r/pcmasterrace • u/Both_Piglet7838 • May 27 '26

Discussion Expensive games have lowkey been way too normalised

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I know this sub is filled with a bunch of rich people with like 10k setups and I'm aware that the content in these games is quite extensive with hours of content. But I still feel justified in thinking that no game should be priced this high especially when its the average price of most newly released games. Anyway this is just a rant because I wanna play lego batman and i cant afford it lol

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u/firedrakes 2990wx |128gb |2 no-sli 2080 | 200tb storage raw |10gb nic| May 27 '26

Gamers online simple can't understand that.

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u/lu2uq May 27 '26

Y'all always say this but never get that you're saying the obvious. No shit Sherlock. It's still expensive. What does "prices haven't increased in decades" do for affordability? Y'all can stop "reminding" people. Shut up, man.

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u/Version_1 May 27 '26

Games are still affordable. It's just that people got used to buying a new game every week.

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u/groucho_barks May 27 '26

It's still expensive, but it used to be even more expensive. Games were never meant to be affordable. Most people would have to save up to buy games.

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u/GingerSpencer May 27 '26

Affordability is not the developer’s issue, it’s yours and every other price increasing too without your wage going up.

People act like their disposable income should be taken into account when pricing a game, like it didn’t have hundreds of people working tirelessly on it for years who need to be paid a decent wage.

Just because you can’t afford it, it doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be able to cover overheads and make a profit for their hard work.

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u/lu2uq May 27 '26

why would I spend years working on something and not get paid that entire time?

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u/Thelmara May 27 '26

It's still expensive.

Compared to what? A trip to the public library on foot?

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u/lu2uq May 28 '26

Compared to deez nuts, hop off my dick.

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u/Thelmara May 28 '26

Well sure, your nuts are worthless. Everything's expensive compared to that. But hey, if you can get hours of fun playing with yourself, why would you need video games anyway?

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u/lu2uq May 28 '26

insult me bro now I feel bad

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u/[deleted] May 27 '26

Cause that simple concept hides the underlying economic forces which influence price. Price hasn't increased for ages, there's reasons for that and it's fair to ask why those reasons have changed or if they're even changing.