The number of sales don’t matter for the buyer. The games got cheaper. MUCH cheaper.
There could be arguments mares along increasing production cost lines, but they still don’t scale with the past growth rate of the industry.
Yeah, the costs has risen way faster.
poopkins@lemmy.world 1 year ago
There is also much more competition. While it’s hard to get a singular number that encompasses all platforms, if we assume that Steam has had a relatively constant proportion of the user base over the past 10 years, according to Statista, the number of titles released has nearly grown exponentially.
Furthermore, the average price of a game in 2023 is just $15. I don’t ever recall paying $8.50 on average in the year 2000 for video games; back then even the cheapest games went for $25, which would be equivalent to $45 today.
Aux@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Exactly! The games have never been cheaper, even if you disregard inflation, which is just plain wrong.