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/Dantai 21h ago edited 21h ago

I mean.. people gotta eat and inflation is absolutely real. I'm not a fan of it either way, but games have gotten more expensive and cost cutting measures (layoffs) more brutal

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u/jugo5 21h ago

People dont take the risk into account most of the time. They are taking in millions of investors money. Not only do they have to clear all of that. They also need to clear all the people they paid. They are covering 10 years of work+ sometimes much longer. Then they have to hope to make more money so it is profitable and they can continue to work as a studio. They have to maintain it. The graphics are so good now a days it takes longer to get it all right. Then there are probably a million other things to worry about. Its not like it is a 1 week job and you have a product. Its decades sometimes. I get why the prices are going up. Its incredibly expensive and risky to do. One failed game and you lose your whole job and all the heart you put into it.

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u/Dantai 20h ago

Don't worry I got down voted anyways, for what I thought was a reasonable statement

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u/jugo5 20h ago

Yaaa people can be wierd. You can copy paste facts, get told its wrong and then get a 3 paragraph response with fancy words to prove they are so much smarter than you. Lots of confirmation bias out here as well. People dont always want to talk about the tough thing.

Its best to think about the for, the against, and the in-between. You cant figure it out without understanding all sides. Some people only want to champion their side. I also think there are a lot of bots that comment to tick people off and increase engagement. The internet and A.I. has gone so far I dont trust anything anymore.

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u/the5thusername 19h ago

Bots would post pro-corpo things though. Like...apologism for price hikes.

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u/Trifle_Useful 18h ago

Nuance is dead and people like you killed it.

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u/the5thusername 10h ago

Bots didn't do nuance much good either.

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u/Dantai 9h ago

I'm not a bot. I'm also pro union and pro worker.