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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.

    • TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zipEnglish
      12·
      11 months ago

      Okay but do pay if you enjoy a game and want to support it?

      Like, AAA games are ass and have been but like I’m not gonna steal a copy of Hades when I’ve loved everything supergiant games has put out and would love to see more.

      • Cummunism [they/them, he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
        12·
        11 months ago

        Okay but do pay if you enjoy a game and want to support it?

        In a world where everyone knew how to pirate your money would matter more. As it stands piracy doesnt make that big of an impact overall. The biggest decider IMO should be if the company is publicly traded or if youre just broke and can only afford to pay for a VPN. Hades isnt a great example either since that game is routinely on sale for $20 or less. I got it on Switch for $15 i think.

        • TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zipEnglish
          3·
          11 months ago

          I’m just saying there is a big difference between never pay for ANY game that is single player, and only pay for what you believe deserves support.

      • RyanGosling [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        98% of consumers will take the path of least resistance when it comes to popular games which means they’re not going to learn to torrent. I wouldn’t pirate Hades, but I also wouldn’t care if someone did.

    • GreenTeaRedFlag [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
      9·
      11 months ago

      I’d argue the opposite. With single player I get exactly what I want out of the game from day one, and I have the same value no matter what. If it’s multi-player I’m depending on other people playing it, there’s always microtransactions or paying for season passes or whatever, so I think it’s best to not pay if you can avoid it.