They JUST raised the price to $70…! And now games are being shipped out all buggy and half baked. At this point, F2P games with crappy in-game shops and battlepasses will be in my future. I can’t afford $100 a pop for this.
Agreed. There are some games that can pull off a higher price tag because they're worth it, like Baldur's Gate 3, and potentially GTA 6, but if other companies see this as the future then we are in for a rough time
Vote with your wallet! Its a concerning potential trend, but I found it interesting that due to inflation this is the cheapest that video games have ever been
As I get older, the less mainstream games I purchase. If games are just going to get more expensive, I'll wait (with plenty of others) for a massive sale. However, this mindset will eventually dwindle down plenty of studios. It will take an exceptional game or a genre I like to fork over the cash for day one.
Honestly I just buy the games I know I'll like and the rest if they're on a big discount sale. And even then I'm extremely picky on full price games just because they're so expensive now. Why would I buy new when I could buy later at a huge discount? Especially if I don't know how bad a game's narrative or performance will be
Performance is a big one. Sometimes it’s not well optimized at launch! There’s a number of good games releasing this year that I know I’ll get day one, but if other games start increasing in price I might not purchase as frequently and wait for sales
If games do increase to $100 for a new title I will not purchase new games and just stick to F2P and indie games. Paying $100 for some buggy unfinished game is actually insane.
Y’know I don’t understand why companies be so greedy to jack prices up, that means less people will buy due to unable to afford it or they see that price tag $$$, more will boycott it if it’s terrible and not worth it and getting others to not want it, especially when there’s games like Path of Exile and Warframe that are very successful and those are FREE with buying stuff only being optional and mostly cosmetic, having no impact on gameplay and expansion/updates are free as well
Ikr? They just better make sure they make the games good And it wont be the death of gaming, its just going to be more money in the pockets of good developers
I can see the logic. Dinner and drinks are 100 bucks and over in 3 hours where you spend 100+ hours with a game. The other side is unfinished and bugged releases being priced higher. I think if a lot of studios do it they will be hit with a massive reality check.
I agree with you Jay, I would gladly pay more for a game made by Larian but not from anyone else. Its the quality that matters the most and Larian proved they can deliver with that. New games now feel rushed and uncompleted making us pay more for DLCs with features that should be in the base game. I still have some games I need to finish so I won't be buying more for a long time, not with this pricing at least
I don't think it'll be the death of video games, but maybe a rise in indie games since they're much cheaper and have a much lower price tag. Some of them only $2-3! I'm also getting into game development in Unreal Engine 5.5, but it's going to be years before I release anything. I still have to solve for the issue of figuring out how to handle voice acting since it'll be coming right out of my pocket and the game may or may not do well.
Oh wow that is certainly exciting!!! Well if you ever need any voice acting I would be happy to do that free of charge. Im not professional but if you're in need
@@JasonDunna thanks! I’ll keep you in mind. Will be a few years. I have the programming experience but not in the game development. I’m finding a lot of it transfers over though. 😁
1. Good title making their money because number of people playing particular games. In those stats number of players are not taken into account. You can jack up prices or increase number of sales (players) to make profit. 2. I've noticed the game makers have no add cost, They already cut a lot because of that. I still have some of the old boxes (carbon or metal), CDs , DVD, floppies with great manuals , story books and maps. I was shocked that ie. BG3 deluxe didn't have printed pictures nor explanation of extra staff included in any physical form, nothing!! - that is why I didn't get the deluxe edition. To pay for 0 and 1 more??? 3. Internet is already expensive. We already pay for Internet access, and added cost (like decent hardware).Why to pay more for games? , we have to download them, install and set up. It was Bill Gates legacy to pay for everything on Internet , every click. And now we are stuck. 4. Fortunately there same titles on sale from time to time.
With the advancement of AI they don’t have a right to as it’s getting easier but they will as it’s greed, they can increase but people are already struggling and a lot of game will end up flopping due to the costs which will serve them right for being greedy.
