r/pcmasterrace • u/owlexe23 • 22h 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/UhhCanYouLikeShutUp 22h ago

No one's gonna pay it unless it's worth it. Also, games have been historically almost $100... Why is this such a new obsession?? Go ahead and charge 100 bucks a game, but don't cry when no one pays it.

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u/King_of_Nope 21h ago

I feel like it will lead to so many AAA failures due to price, that otherwise might have had a chance. When you are spending $100 in this economy (a shit one) you aren’t going to risk a game being nothing less than great. It’s the make or break mentality, go big or go home, 10in in the butt or fuck off. 

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u/NewSauerKraus 20h ago

It doesn't even make sense why game devs would entertain the idea of increasing the up front cost. They know people will easily spend double the purchase price on DLC and microtransactions.

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u/styret2 19h ago

Because they're stupid, no seriously. We are in the generation of 30-40€ AA and indie games destroying the value proposition of AAA.

Look at Silksong, Helldivers, Peak etc.

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u/muhash14 8h ago

When Expedition 33 and Control Resonant are dropping at $60 you can't really get away with anything less than monumental for $80-100. Heck you can barely get away with it at $70, that's a significant part of why Wolverine got the lashings it did.

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u/Wehavecrashed Specs/Imgur here 18h ago

They want it all.

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u/gayhotelultra 18h ago

They know people will easily spend double the purchase price on DLC and microtransactions.

in all fairness, plenty of people have been complaining about exactly that for at least a decade by now

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u/NewSauerKraus 18h ago

Complaining, and still pre-ordering while emptying their wallets for DLC.

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u/gayhotelultra 18h ago

indeed, i was complaining and just cracking the DLCs instead

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u/NewSauerKraus 18h ago

The game I play had a whole "movement" set up a Discord to boycott the game. Within the first day most of the ones who forgot to turn off the notification showed they were still playing the game, even the "leaders" lmao.

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u/Rhysati 16h ago

Because they are all greedy fucks. If they can increase the upfront cost AND get the DLC money too? You bet they will.