The $60 price point was helped by the market expanding but that is going to be difficult with the hardware costs.
Devs need to bring down production costs. They should be making games at PS2 quality instead of maxing out PS5 Pros.
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Coelacanth@feddit.nu 1 week agoYou really shouldn’t be downvoted for stating facts. Inflation is a real thing and prices of games have lagged significantly behind it for decades - that is an observable fact. The $60 price point was held static for almost two decades but inflation marches on, so in real terms most games are cheaper than ever.
The one thing that kind of does make gaming unaffordable currently is hardware prices, but you can still do the indie gaming you mentioned on a cheaper PC so it’s mostly just the AAA market that is getting pricier.
rafoix@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
jacksilver@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Actually even hardware has stayed relatively low. The PS3 launched at $600 and the ps5 launched at $500.
Right now we’re actually still doing better than the ps3 era even with inflation, it’s just we’re getting squeezed in other locations and there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight for hardware inflation.
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yeah when I have an opinion like this I don’t care about the downvotes.