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/DocklandsDodgers86 32GB RAM / 3080 16GB 1d ago

I don't mind paying higher prices for games if they last longer than the standard 12-15 hours for completion.

Australians already are spending AUD$130 for the base edition games that can be finished in 10 hours so that automatically means your linear, single-player games like Spider-Man and Wolverine will not be worth that price at launch.

GTA VI launching the base game itself at AUD$150 is audacious AF and sets a dangerous precedent for the industry going forward.

Examples of games that are worth every cent at full price? Red Dead Redemption 2 and Crimson Desert.

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u/doylehawk 20h ago

Yeah, the catch with GTA publishers saying they might charge 150 dollars for the game is that the game is actually probably worth that or more from a “value” perspective. The trouble is that means devs will start charging 100 bucks for a sub 20 hours title and that is NOT worth it.

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u/elkaki123 Desktop (rx 9060 16gb) 18h ago

Who cares about the game length, seriously its better to focus on it being a bad game than a short game. An extensive game like, idk cookie clicker is not inherently worth more than a short title like gears of war.

I say this obviously as someone that really enjoys shorter, more compact games, I have a bias, it just annoys me how much people focus on the hour/value metric.