If anything Steam showed us thay 60$ game is a stupid idea. Free markets pay what they feel like paying and thats when creators and consumers are the happiest not some fixed random price.
Game prices should have increased with every new generation, former PlayStation US boss says
Submitted 3 weeks ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
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drmoose@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I predict an increase in market demand for sea shanties.
chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s hard for me to imagine anyone buying brand new AAA games these days. Between the huge back catalogues of previous gen consoles as well as the PC and the insane prices for new AAA games which don’t innovate very much anymore, I can’t see much reason spend that kind of money.
I have a hacked New Nintendo 3DS and it can basically run every console emulator up to and including PS1 as well as natively run GBA, DS, and 3DS games. The library for the thing is enormous and with a 128GB microSD card you can store a ton of stuff on it.
Oh and it can also run DOSBox and SCUMMVM games though I haven’t tried them so I can’t vouch for the play experience. I should think the stylus would make a decent mouse replacement but I’m not sure how well it works in practice. Arcade-style DOS games that use the keyboard only (Duke Nukem, Crystal Caves, Commander Keen) should work great though!
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
From what I understand, with the 3DS, you had to get roughly ‘Version 1’ of those before they changed the actual hardware to make… basically ‘rooting’ it more difficult… or maybe I’m thinking of the Switch?
Either way, what I’m trying to say is basically ‘thats impressive’ if you were the one to actually uh… cough, install the sea shanties.
I went the easier route and just have a Steam Deck, and yep, they are perfect for emulating basically everything up to roughly current gen - 2… and most stuff within the last two gens can be made to run on it in some way…
… I was doinking about with the 3DS remaster of OoT earlier, and was actually very surprised to find that with my setup, the touchscreen… just worked as a 3DS touchscreen, I didn’t even think to intentionally configure it, accidentally poked the screen and oh well there ya go, lol.
Anyway, yep, we are absolutely gonna see a uh ‘return to tradition’ so to speak, as many high budget high fidelity modern games… basically suck, and are outrageously expensive.
As to a stylus as mouse for DOSBox and SCUMVM… i don’t know what the actual software configuration solution would look like there, but if the touch screen is high enough dpi dense… then it should at least conceptually work, as most of the games from that era that use a mouse are like, point and click adventures.
MangioneDontMiss@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Someone needs to start cracking Denuvo again.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I think even if they did, we’d still have arrived at exactly where we are right now. They sold more copies of games because, after inflation, the games became cheaper and more accessible for the average consumer. Now that prices are rising again, that average consumer is getting priced out, and they’re not making up for that volume in the higher price. $70 seems to be what the highest tier of production value can get away with in 2025 if they’re maximizing sales, GTA and Mario Kart notwithstanding, as they’re outliers.
zecg@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
By all means, every increase in price is welcome, it’ll be that much less of a temptation. How are Concord and Fairgames doing?
Dasus@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Uhm, they have?
b34k@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
N64 game prices were $60-75 back when the console came out in 1996… so no, they’ve been static for almost 3 decades.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
But they production cost has gone way down with digital releases, no more shipping and inventory in many cases. Can reach way wider audiences with just internet. They made $2 billion in profits in 2023 in their gaming division. Sony can suck my tiny little dick dick, and I’ll even dip my nuts in soy sauce just so they can get a taste of home while they’re at it.
Dasus@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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seralth@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
N64 games were upwards of 90-100 dollars for some.
TassieTosser@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
What do you mean? Our generous corporate overlords have kept the price steady for us at 60. We’re lucky they haven’t done scumbag things like a Deluxe edition for 80, a complete edition for 100, a ln ultimate edition for 120, an ultimate collector’s edition for 200, season passes for an extra 40, 10 different “micro” dlcs for 10 each, or cosmetic packs for 7 each. They’ve also definitely not cut content from the base game either!
swelter_spark@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
The more expensive Sega Genesis games were $90.