I think the average VG pricing will soon reach $100

[depaul]

Games are requiring more and more efforts to develop. Budget keeps getting higher.

For instance: Most AAA games nowadays have a development budget that exceeds $100M. This sum was exorbitant one or two decades ago.

With inflation, I think $100 will soon become the norm for average AAA game pricing.

 

[DragonMals]

That's why Retro games will always be better even in the emulation scene. Yeah you can get games through other mans, but they'll be worth more than getting modern games who will eventually be just as expensive as getting phones, TVs, tablets, etc.

 

[SylverReZ]

That's why piracy exists for that matter, so we wouldn't have to deal with price inflating scumbags.

 

[Dust2dust]

No one said gaming was a cheap hobby! (except it is for most of us tempers). If you're willing to wait a bit to buy games, you can save a bunch. I could easily see that new Mortal Kombat game selling for half that much within a year.

 

[jahrs]

That's why piracy exists for that matter, so we wouldn't have to deal with price inflating scumbags.

Or Just wait like I do for the steam sale when it's like 75% off because the game was either too expensive or not able yo live up to the hype I stopped doing the pirating thing for pc once I lost 400 hours on a game I really liked when my pc died and took the save with it. So now I just stick to steam sales for the cloud backups.

On a side note FlareRez you giving me a stroke with all the name and pronoun changes. Also I see you saw the amazing digital circus and have fallen for the clown girl lol.

 

[SylverReZ]

On a side note FlareRez you giving me a stroke with all the name and pronoun changes. Also I see you saw the amazing digital circus and have fallen for the clown girl lol.

I clown around on these streets.

Or Just wait like I do for the steam sale when it's like 75% off because the game was either too expensive or not able yo live up to the hype I stopped doing the pirating thing for pc once I lost 400 hours on a game I really liked when my pc died and took the save with it. So now I just stick to steam sales for the cloud backups.

I look out for Steam sales too. I've been very lucky on a few occasions, one time I got Celeste for half-price being the fact that it was £3.

 

[depaul]

Btw I've heard that if your Steam account is from Turkey/Argentina. You can buy games really cheap, compared to NA/Europe.

 

[The Catboy]

All games are becoming free for many of us

 

[linuxares]

It's barely worth buying most games on release anyway. Look at Cities Skylines 2. More or less unplayable.
So just wait for sales and buy them.

 

[DinohScene]

Ah yes cause luxury items ought to be a life necessity.

 

[Jayinem]

When it comes to many games Premium Editions have already been around $100 even back on PS4/Xbox One. I don't think we're close to just the base game being $100. People are still getting used to $70.

 

[hippy dave]

Only a small fraction of the games I play are AAA, so the average price will remain much lower.

I pay for a much smaller fraction of the games I play tbh. Tho I would certainly support more indie games financially if I had the resources.

 

[Xzi]

I don't think so, these are fighting games with the season pass and other extras included. They've been this expensive for several generations now. Does highlight the importance of shopping around though, I pre-ordered Street Fighter 6 Deluxe from GMG for just over $50.

There were a number of games that still released at $60 this year, GOTY (BG3) included, though I'm sure $70 is about to become the norm.

 

[Veho]

Yes, the price of AAA titles will keep rising because they keep getting more and more expensive to make and market.
But the average game price will stay the same, plus general inflation I guess.
Look at Steam's top sellers list, the prices are all over the place. Some statistics say the average game price is $15 but I don't know their methodology.
And speaking of game prices, we may balk at a game costing $120 at launch, but the real culprits are games that are "free to play" but with the season passes and loot boxes and cosmetics and other junk, over the course of the game's lifetime you spend a few hundred dollars on it without even noticing.

 

[Kioku]

I don't think so, these are fighting games with the season pass and other extras included. They've been this expensive for several generations now. Does highlight the importance of shopping around though, I pre-ordered Street Fighter 6 Deluxe from GMG for just over $50.

There were a number of games that still released at $60 this year, GOTY (BG3) included, though I'm sure $70 is about to become the norm.

I’ll just keep my OG Xbox hooked up for the next 30 or so years.. Can’t help but feel like we’re being jerked around on pricing.

 

[DarkCoffe64]

Them games prices keep raising, but guess you got to ask yourself: Are they actually worth said price?
With the state of most modern games, specifically from them big corpos... myself I'd said no.

The last game I bought that I say was more than worth it's price was Pizza Tower, and I dare say for a masterpiece such as it, it's underselling itself.

 

[subcon959]

I remember buying SF2:CE for the Mega Drive in 1993 for £59.99 and thinking it was totally worth it.

 

[Veho]

I remember buying SF2:CE for the Mega Drive in 1993 for £59.99 and thinking it was totally worth it.

According to the Bank of England inflation calculator that' the equivalent of £117.86 today.

 

[subcon959]

According to the Bank of England inflation calculator that' the equivalent of £117.86 today.

And yet these days the games have a much higher development cost but somehow $70 is something to complain about.

 

[Nakamichi]

wait, videogames arent free??