that’s not including Australian prices or Scandinavian prices. I don’t know if a boycott is possible, quite frankly I think there are too many people who buy without question for a boycott to be truly successful. But what do you guys think? What are you going to do? Recasts, alternate sculpts? 3D printed models? You don’t have to buy every product they make to stay in the hobby. You can still game with friends, hang out, discuss the lore, etc.

What’s sad is if they reduced there prices people would buy more. All this does is push more people towards other brands/hobbies either OPR or 3D Printing comes to mind.

Didn't we just have a price hike when they updated their website? What the hell, GW.

To be fair, Warhammer has been cheaper in Norway than the UK for a long time now. I've honestly been wondering how long we were going to get away with it.

Announcements of price rises are never "Just to let you know", it is to make you feel like you are beating the system and buy way more stuff than you normally would and then gouge you later as well. It is all just marketting.

mantic games is looking beautiful right now 😍

If we all do not buy all the releases in on month we'll give gw a nice message

This is why I got into Conquest.

The funny part to me is that they stoped making a HUGE number of models in AoS and Forge World minis and they INCREAS the price to boot. You would think this would free up resources, but who am I to know~

let's be fair. this isn't the only time they do it. sometimes they make similar products but one just costs a lil more than the almost same and little older product

meanwhile one unit in Australia costs a week of rent 💀

They saw that people are willing to pay forgeworld prices for models... so they are slowly raising it until people are not realizing that plastic Guilliman is now double the price he was when he first came out... anyone remember when the bloodthirster was like $130.00 CAD? There is nothing going on in the world right now that is responsible for a tiny plastic mini being 130 bucks let alone almost doubling it's already absurd price in only a few of years. Mark my words, in a few years those plastic possessed are going to be close to the same price that the Gal Vorbak are now.

The timing is not surprising with the other news from GW lately.

Well I’m glad I got into 3d printing now. I’m currently printing a force of my own design of undead marine in filament and they are coming along great.

@elijahherstal776

3 ай бұрын

Imagine spending all that money on a 3D printer and wasting it on a terrible game like 40k

@alasiadarthe001actual9

3 ай бұрын

@@elijahherstal776 worth every penny

I mean honestly there is absolutely no reason to buy their stuff anymore, their plastic is priced higher than gold for the same weight at this point lol just buy a fucking printer 3 times over before you buy a gw army.

I have seen prices gone down on minis, Mantic did it when they switched from metal to resin on the dwarfs, price stayed the same, but the number of models dubblad in the box, so the per model went down

@edoardoluppi6455

3 ай бұрын

Yes but you see, mantic is a company that actually cares about its consumers.

What makes me laugh is that they are comparing their product to food. Warhammer isn’t essential

There goes my shopping trip to Malmö.

They really shouldn’t be allowed to increase price in Australia man. They’re already bankrupting us and our kiwi brothers. Cost of kits here is like an additional 33% after conversion of currency.

Worth mentioning that Bits of War just lowered the price of over 1200 items on their webstore

You can find GWs public financial report for the half year 2023-2024 quite easily with a quick google. Record profits this year even after paying out 64.2 million in dividends to shareholders. Tough times for James. Adding price increases when their plastic is by far the most overpriced on the market is really ballsy.

"...done our best..." as in, "we just want more, ya know?"

Im from Sweden and this is the last straw, Im a student and buying anything from GW was already a once in a while luxury thing. 8%-14% increase in price places every single kit put of my price range so this is it, I'm never buying anything GW again. Good job

I’m so glad my table top store allow 3d printed models and alternative models , make it so easy to play and not give greedy GW a cent.

Remember GW are vertically integrated from manufacture all the way up to retail. The price increases they are having (if they are having them at all - they lie like a hooker) are at the manufacturing or distribution level.. which means minuscule.

Awesome! Glad I haven’t needed them for a few years now.