I think video gaming industry will see harder days. Any sane people will opt to pay for a game like BG3 over crappy games like Veilguard. Also there are free to play games like Marvel Rivals... I wonder how Rivals income would look by the end of this year. Players will be more focused on quality nowadays I believe, at least I know I am.
Yeah so true on BG3 over most of the games being released nowadays. Marvel Rivals made $100 million in December and they don't even have a ton of skins yet. I think itll be a good year for them hahaha
In my country a game drop 1/4 $ to legal minimum wage per mounth. This is the only generation when almost people don’t can acess ps5/xbox. It is a thing but the final product necessary have to entertaining for most time. Netflix here is exactly 10% per mouth, all Netflix per mounth, price a unique game triple a. Is certain all new generation, 220mi people country, decline to play in cell phones. For me, conjecturing one utópic world, the price for game really can match witch the cost for make( with gain money offcourse). Is the only way to games not lost million players here. For example, I don’t know, gta6 is the same price like, fifa, forspoken, tekken 8, injustice, marvel etc. the console ps5 is “cheap” the problem is, the long diference between one tripla a, to other and the price is same. We is the 2 country most consuming “social media” like facebook tik tok etc, but is a big big difference of consumer. We lost for cell phones here. And in final of day these cell phone games is more spensive. But like Netflix, can do a road to door enter in games. Afther, people pay more or less depending the game.
Is a massive mistake, how jump in snow (for when never see snow), do free this generation to cell phones. The economy growty, record the good news, the minimum people without job in history, minimum in down poor line of history. 220 million of people and for me, the industry guys turn their back to this.
all this will do is make consumers pickier about how they spend their money if you charge $100 for a game that game had better be bug free and worth that cost what's most like is well see higher quality beget games and a bigger switch to indie games and more games with modding. when a game cost 1/4 the cost of the console it beater be worth it
I dont buy games day one anymore. I buy the Super-Duper Deluxe Game of the Year Edition with all of the content a year or so later for $20-$40. There is zero reason to risk ones sanity and money by buying a buggy mess on day one.
Seems pointless since they dont produce as many hard copys they rely on digital sales even more so the price shouldnt be rising it should honestly have decreased on top of how many of these triple and quadruple A games that are slop. If the quality of the game increases instead of 1 decent game 2 its okay and 30+ as what a waste of my money and time
I mean have games really not increased in prices? $70 base game. $40 1st season pass. $40 2nd season pass. $20 skins $20 miscellaneous junk thats already free in the game. I mean some games can have hundreds of dollars of dlc.😂 And its not like you can just ignore all of it. If you play fighting games they literally lock you out of half the roster and force you to buy the rest of it via season passes. Mortal kombat is terrible at this. They sell you characters already in the game. 😂 and if you want to play online, well you need a full roster. They are basically selling you half a game for $70, and charging $100s more for the rest of it. 😂 And these are the games you have to pay for! Free to play and Mobile games can have you spending $1000s just to progress through the game. 😂 ____ I wouldnt mind an increase in pricing, but it needs to come at the expense of no more paid dlcs, season passes, junk items, skins, and other nonsense. All of that should be free and available in the game at launch. It can come at a later time if need be (live service games) , but the game needs to be a full experience. Baulders gate 3 did it. 😁 so why cant everybody else? And yes paying a huge price at one time can hurt sells, so make payment plans. Make it the norm. We dont pay for cars and houses all at once, cause most people cant afford that. We pay down payments and pay monthly. Why cant games be the same 🤷♂️ ? Put a banker in gamestop.😂 So $200 games may sound crazy, but we pay that now.😂 dont act like you havent already dropped a fortune on marvel rivals and suicide squad kill the justice league (all 10 players left😂). We just pay it in chunks. Typically monthly when the next season pass arrives. So lets skip the middle man and get our games 100% finished on day one. All the skins,dlc, stages, characters,etc available on day one. Thats worth a higher price, and with a payment plan it can remain as affordable as it is today. That $70 is a down payment. You just get the full game.💁♂️ As for true added content, it needs to be free. Like we see with baulders gate 3. Live service games are a little different as they need ongoing support. But single player games and fighting games dont all need that.
