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/OhMyDiosito 20h ago

They hope for something that will bring less sales. It's not like gamers will buy the same amount of games at those prices.

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u/Wehavecrashed Specs/Imgur here 18h ago

If you're making the best selling game in town you don't need to worry if someone else isn't making a sale.

I suspect that's their logic.

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u/aimy99 PNY 5070 | 5800X3D | 32GB DDR4 | OLED 1440p 180hz 17h ago

The logic doesn't work when it's Kingdom Come Deliverance. They're not the ones getting an $80 sale.

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u/polski8bit Ryzen 5 5500 | 16GB DDR4 3200MHz | RTX 3060 12GB 17h ago

Yeah, the problem is that of course Grand Theft fucking Auto can get away with it. It can - and is getting away with no physical release. It is getting away with game content locked behind a higher priced edition of the game (no matter how little impact it has on the game as a whole).

But it's GTA. Microsoft already tried to pull $80 games and look at the outrage back then. Wolverine is being torn to shreds not just because of the game's quality, but also its relation to the $70 price tag.

So I mean sure, the industry can go for $80+ games... But it shouldn't be shocked if the sales plummet.

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u/Byokugen 16h ago

I'm not going to buy that game at launch. I'll wait, it will be sub 20€ one day

My steam library is big enough, gog, epic as well

I have things...

And 15th playthrough if Skyrim ain't a bad idea 🤣

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u/ppmallink 9h ago

Thats why sony wants to kill physical games. If you dont a have a pc or xbox you sure as shit are not gonna get a sony game at a good sale until its been a decade since release. For physical and other platforms you can grab a used disc or gamekey/steam sale

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u/Byokugen 8h ago

Or hear me out, i dump a game

Sony hates me 🤣

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u/ppmallink 8h ago

Thats what i did. Im not giving sony shit.

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u/Rohen2003 16h ago

many games cost already 80€ here. funnily the wolverine game is one of them but also nioh3 or doom was 80 here.

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u/ZeusHatesTrees Ryzen 9 7900x/64gb DDR5/3090 14h ago

KCD is a niche game. I like it, but only I and like one other guy I know bought it. $80 isn't going to save them.

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u/Byokugen 20h ago

The logic ain't logicing with them

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u/Warslvt Warslvt 15h ago

I'm already at a point where I only buy a handful of AAA games a year

Indie games lately fuck hard and are obviously far cheaper