LCP@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agoVideo Games Need to Be Cheaper to Buywww.bloomberg.comexternal-linkmessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1140arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1132arrow-down1external-linkVideo Games Need to Be Cheaper to Buywww.bloomberg.comLCP@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agomessage-square82fedilinkfile-text
One way to get out of the video-game industry funk is to recognize that players aren’t spending $70 on most games
minus-squarePika@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·6 hours agoJust don’t buy Triple A titles. The last “AAA” title I bought was elden ring for 30$ (unless you count Silk Song) There are plenty of indie style, A or AA studios that are in the 5-30$ range. The more people who move over to that type of mindset and buy from small titles, the more apt that large companies are going to lower their prices.
minus-squareLfrith@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours agoRetail price doesn’t even matter anyways. It’s more a placeholder to make sales seem more impressive with X% off to make people feel they are getting a bargain.
Just don’t buy Triple A titles.
The last “AAA” title I bought was elden ring for 30$ (unless you count Silk Song)
There are plenty of indie style, A or AA studios that are in the 5-30$ range.
The more people who move over to that type of mindset and buy from small titles, the more apt that large companies are going to lower their prices.
Retail price doesn’t even matter anyways. It’s more a placeholder to make sales seem more impressive with X% off to make people feel they are getting a bargain.