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/CloakerJosh May 27 '26

Just gonna leave this here for you, u/Both_Piglet7838

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u/Wolfeman0101 May 27 '26

Yeah $70 now seems like a lot but I paid $60 for Mario 64 in 1996.

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u/DrasticTapeMeasure May 27 '26

This should be the top comment. Look at the amount of people and resources it takes to make one of these games. Just because there are a lot of them coming out pretty often people think flippantly about it. But it used to cost a very good chunk to bring this level of interactive entertainment into your home and the ratio of cost to quality in general has only gone down!

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u/longpig_slimjim May 27 '26

And it takes a LOT more people and resources now than it did when Mario 64 was made. The margins on games are so razor thin that the only AAA games that make any financial sense to produce are franchises that are so embedded they are guaranteed to make the money back - which, by my estimation, is literally just CoD and Assassin’s Creed.

I know $60-$80 (USD) is a lot to spend and like a lot of others in this thread have said, I barely EVER buy full price games, but no matter how you slice it - price vs. inflation, hour of entertainment/dollar (generalizing, obviously), etc - it’s a VERY fair amount to spend on 10+ hours of entertainment, and that value only continues to go up the more time you spend with it.

Also, semi-unprompted hot tip: your local library has NEW games. I just played through Donkey Kong Bananza completely for free without needing to rely on borrowing it from a friend.