Most companies don’t release games that aren’t buggy at launch so that’s the big problem sadly. I wish it were the way you described but corporate greed will hold that back
Baulders gate costing more? Nah i love BG3 definitely my top 3 in gaming, but uh ill need them to step up their character models, fluidity and so many other areas. Its a great game, but its hella janky in alot of areas that if released on other games like Bethesda would get them slammed as lazy an incompetent lol
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They JUST raised the price to $70…! And now games are being shipped out all buggy and half baked. At this point, F2P games with crappy in-game shops and battlepasses will be in my future. I can’t afford $100 a pop for this.
Agreed. There are some games that can pull off a higher price tag because they're worth it, like Baldur's Gate 3, and potentially GTA 6, but if other companies see this as the future then we are in for a rough time
This the funny part 70 dollars is only a suggestion. Idk just wait a week
Remember when games used to cost $40. (Back in the early 2000s) And as a kid I remember I complained about that. I want those days back.
@@REIL2LYFE I know right? Those were the good ol days. Adjusted for inflation games were pretty expensive back then
The problem with this it will be a buggy unfinished mess and they want us to pay for it
Vote with your wallet! Its a concerning potential trend, but I found it interesting that due to inflation this is the cheapest that video games have ever been
As I get older, the less mainstream games I purchase. If games are just going to get more expensive, I'll wait (with plenty of others) for a massive sale. However, this mindset will eventually dwindle down plenty of studios. It will take an exceptional game or a genre I like to fork over the cash for day one.
Buggy Release? 80-100$
Nah, I'll keep waiting for sales. I'll pay 25-33% msrp
Patience is a virtue! We have seen a lot of buggy releases lately so it’s smart to wait that out
Honestly I just buy the games I know I'll like and the rest if they're on a big discount sale. And even then I'm extremely picky on full price games just because they're so expensive now. Why would I buy new when I could buy later at a huge discount? Especially if I don't know how bad a game's narrative or performance will be
Performance is a big one. Sometimes it’s not well optimized at launch! There’s a number of good games releasing this year that I know I’ll get day one, but if other games start increasing in price I might not purchase as frequently and wait for sales
If games do increase to $100 for a new title I will not purchase new games and just stick to F2P and indie games. Paying $100 for some buggy unfinished game is actually insane.
Great breakdown for future prices!
Thanks homie!
Y’know I don’t understand why companies be so greedy to jack prices up, that means less people will buy due to unable to afford it or they see that price tag $$$, more will boycott it if it’s terrible and not worth it and getting others to not want it, especially when there’s games like Path of Exile and Warframe that are very successful and those are FREE with buying stuff only being optional and mostly cosmetic, having no impact on gameplay and expansion/updates are free as well
Ikr? They just better make sure they make the games good
And it wont be the death of gaming, its just going to be more money in the pockets of good developers
I can see the logic. Dinner and drinks are 100 bucks and over in 3 hours where you spend 100+ hours with a game. The other side is unfinished and bugged releases being priced higher. I think if a lot of studios do it they will be hit with a massive reality check.
Yeah there are definitely two sides to it. Game companies just can't cut as many corners as some have been doing lately
Glad you know the pain of being in Canada and having to pay 101 for games
@@cypherXiii yeah it sucks!!! Hahaha
As it was I basically only bought games when they were put on sale. Ooph
Smart way to do it though! There’s also so much value in some games (BG3) that I’d just rather play them over other games
There's no justification for game price increases when despite costing more to make, they also make exponentially more in profits to offset inflation.
I can see EA and Ubisoft jumping on those prices and continuing to sell mediocre games and wonder why their sales fall even further.
I agree with you Jay, I would gladly pay more for a game made by Larian but not from anyone else. Its the quality that matters the most and Larian proved they can deliver with that. New games now feel rushed and uncompleted making us pay more for DLCs with features that should be in the base game. I still have some games I need to finish so I won't be buying more for a long time, not with this pricing at least
Strong agree! A lot of companies using DLC to complete their game is so annoying. Yeah I have a lot of games in my backlog as well hahaha
So industry game made a trillion! Raise the price fools! Buyers a poorly released game full of bugs day one 100.00. No thanks!
