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Capcom president Harushiro Tsujimoto claims that the prices of video games need to increase to meet ballooning development costs.

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[-] Kjatten@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

To be honest, game prices have stayed the same for a very long time, but you can't release garbage and expect people to hundreds for it

[-] Kashbus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

To also be fair, producers have been trying to raise prices on game for over 15 years now to little traditional success and instead relying on battle pass and micro transactions

I don't think it is surprising that with recent events they are attempting to raise prices again

[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The BASE cost remains the same. They then started finding ways market a spreadsheets with of 'versions'. Then they added 'micro' transactions, battle passes, etc. Or they just shut down the old game so you have to buy the new version to keep playing.

And the cost of games has risen faster the minimum wage in the US.

So will all the multi millionaires and billionaires video games were making... I think $60 was more than fine for a large studio produced game.

this post was submitted on 27 Sep 2023
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