Gaming Analyst Says There's "Hope" In The Industry That Grand Theft Auto 6 Will Cost $100 : technology

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

No

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It’s surprising that games are getting cheaper compared to the cost of living. If you take into consideration the fact that games are becoming more expensive to produce, I really don’t understand it.

Gaming is way cheaper for me than it was during the ps2 or ps3 era.

Still, I don’t want games to become more and more ambitious and cost more and more. So, if I get GTA6, it’s gonna be at a reasonable price, maybe even second hand since I don’t need to directly support Rockstar.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Less physical media, devices, real tangible products and assets. More online intangible products, assets. You can decide if it's good or bad. I think it's one thing that'll change manufacturing and global resource issues long long term for the better less single use BS. But also it will if not regulated allow even more ultra wealthy individuals to multiply their wealth. Furthering the divide. First comes the shit end of the spectrum then eventually the good follows after the shit product era.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Not to mention they sell way more copies of each game than they used to when sales were limited to physical copies.

[+] [email protected] -6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I'm okay with game prices going up -- they've fallen far behind inflation over the decades -- though personally I favor DLC rather than one large shebang. Lower risk on both sides.

And there are a lot of games out there that, when including DLC, run much more than $100. Think of The Sims series or a lot of Paradox games. Stellaris is a fun, sprawling game, but with all DLC, it's over $300, and it's far from the priciest.

But if I'm paying more, I also want to get more utility out of what you're selling. If a game costs $100, I expect to get twice what I get out of a competing $50 game.

And to be totally honest, most of the games that I really enjoy have complex mechanics and have the player play over and over again. I think that most of the cost that game studios want is for asset creation. That can be okay, depending upon genre -- graphics are nice, music is nice, realistic motion-capture movement is nice -- but that's not really what makes or breaks my favorite games. The novelty kind of goes away once you've experienced an asset a zillion times.

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