Man, being an adult is rough. 😮💨🤣 I've been a gamer most of my life, and my wallet is definitely feeling my hobby more lately.
Thats the tough part of being an adult hahaha
$70 is my limit. I almost never buy games at that price even. I just wait for a sale. I usually pay less than 40.
People are outta there minds paying 70 for a game I'll never pay that I'll go bak to old games or wait for them to go on sell
Funny that movies haven't increased in price much in the same period that games jumped from 40 to 70.
I don't think it'll be the death of video games, but maybe a rise in indie games since they're much cheaper and have a much lower price tag. Some of them only $2-3! I'm also getting into game development in Unreal Engine 5.5, but it's going to be years before I release anything. I still have to solve for the issue of figuring out how to handle voice acting since it'll be coming right out of my pocket and the game may or may not do well.
maybe also a rise in games that offer mod support like BG3 and DOS2, since that adds replayability to an already existing game.
Oh wow that is certainly exciting!!! Well if you ever need any voice acting I would be happy to do that free of charge. Im not professional but if you're in need
@@JasonDunna thanks! I’ll keep you in mind. Will be a few years. I have the programming experience but not in the game development. I’m finding a lot of it transfers over though. 😁
The cost of unregulated greed, thank you Deregulation for turning everything into a way to make a new billionaire.
1. Good title making their money because number of people playing particular games. In those stats number of players are not taken into account. You can jack up prices or increase number of sales (players) to make profit. 2. I've noticed the game makers have no add cost, They already cut a lot because of that. I still have some of the old boxes (carbon or metal), CDs , DVD, floppies with great manuals , story books and maps. I was shocked that ie. BG3 deluxe didn't have printed pictures nor explanation of extra staff included in any physical form, nothing!! - that is why I didn't get the deluxe edition. To pay for 0 and 1 more??? 3. Internet is already expensive. We already pay for Internet access, and added cost (like decent hardware).Why to pay more for games? , we have to download them, install and set up. It was Bill Gates legacy to pay for everything on Internet , every click. And now we are stuck. 4. Fortunately there same titles on sale from time to time.
This just means I'll have to wait for every game I want to be on sale. It's annoying but it's doable.
Thats fair, some games will be worth the price but a good number wont be :\
Average playtime is 15 hours a week? I do that in a day. Get on my back, I'll carry you to the promised land. 😂😂😂
I wouldn't even get GTA6 for $100 US, nevermind a mediocre game for that price. Gaming is expensive enough as it is.
With the advancement of AI they don’t have a right to as it’s getting easier but they will as it’s greed, they can increase but people are already struggling and a lot of game will end up flopping due to the costs which will serve them right for being greedy.
I think video gaming industry will see harder days. Any sane people will opt to pay for a game like BG3 over crappy games like Veilguard. Also there are free to play games like Marvel Rivals... I wonder how Rivals income would look by the end of this year. Players will be more focused on quality nowadays I believe, at least I know I am.
Yeah so true on BG3 over most of the games being released nowadays. Marvel Rivals made $100 million in December and they don't even have a ton of skins yet. I think itll be a good year for them hahaha
In my country a game drop 1/4 $ to legal minimum wage per mounth. This is the only generation when almost people don’t can acess ps5/xbox. It is a thing but the final product necessary have to entertaining for most time. Netflix here is exactly 10% per mouth, all Netflix per mounth, price a unique game triple a. Is certain all new generation, 220mi people country, decline to play in cell phones. For me, conjecturing one utópic world, the price for game really can match witch the cost for make( with gain money offcourse). Is the only way to games not lost million players here. For example, I don’t know, gta6 is the same price like, fifa, forspoken, tekken 8, injustice, marvel etc. the console ps5 is “cheap” the problem is, the long diference between one tripla a, to other and the price is same. We is the 2 country most consuming “social media” like facebook tik tok etc, but is a big big difference of consumer. We lost for cell phones here. And in final of day these cell phone games is more spensive. But like Netflix, can do a road to door enter in games. Afther, people pay more or less depending the game.