I've been 3d printing for the past 4 years and not buying GW models or, to be honest, the newer editions in favor of Oldhammer and other companies' such as OPR and KoW rules. I'm also not caring about fan tools that won't play with me. Everything is available to me on demand at a fraction of the cost, no artificial manipulated shortages, no manipulated price structure, no FOMO, good for me, bad for GW shareholders because I'm a 3d printing evangelist and the winds have been at my back for the past couple of years while GW will eventually hit a reef and sink as a model company in the next 5 years I think and end up just licensing out the IP like Hasbro is starting to position itself to do

price increase of 8 - 14% (yes I live in Norway) on the current prices that is already high? Wow, guess I need to start thinking about what armies I really want to collect again now. Don't think I can afford to keep adding new units and "codexes" to all the armies I have bought over the years.

so all Australian prices going up by another $100?

in 9th edition a box of astra militarum infantry squad was $36. it is now $50

I dont get why news like this are news worthy honestly, yea GW raises prices (again), and people will keep buying a lot thus proving to GW that their core customer base can sustain yet another price hike in the future, no matter what GW does people still support them so yet another price hike is nothing, congrats to all the loyal GW consumers that made it happen, without you GW would have to settle for a lower record profit which would be devastating

Complaining about GW raising prices is like complaining you wife is cheating on you, you keep going back they will keep doing it.

Personally I've had a horrible time using Alcamists Workshop, the customer service over there is worse then terrible. Element Games on the other hand have aways been good as well as the Outpost. After just having huge stock issues for Legions Imperialis it is crap to hear the prices are on the up with so many kits left unavailable so often. Good thing I'm printing the drop pods or it may replace my rent budget!

I mean..... they do know about 3d printers right ?

@totomen666

3 ай бұрын

Seems they are selling them now instead of figurines.

@meatlaser

3 ай бұрын

@@totomen666 🤣

Seeing as you can cast your own models at home without the aid of a printer, for a fraction of the price of a single GW minature, it really puts into perspective just how much people are willing to throw their money away. At least go to recasters or get a printer at least if you want the models.

My 3rd party doesn't carry what i want anymore too expensive for them.

They're fortunate Twitter doesn't have a dislike button on tweets as that post would have reactions similar to recent Hell Divers 2 reviews.

GW: “we pissed off the player base, we better raise the prices!”

Genuinely not shocking for a company that never has sales or any kind of discounted pricing. Amazing that they don’t realize they will price the market out in no time. Cant wait for a real competitor to GW.

Just before I start to get mad about a price hike, I see my 3D printer and realize everything is going to be ok.

Really can't understand why GW would rather sell one box for 50 than two boxes for 35.The power of impuls buying is nothing to underestimate

GW: let's do something stupid that hits our stock price and most likely will hit our sales for the near future. Two weeks later: hey let's do something stupid again and throw oil on the fire, nothing could possibly go wrong right?

Thanks for news. Out of the once I washed torking adout this your the best at it.😁👍🦆

Hopefully the GW staff are being given similar pay rises, as that is normally the main reason for inflation. Otherwise most of that money is going to execs and shareholders.

Does the price hike include more than 4 detachments for my army? 9 pages of actual rules in the Codex.

This is the second price increase for LoV, before we even get new models, let alone a second wave.

damn you Kirioth! How dare you put the prices up again! lol

"Announcement which they have no control over". True, these specific people have no control over the ifs, whens and how muchs concerning price increases. But something they have control over is the name of their current employer. Don´t like to get some heat from folks after telling them bad news? Then don´t work in PR, especially if the company you´re working for is famous for lacking transparency, lying to its customers and consistent price increases that obviously have nothing to do with the general inflation rates.

This must have nothing to do with the recent Tzeench treachery. 3d Printer go....Brrrrr

I actually hope they continue to hike the prices. Eventually people will hit their limit and their profits will tank. You can only take the piss so much.

Hey, at least it happened 6 months into the year instead of 2. Ugh...

GW does this every year without fail it's how they keep making 'profit' all the time. The prices are beyond a joke now and I've been into this hobby for alot of years.

GW doesn’t give a crap, until their profits start taking a hit. We have at least one price rise each year, that gets the same excuse of why. As you say it’s always increase, never a drop.

