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You won't like hearing this, but the poor gaming industry NEEDS to raise prices to at least 100 USD (hexbear.net)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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You won't like hearing this, but video games must become more expensive. When I was little, my dad got me a PlayStation 2 for christmas, but without any games. My mum was very generous and took me out to pick two games for it. They were 60€ each. Nowadays you would call those full-price games. But now, 20 years later, a full-price game is still about 60€. If you correct that for inflation, it should really be 86€ now. And that's not even covering the fact that games have massively increased in visual fidelity, which is much more expensive to produce. If you don't want games to be littered with microtransactions or ads, then you have to accept that a regular video game must be at least 90€. (98 USD, 77 GBP, 149 AUD, 134 CAD) #Gaming #GameDev #GameDevelopment #Steam #Inflation #Economy #PlayStation

Can't wait to buy the next installment of insert sports game here/call of duty for 100 USD base, 200 for the dlc, maybe even 300 for the ultimate deluxe extreme version.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Also, games 20-30 years ago came on ROM cartridges which were relatively expensive to manufacture compared to optical discs. There's a reason Nintendo 64 games were usually more expensive than Playstation games.

Now most games come in the form of a digital download, or an optical disc that just prompts a digital download anyway. And they both cost $60-$70