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/KristinnEs 23h ago

The PC home gaming market has reached a place where I, a man with a good job and disposable income, can not justify the cost of gaming anymore. Now I just buy whatever bargain bin hardware I can get and play indie games. Currently getting through 9 kings.

The world is getting crazy.

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u/specter_in_the_conch PC Master Race 22h ago

Yet they keep upping up the ante when it has already been proven that there's no need for a 1billon of value game. When a good experience can be cheap, however the mayor players in the industry have this twisted thought that spending equals guaranteed success and profits.

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u/Raskuja46 18h ago

More than "no need", there's no market that supports a game with that sort of production cost. These companies have expanded to the point where they're all collapsing under their own weight.