On the bright side it's not a big increase. If it gets too ridiculous though just 3d print

People will say they are angry and that they will switch games, never to play a gw game again and yet people will still buy the stuff, paying the extortionist prices...smh. I haven't been in the gw hobby for years, I still watch videos about the hobby, still peek at the website every now and again to see the new cool models but I refuse to give gw any money. However, I will confess to recently purchasing a blood bowl team for my wife, as a gift, I felt angry about the price I paid for that knowing that I had STL files for a very similar team that I could have just printed for her. She really wanted that team though so I caved, I still feel angry about it and it has been weeks now. I guess I just don't understand the loyalty, I had thousands of dollars worth of minis for multiple armies, for multiple game systems, from multiple decades when I walked away. Sure I felt a little pain over that but I quickly realized that I could use all those minis for any game I wanted to play. That made me feel better, mostly...it still took me a few years to fully get over that.

not buying much with the last few price rises, just going to slay my pile of grey now

It's almost like Games Workshop deliberately ups their prices the very days I get more disposable income to deter me from spending

Kirioth perfectly summarizing the issues once again.

Thank goodness I’m an exodite ( 40k enthusiast who flees the ruinous grasp of plastic crack).

There is no reason for these things i remember buying lotr 24 packs of minis 12 years ago 40 dollars now 91 dollars 51 dollar price hike for the same sculpts as 12 years ago. Wow thats crazy

We've pished off the community and attacked them over female Custodies. How shall we sort it out ? Price rise.

You might be surprised. Looking at market shares and values across economies the trend is often that companies just don't mention their price increases. Most consumer goods went up in Q3 of last year for the UK and the same is happening now, GW just talks about it because it would be much worse if the prices went up suddenly. Increases in things like transportation and fuel tend to informed by the news or other social media sources and get less concentrated backlash because of it. GW of course makes the announcements themselves which puts a direct target to vent frustrations. It sucks, but its expected and very much in trend with economic standards unfortunately

@clinch4402

3 ай бұрын

"As per economic standards" is a major excuse for companies seeking to maximise profit for shareholder gain. It's like looting during times of crisis or wartime. "bUt EvEryonE's DoInG iT" For companies working on a tight profit margin, it is *objectively* a necessity to increase costs to simply survive, let alone make a profit. ...But we know Games Workshop is absolutely RAKING it in. They can more than afford to tank inflation *OCCASIONALLY*. But nah, they put it on the consumer every time without fail. Screw them.

@mikeed2k9

3 ай бұрын

@@clinch4402they took the hit last time they increased prices. Inflation at that time was at 15% and they kept the increases below 5%. This upcoming price rise is still in line with inflation

@Manlio.Cipullo

3 ай бұрын

Then why other gaming companies have not increased their prices in the last five years??

@56sketch

3 ай бұрын

@@clinch4402 To your point about tanking inflation prices, that is absolutely possible but is not profitable. GW employs a growth mindset, this is the standard for large scale companies that aim to increase profits year on year as often main stay companies work within a 5 year projection. Sadly the concept that "everyone is doing it" is partially accurate but we need to remember there is always a grey area. Not "everyone" is increasing prices due to inflation and this could be for a multitude of reasons as every company has varying overheads and revenue streams. However, when operational standard aims for growth, cases such as this is very standard procedure

@56sketch

3 ай бұрын

@@Manlio.Cipullo Unfortunately many companies don't operate on the same level and therefore have lower overheads. They can also circumvent those losses by changing production markets and outsourcing operations to region with lower wages. Of course this isn't the only way to operate but this is the standard operation for a Sustain mindest, which priorities maintaining current profits over expanding the business to increase profits. GW follows a Growth business model which sees them improve profits year on year, without having to outsource production or cut overhead costs through layoffs and such. All have there positives and negatives from every perspective

I think gw is pricing themselfs out of the market this time

damn the prices of plastic must have skyrocketed then

The fact GW produces sprews for less than £2.00 per sprew this price rise is making me give up buying anything GW related

If it’s any consolation, gw was price gouging 35 years ago. One of the reasons I stopped buying their stuff. Now they seem to be going all out to tank the brand.

GW is under heavy fire right now with its DEI pandering, leading to massive boycotts; 3D printers are becoming more and more affordable and advanced all the time; more and more people are switching over to games like OPR. GW's response? Raise prices even more for tiny bits of fragile, cheap plastic. The nerve.

Games workshop has basically killed the hobby in aus in my area due to the prices they charge, the gw store has maybe one or two people a week visit and the manager is looking for another job as gw is gonna close the store due to unsustainably low sales…….raising the prices again is just greed at this point when they already charge a premium price on top of another premium that they made up.