Sure. But if people aren’t willing to pay more than the cost of production, games wouldn’t be made. The cost of production is the floor, and the cost people are willing to pay is the ceiling, and competition finds a line somewhere in the middle.
if people aren’t willing to pay more than the cost of production, games wouldn’t be made.
Then that unmade game wouldn’t be relevant to this discussion.
The cost of production is the floor, and the cost people are willing to pay is the ceiling, and competition finds a line somewhere in the middle
Again, no it doesn’t. “What people are willing to pay” includes the competition. If one company undercuts another with a comparable product, consumers won’t pay for the more expensive one.
People would be willing to pay more if there wasn’t as much competition. People obviously want to pay less, and companies obviously want to charge more, so the real variable here is how competitive the market is. And the more competitive the market, the closer to production costs companies are able to pay.
The variable here isn’t how much people are willing to pay, that’s elastic and depends on competition. The real variable is competitiveness in the market, since that is what drives prices closer to production costs.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Sure. But if people aren’t willing to pay more than the cost of production, games wouldn’t be made. The cost of production is the floor, and the cost people are willing to pay is the ceiling, and competition finds a line somewhere in the middle.
Ulrich@feddit.org 1 week ago
Then that unmade game wouldn’t be relevant to this discussion.
Again, no it doesn’t. “What people are willing to pay” includes the competition. If one company undercuts another with a comparable product, consumers won’t pay for the more expensive one.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
People would be willing to pay more if there wasn’t as much competition. People obviously want to pay less, and companies obviously want to charge more, so the real variable here is how competitive the market is. And the more competitive the market, the closer to production costs companies are able to pay.
The variable here isn’t how much people are willing to pay, that’s elastic and depends on competition. The real variable is competitiveness in the market, since that is what drives prices closer to production costs.
Ulrich@feddit.org 1 week ago
I don’t know how many different ways I can say the same thing and help you understand. It’s a trivial semantic argument anyway. Have a nice day.