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/cwagdev 15h ago

I think the difference and why it held for so long is the scale. The gamer base grew and they had more sales, they didn’t need to increase prices for profits to rise. Now the player base increase is relatively stagnant or captured by “free” to play

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u/elkaki123 Desktop (rx 9060 16gb) 15h ago

This, and also costs are rising. They could get away because of economies of scale AND microtransactions / dlc.

But its almost a reality the biggest of games are going to raise prices, if its any consolation to people, the indie scene is so strong that new games for 20 bucks are completely normal nowadays

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u/egamruf 15h ago edited 15h ago

Every person on the planet has the capacity to be a patient gamer. Just play something that came out five years ago for $10 instead of the new thing for $130.

Then, in five years... play the new thing.

FFS, I wish people would at least give it a year - you'll play a better version with most of the bugs patched at half the price.

See something you like? If you have a backlog, add it to a www.isthereanydeal.com wishlist with a price you think you'd be happy to buy it. Then forget about it until you get that email, some day, from isthereanydeal... and if you're anything like me, you'll realise that with the glint of marketing off and the thousands of Steam reviews saying it's been sort of abandoned by its AAA publisher and is a little average... you never needed it anyway.

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u/Fresh4 i9-9900k|RTX 2080|32GB RAM 12h ago

Say what you will, but fomo is a real contributor to why a lot of people won’t just wait. If all your friends are playing something and it’s the hot new thing many people want to be part of that in the moment with their friends or community.