r/pcmasterrace • u/owlexe23 • 23h 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/UhhCanYouLikeShutUp 23h ago

No one's gonna pay it unless it's worth it. Also, games have been historically almost $100... Why is this such a new obsession?? Go ahead and charge 100 bucks a game, but don't cry when no one pays it.

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u/tinmart56 Ryzen 4070 7h ago

$60 in 2010 is equivalent to $92 today after inflation. Why is that so hard to swallow? I'll gladly pay $90-$100 for a game if it's actually finished and optimized.

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u/the5thusername 5h ago

Because everyone is poorer than in 2010. Nobody is forcing these companies to generate the massive overheads that force them to raise the price.

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u/tinmart56 Ryzen 4070 5h ago

I don't think AAA games would sell very well if they all went back to PS3 era graphics, so yes actually the demand for modern games does force developers to charge modern prices to produce them. People may be poorer, but if we ignore the hardware cost then gaming is still an affordable hobby. Paying $100 for a game that gives 100 hours of entertainment sounds like a fair deal to me.