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Wrufieotnak@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

That would only be true if you ignore every other part of the price calculation. For example because the numbers of sold consoles are much higher than in the past, more people are buying the games, leading to more income for the game development cost, leading to the same prize.

See? By ignoring every other influencing factor I can also argue the complete opposite of you.

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fishos@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Yeah, that’s a basic supply and demand curve… Guess what happens when demand is high? There’s no reason to lower prices if you have high enough supply(digital copies are infinite). Your argument is completely invalid. If anything, it’s proof to them that they CAN charge more and SHOULD.

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- Wrufieotnak@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Thank you for explaining my point in more detail. They charge more because they can, correct.
  
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  - fishos@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Exactly. So then the number of sold units is only $$$ in their eyes, not a reason to be more efficient.
    
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Noerknhar@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
We all know that defining a price for a product across markets, regions, continents is more complex than “development cost”, “inflation”, “greed”, or “NiNtEnDo”.

Factually, it has nothing to do with tariffs, and definitely has to do with cost and capitalism. Feel free to add what’s missing, but please be complete, as someone will likely argue differently because of something you forgot.

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