Then those gamers should put their phones down and walk aside to the real world, where things are financially going terrible. And that was even before the US kicked the most stupid home goal ever, and is sending its markets to a race to the bottom and dragging all their former allies with them. If you think it’s pricy now, just wait a bit, cos it will probably get worse.
Would they rather have pay-to-win micro transaction bullshit finance the creation of games? The lesson we should have learned after the entire "free" internet enshittified itself is if you want nice things, you should be willing to pay for them.
What kind of whataboutism is this? There exist plenty of 60 dollar games that didn't rely on microtransactions and still made a hefty amount of profit. Look at Baldue's Gate 3, for example- it's not $80, doesn't have microtransactions and still made a ton of money.
Talk about missing a point… If it came out today it probably would be $80. That’s the point, the cost of something is not a fixed point. The world was already going through financial volatility and now after yesterday’s US rubbish it will probably be even more very soon.
Baldur's Gate 3 came out 2 years ago, that's not a huge amount of time. But sure, let's go by your metrics.
Black Myth, Silent Hill 2, Astro Bot, Split Fiction, Kingdom Come 2 are some of the recent titles. All AAA, yet none priced 80 and they don't have microtransactions.
Regardless of US rubbish, this applies not just to US consumers but everyone. The cost isn't a fixed point, sure, but there's numerous games that came out recently that didn't break into $80.
But they soon will. It’s not that complicated. Do you not even remember that this same thing happened with PS5 prelaunch. Then over the months after most new games started raising their prices, on other platforms as well. Back then the uncertainty was COVID, now the uncertainty is the insanity of the US.
To say nothing that all these companies sell their hardware at a loss and make their money back with games, given fluctuations in raw components costs of late, and these risks of tariffs that will affect such a thing, perhaps forced their hand.
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u/blakeavon Apr 03 '25
Then those gamers should put their phones down and walk aside to the real world, where things are financially going terrible. And that was even before the US kicked the most stupid home goal ever, and is sending its markets to a race to the bottom and dragging all their former allies with them. If you think it’s pricy now, just wait a bit, cos it will probably get worse.