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GTA 6’s Publisher Says Video Games Should Theoretically Be Priced At Dollars Per Hour (www.forbes.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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While Take-Two is riding high on their announcement that a GTA 6 trailer is coming, its CEO has some…interesting ideas on how much video games could cost, part of a contingent of executives that believe games are underpriced, given their cost, length or some combination of the two.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm still not going to buy games at $70. I don't care enough about their BS to pay that much.

Plenty of great games in the $20 to $30 market all day long. I've put a few hundred hours into a handful of games that were that cheap over the last few months and have bought zero $50+ games. [EDIT: I did buy Zelda TOTK for $50, correction]

For example, I would like to buy Armored Core 6 but I'm not going to pay the "discounted" price of $53 that it's available at now. I can wait until it's further discounted, while I play lots of other games that I already have.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I bought the new Zelda game for $70, and while fun, didn’t feel worth $70. I won't be paying $70 anymore. Most games just can't put out the value required unless they actually build the game from the ground up with a phenomenal story, good replayability and (optional) co-op.

You guys are competing against Deep Rock Galactic, Baldur's Gate 3, Subnautica, Battlefield 1, Risk Of Rain 2 / Risk of Rain Returns, and many other total gems. If you aren't beating those high standards, you can't charge $70.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I actually did buy the new Zelda but I waited until I found it on sale for $50 a few weeks after launch. It was a temporary deal but I knew it would likely be the best price on TOTK for a long time given the trend of high prices staying high for Switch games. My kid and I are still playing it so it was worth the high price considering the market status quo.