it's time to get rich instead

if I want something I buy it

i’ll pay $80 for a goty like botw or sekiro

If I spend 100 on gta and get 100 hours out of it. What do I care. $1/hr is a steal.
But I agree that it shouldn’t be standard for any run of the mill game

I mean there was a thread on here people saying they pay 50/60 for their haircut . Tbh games have gone up less in inflation than some other things

And some these games on crazy production budget

On the other hand though the yearly games that mske crazy money on micro transactions sports games etc but will still charge that for barely changed new version are scum

Only game I would sellout for a high price is GTAVI everything else I’ll either catch on the seas or I’ll wait for a sale

Yeah I just paid $60 inc tip , for my cut

Makes game prices look like nothing in hindsight

Actually I change my opinion on this

I forgot that $59.99 was the established norm since 2005 which is insane considering inflation and everything

So $80 for a game in 2025 isn't unreasonable considering we were paying $60 for the past 20 years

80? I'm only paying 79.99.

Crine

There is always a way to legally get a game cheaper

theverge.com/news/699429/nintendo-switch-2-game-development-costs

In response to a question during a recent shareholders meeting about the increased costs of making games for its new console, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa admitted that “recent game software development has become larger in scale and longer in duration, resulting in higher development costs. The game business has always been a high-risk business, and we recognize that rising development costs are increasing that risk.”

Who would've thought