You need your ass whooped. At some point you have to develop a backbone. $70 was already much, $80 for the base game is outrageous.

At this rate, we’ll have $100 games by the end of 2026

Que sera sera

Americans keep complaining about this but y'all don't realise how lucky y'all have had it

New games were 700 in my currency during the 360/PS3 gen. Imagine being a kid/teen, earning no income and having to ask your parents for 700 bucks so you can buy a video game PS4/XB1 gen games were 1000, current gen games are like 1300-1500

And before y'all talk about exchange rates and how it's the same because the dollar is 20x our currency - our salaries aren't 20x yours. I got 2 degrees and I'm earning 8000 a month, about $450. I'd have to spend my entire month's salary + another half of my salary to buy a PS5 disc version

Gaming is expensive but imagine having to spend a rack on a game or 12 racks on a console

Death stranding 2 with 2 day early access so soon

Some games will deserve it. Buy what you want at $80 and wait for sales for the rest. Most games drop to 40-60 a few weeks after release anyway.

I pirate every game that doesn't have denuvo or isn't console exclusive

If we had free healthcare I wouldn’t complain but you can’t make me pay for my healthcare and almost $100 on video games I gotta draw the line somewhere

#patientgamer

that was the default for them canadians

Just say you're broke and keep it pushing

Trash mentality lol.

OP doesn't understand inflation

goldeneye for Nintendo 64 cost $69.99 in the year of our lord 1997.
u really think $80 is that bad in 2025?

odd way to defend capitalism

If games actually came out to fully realized potential that the power of AAA in 2025 can bring instead of 90% of them being broken messes for months after launch I wouldn’t really have an issue because of how good games could be but developers and publisher’s incompetence and greed get in the way

Gaming is a luxury sadly

Video games a luxury at the end of the day. Besides, you don't HAVE to cop and play a game at release. Last games I bought at launch were Spiderman and RDR2. And that was only because it was Black Friday

I usually wait years after release and if I see a game going for like 400 (about $22), I'll cop. I have games like TLOU2, DMC5, Dark Souls 3, Doom + Eternal still unopened but I bought because they were cheap

If you aren't willing to pay current prices, you need to reconsider your dedication to this gaming s***. Because it's only going to get more and more expensive. Personally, PS5 probably the last console I'll buy. Don't see myself having time for gaming in the future

I'm just pointing out that y'all complaining about 70-80 bucks when (from our perspective) we were paying 10x that for games in the 360/PS3 era already

I feel like with DLC stuff every video game ends up $80+ at this point

I wish games were like Fortnite where they were "free" and then you have the option to buy cool stuff

This is why I vote with my wallet with every video game purchase nowadays

Too many instances of me paying 60+ dollars for games that underdelivered

Maybe get a job. Earn some income and you have less time to waste gaming.

Socialism = free video games