Costs aren’t down. Game development is more expensive than ever.
In any specific case where a game goes to $70 and the difference all goes into the CEO’s pocket, then yeah, I agree, let’s all boycott. But the employees at games studios need to get paid too.
Ultimately, ten extra bucks just isn’t that unreasonable for a video game. Looking at the historical prices of games, they’ve been lower than they ever used to be even though costs have gone up.
Would I rather pay $60? Of course. But it’s just silly to act like a $70 game is some grave sin against gamer kind.
Choosing to spend more on something is not the same as it costing more. Games are cheaper than ever to develop, the barrier to entry is lower than ever. Hiring 5 studios and 1000 employees to make one game is a decision, its not the cost of doing business.
But the employees at games studios need to get paid too.
I’m sorry, were the developers not getting paid until the price hike? I find it hard to believe that there wasn’t enough money to pay the developers before than. How much did the CEOs salaries go up after that price hike?
Ultimately, ten extra bucks just isn’t that unreasonable for a video game.
Maybe not, but the value certainly hasn’t changed. Why would I pay more for the same value? And that extra ten bucks is being squeezed out of everyone everywhere for everything in life, its not just a problem in the video game industry. Its simply a matter of corporate greed. Fuck the corpos and fuck their simps. They don’t care about you, stop defending their greedy practices.
On top of that, it isn’t ‘just $10 more’. It’s $70 more as it has to compete with games I already bought. What does Battlefield Next offer that Battlefield Previous doesn’t? Yeah, nope, Titan mode on 2142 is still fun. Flying choppers in 1942’s Desert Combat mod is still fun.
And when I do want a new game, look, Silksong is right there for $20. Beats the price proposition on some rehashed game for $70 out of the damn water.
I buy my own groceries and j refuse to spend 70 on a video game. Because I have to buy my own groceries.
Prices go up.
While costs go down and wages stagnate. But hey, the CEO needs a new yacht, so you plebs just need to suck it up and spend more.
Costs aren’t down. Game development is more expensive than ever.
In any specific case where a game goes to $70 and the difference all goes into the CEO’s pocket, then yeah, I agree, let’s all boycott. But the employees at games studios need to get paid too.
Ultimately, ten extra bucks just isn’t that unreasonable for a video game. Looking at the historical prices of games, they’ve been lower than they ever used to be even though costs have gone up.
Would I rather pay $60? Of course. But it’s just silly to act like a $70 game is some grave sin against gamer kind.
Choosing to spend more on something is not the same as it costing more. Games are cheaper than ever to develop, the barrier to entry is lower than ever. Hiring 5 studios and 1000 employees to make one game is a decision, its not the cost of doing business.
I’m sorry, were the developers not getting paid until the price hike? I find it hard to believe that there wasn’t enough money to pay the developers before than. How much did the CEOs salaries go up after that price hike?
Maybe not, but the value certainly hasn’t changed. Why would I pay more for the same value? And that extra ten bucks is being squeezed out of everyone everywhere for everything in life, its not just a problem in the video game industry. Its simply a matter of corporate greed. Fuck the corpos and fuck their simps. They don’t care about you, stop defending their greedy practices.
On top of that, it isn’t ‘just $10 more’. It’s $70 more as it has to compete with games I already bought. What does Battlefield Next offer that Battlefield Previous doesn’t? Yeah, nope, Titan mode on 2142 is still fun. Flying choppers in 1942’s Desert Combat mod is still fun.
And when I do want a new game, look, Silksong is right there for $20. Beats the price proposition on some rehashed game for $70 out of the damn water.