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Embracer Boss Mulls Increasing the Price of Video Games Beyond $70 (www.ign.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I haven't seen a single developer that thinks the current price of a game is high enough. They always cite how much it costs to make the game as the reason why they should be more expensive to buy.

And yet... Hollywood spends about the same to make a blockbuster film and movie tickets aren't $70 nor do people in the film industry say they should be higher.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

They always cite how much it costs to make the game as the reason why they should be more expensive to buy.

They’re not wrong, but the audience just isn't swallowing higher upfront prices. The only way they’re squeezing more out is with DLC, battle passes, mtx etc. which only work in specific types of games that have already saturated the market. It’s kind of an impossible situation atm.

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