hobbers
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Depends on the game. Something like Demons Souls, The Last of Us, God of War... absolutely seems in line to be pricing those at £70 on next gen. Ratchet and Clank, Returnal, Rockstar titles... seems pretty reasonable. A new IP like Returnal is taking risks at pricing that high, but if it sells it sells. The majority of AAA games are regurgitated trash though and their sales rely on consumers being brain dead zombies. I cannot imagine paying £70 for AC's latest reskin (as someone who got Odyssey 6 weeks after its release for free on PC via Epic), or COD, or any of the yearly reskins made by EA or Ubisoft.I really don't why people are so against paying £70 for games.
Games used to be 30/35 in the 90s, raised to 40/50 in the 00s until last year. The amount of work and time that goes into making games, alongside inflation and it makes perfect sense why games are slightly more expensive this gen.
Is it that people have been spoilt throughout the last gen? when prices should have increased really. Is it the rise in cheap indie games? Is it gamepass giving people a false feeling of lack of value?
But to answer the other question it's definitely due to the rise of cheap indie games, pc gaming in general, gamepasses, and probably most of all free to play games.
The line up and variety of free to play games, and the presence they have on streaming sites and in esports, is probably a nightmare for game developers trying to work with the traditional pricing models. Warzone, Fortnite, CSGO, Valorant, SC2, Rocket League, Overwatch, DOTA, League, Apex etc.. How the hell do you compete with that line up?