Is a massive mistake, how jump in snow (for when never see snow), do free this generation to cell phones. The economy growty, record the good news, the minimum people without job in history, minimum in down poor line of history. 220 million of people and for me, the industry guys turn their back to this.
Goodluck with that
@@TheDragonLegacy yeah sadly it can very likely happen
If what they're saying about the current politics is true it might be even higher than 80$-100$
all this will do is make consumers pickier about how they spend their money if you charge $100 for a game that game had better be bug free and worth that cost what's most like is well see higher quality beget games and a bigger switch to indie games and more games with modding. when a game cost 1/4 the cost of the console it beater be worth it
At this point I will just pirate triple a and only buy indies. Shit like this needs to be fought back
All ima day is at 70$ i get maybe 2 games a year, any higher and i prob will get 1 game every 3 years
I dont buy games day one anymore. I buy the Super-Duper Deluxe Game of the Year Edition with all of the content a year or so later for $20-$40.
There is zero reason to risk ones sanity and money by buying a buggy mess on day one.
charging more money, and making crappier games (ie GTA, just making games that STRESS the player with nothing to enjoy?)
Seems pointless since they dont produce as many hard copys they rely on digital sales even more so the price shouldnt be rising it should honestly have decreased on top of how many of these triple and quadruple A games that are slop. If the quality of the game increases instead of 1 decent game 2 its okay and 30+ as what a waste of my money and time
I mean have games really not increased in prices?
$70 base game.
$40 1st season pass.
$40 2nd season pass.
$20 skins
$20 miscellaneous junk thats already free in the game.
I mean some games can have hundreds of dollars of dlc.😂
And its not like you can just ignore all of it. If you play fighting games they literally lock you out of half the roster and force you to buy the rest of it via season passes. Mortal kombat is terrible at this. They sell you characters already in the game. 😂 and if you want to play online, well you need a full roster.
They are basically selling you half a game for $70, and charging $100s more for the rest of it. 😂
And these are the games you have to pay for! Free to play and Mobile games can have you spending $1000s just to progress through the game. 😂
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I wouldnt mind an increase in pricing, but it needs to come at the expense of no more paid dlcs, season passes, junk items, skins, and other nonsense. All of that should be free and available in the game at launch. It can come at a later time if need be (live service games) , but the game needs to be a full experience.
Baulders gate 3 did it. 😁 so why cant everybody else?
And yes paying a huge price at one time can hurt sells, so make payment plans. Make it the norm. We dont pay for cars and houses all at once, cause most people cant afford that. We pay down payments and pay monthly. Why cant games be the same 🤷♂️ ? Put a banker in gamestop.😂
So $200 games may sound crazy, but we pay that now.😂 dont act like you havent already dropped a fortune on marvel rivals and suicide squad kill the justice league (all 10 players left😂). We just pay it in chunks. Typically monthly when the next season pass arrives.
So lets skip the middle man and get our games 100% finished on day one. All the skins,dlc, stages, characters,etc available on day one. Thats worth a higher price, and with a payment plan it can remain as affordable as it is today. That $70 is a down payment. You just get the full game.💁♂️
As for true added content, it needs to be free. Like we see with baulders gate 3. Live service games are a little different as they need ongoing support. But single player games and fighting games dont all need that.
Most companies don’t release games that aren’t buggy at launch so that’s the big problem sadly. I wish it were the way you described but corporate greed will hold that back
Just don't buy the game. The pricing is 100% the fault of the consumer.
Baulders gate costing more? Nah i love BG3 definitely my top 3 in gaming, but uh ill need them to step up their character models, fluidity and so many other areas. Its a great game, but its hella janky in alot of areas that if released on other games like Bethesda would get them slammed as lazy an incompetent lol
Bruh
I know right
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Glad you know the pain of being in Canada and having to pay 101 for games
Glad you know the pain of being in Canada and having to pay 101 for games