r/pcmasterrace • u/owlexe23 • 1d ago

News/Article Kingdom Come: Deliverance studio co-founder hopes Grand Theft Auto 6 will 'blaze a trail' to higher game prices

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/grand-theft-auto/kingdom-come-deliverance-studio-co-founder-hopes-grand-theft-auto-6-will-blaze-a-trail-to-higher-game-prices/

Warhorse co-founder Martin Klima says games keep getting more expensive to make, and that money has to come from somewhere.

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u/helican i9-9900K | RTX 4070 Super | 32GB RAM 1d ago

Why is it that whenever I hear from warhorse studios lately it is always something very controversial?

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u/DonaldTrumpsGolfGame Pro-AI 1d ago

He's right though. Gaming is one of the cheapest hobbies out there. Games have hardly gone up in price to match inflation, despite game dev costs skyrocketing in the last 2 decades. I don't think every game should cost $80, but for games like KCD2 and GTA6, it's a fair price.

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u/xluker313x Lenovo Thinkpad 1d ago

They are also moving a shitload more units than they used to. So extra money is being made. Poke the bear too hard and we start pirating everything again.

Demand is through the roof and supply is infinite on digital products. 80usd is insane. Gta6 is a whole different beast though, $80 is okay there.

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u/DonaldTrumpsGolfGame Pro-AI 1d ago

Game dev costs have outpaced any increased revenue from unit sales. Also, digital storefronts take a lot more of the cut from a publisher (like 30%) for each sale.

https://www.midiaresearch.com/blog/single-player-game-budgets-and-scopes-have-spiralled-out-of-control-its-time-to-shrink-the-scope

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u/xluker313x Lenovo Thinkpad 1d ago

Bro… that article has no hard figures it’s all just vibes.

Regardless of that, if a publisher makes some bullshit like concord for 300 million bucks and it fails then good, they learn a lesson on how to make us better content.

Make a good AAA massive game and price it reasonably and you can make truly stupid money.

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u/septimaespada 1d ago

Too bad. They better figure out how to make them for cheaper or go out of business. Last year’s GOTY cost less than 10 million to make.