I’m in the same camp. Paying more feels bad, but it’s justified by currencies being less valuable.
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darksiderbun@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I don’t want this to be my only downvoted comment, but can someone please explain why raising the price is so bad? I know the companies are bad. Also I have autism so please be kind. But basically, the prices have been $60 or maybe $35 in the 90s for soooo long that with inflation in any country surely $70 or $80 is still below the “true cost” right? I’m always happy to pay less for games so price drops are great though :p
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
lpinfinity@retrolemmy.com 3 weeks ago
I think it’s mostly because these price increases are happening at the same time as the publishers are raking in record profits. It also doesn’t help that a lot of the games seeing the increase are subpar cash grabs.
I don’t see any problems with charging more than $60 for a game as long as the game is worth what they’re asking. I bought Metaphor Refantazio and TotK at a full $70 and felt both were worth that (screw Nintendo, but the game’s really good).
Development costs have increased drastically in the past couple decades, and while the customer base has also increased quite a bit, I think the market is reaching saturation.
I think that while greed is the most common reason for the increase, there are some legitimate reasons people should take into account before denouncing every price increase.