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Former PlayStation exec says "$70 or $80" games are a "steal": "As long as people choose carefully how they spend their money, I don't think they should be complaining" (tech.yahoo.com)

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It feels to me like the closer we get to the Nintendo Switch 2's June launch and the, apparently, $80 games associated with it, the more people are fighting with themselves over what is and isn't worth it. But at least Sony veteran and previous head of PlayStation Indies Shuhei Yoshida is free from inner turmoil – he thinks relatively expensive, high quality video games are unequivocally necessary.

"I don't believe that every game has to be priced the same," Yoshida continues. "Each game has different value it provides, or the size of budget. I totally believe it's up to the publisher – or developers self-publishing – decision to price their product to the value that they believe they are bringing in.

Yoshida continues to say that, "In terms of actual price of $70 or $80, for really great games, I think it will still be a steal in terms of the amount of entertainment that the top games, top quality games bring to people compared to other form of entertainment."

"As long as people choose carefully how they spend their money," he continues, "I don't think they should be complaining."

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

If you look at inflation adjusted pricing, it really is a deal. IIRC we should be at like 90 or 100+ dollar games at this point.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

That's not inflation works. Inflation shouldn't apply to everything at the same rate.

My first computer costed the equivalent to 1000 euros. Do you think the average desktop should cost 3000?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

That is how inflation works... when costs go up prices go up.

Yeah, your computer probably should cost a lot more in "today dollars" but because performance of components gets more efficient over time, you can likely get a better computer for less money.

It's the same reason you have a computer more powerful than multiple thousands of dollar super computers. The technology has improved enough you don't have to pay as much.

Do you think prices should just be locked in place for eternity at $60?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 13 hours ago

You can't just scale game prices linearly with inflation, sure costs of development have increased, not just because of inflation but also because games are much more complex now. But the gaming market has grown a lot and games are infinitely reproducible so that hugely increases profits.

I don't know how much we should pay for games, but just comparing it to inflation is useless

[–] [email protected] 32 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

As usual, the problem isn’t so much that the cost of everything is rising; It’s that wages aren’t keeping pace.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Sure, but that doesn't mean the game developers don't need to be paid. It's still a bargain for the work that's being done.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 15 hours ago

this would make sense if the game developers were being paid properly to begin with, rather than the leeches that are the c-suite taking more than they should

[–] [email protected] 13 points 18 hours ago

point to the wage increases for those developers

[–] [email protected] 6 points 19 hours ago

Games were $60 for so long everyone things it should be like that forever