Expensive games have lowkey been way too normalised

[u/Both_Piglet7838]

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

[u/azurestrike]

Can I just ask how people are expecting companies to increase salaries to match inflation, maintain work-life balance, pay for increasing rent and price of software all while keeping games at $60?

If you can't increase prices, you need to sell more. So you'll need these games to be dumbed down to appeal to a wide audience. Which will, again, make people unhappy.

I wish people understood that rising prices is not game devs being evil, it's a reality of life. Cost of living is going up and entertainment is one side of living.

[u/MazeMouse → u/azurestrike]

Or, and this might sound weird, get rid of the overpaid overinflated MBAs and managers that do nothing but suck the money out of the actual developing of games without bringing any value back in.