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Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director thinks GTA 6 might have the "clout" to normalise a $100 price tag
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I will get downvoted to hell probably, but I agree. I also think gaming pricing is out of date. $60 was set in the 90s. Maybe earlier. It has not kept up with inflation, while games have only gotten more expensive (albeit qso more popular). Not saying every game should be 100, but if it's worth 100 I'll gladly pay that much.
RDR2 was a masterpiece. It was worth 100 - maybe even more for how many hundreds of hours of enjoyment I got out of it.
Ubisoft on the other hand, makes what I put in the mid tier list. They're a fine way to waste time, but a far cry (get it) from a masterpiece. In a 60 world they're worth 40, in a 100 dollar world they're worth 60 I guess.
$30 was in the 90s, $60 in the mid late 00s
Why does the price have to increase? As you said, if rising sales covers the rise in development costs, then also raising the price on a digital good that is infinitely reproducible at no extra cost is just double dipping. These game publishers make crazy profits. Prices for everything don't have to just keep rising perpetually.
Don't forget the drop in necessary production costs, tools have only gotten better and cheaper while corpos have valued less and less.