[Daeda01]

As the title says, thoughts on this?

These developers have been trying to find ways to suck as much money out of us as possible and blaming "tariffs" as a convenient excuse is just a slap in the face. The fact that we don't even get physical copies of the thing we buy, the content isnt really ours...just rented, and pushing out half ass garage...yeah

[Tattico83]

There are so many cheap games out there that I don't think it's worth getting the new ones that just came out for $80.

[zx10guy]

I'm going to get some flack on this. But the wallet sucking started well before the recent events. It started when consoles ruined the online gaming market that was dominated by PCs. As soon as software companies realized the cash cow online gaming is, the nickel and diming began. I miss the days where dedicated servers were a thing along with open customizations that didn't have a fee or charge tied to it. But dedicated servers and customizations are a thing of the past now.

[NickyC]

Huge open world games like RDR2, Witcher 3, GTA V, etc. are worth it and more so. Knowing what I know now, I'd have no problem paying $500 for games like RDR2 and Witcher 3 because they are just GOAT games. Between the two I have close to 800 hours played. It is extremely difficult to find another form on entertainment for that hour/dollar ratio.

Take another game I've played for nearly 4k hours over an 11 year time period, that being Battlefield 4 (some 64 players servers are still fully populated and I play a few nights a week to this day!). With all DLC, I've probably paid $80 total and that was all over 10 years ago. $80 for 4k hours of entertainment, how could that ever be considered a bad deal?

Where I think $80+ for a game is a BAD deal would be a game like Resident Evil, or any short game where you maybe get 6-7 hours out of it without replays. There are a lot of games like that, where you pretty much see the vast majority of content in the game in under 10 hours. I try not to buy those types of games any longer unless it's a GOAT, quality remake like Dead Space.

TL/DR: YES, $80 or more is absolutely warranted for quality games like RDR2, Witcher 3, GTA V, and some FPS games you'll play for years. Otherwise, NAH!

[BWBike]

This might not be a popular opinion, but there are many games out there I can play for free. No way would I pay that much for a game.

Besides, there are many activities I partake in leaving little free time for games anyway.

[Katsunaka]

Gaming lost me when they wanted you to pay for everything on top of paying for the game. Sorry.

I'm not paying 50-60-80 bucks for a game, then have to deal with your BS game ads for this pay to win or this paid cosmetic.

I loved being a gamer in the 90s as a kid, and gamed throughout my life, but anymore. I'm not into forking over real money to play a game I had to pay for on top of it anyway.

[Frostynorth]

There are many excellent indie / not AAA games these days for less than 80, with such a huge selection it's easy to wait for triple-a games to hit 50% off.

As NickyC said, the $/hr is great value.


Gaming charted with wages over time, it costs less now.

[oVeRdOsE.]

80$ is the normal inflation. I do remember N64 games were around 50$.


meanwhile people spending 100$/month on mobile game like clash of shitty games.... Those mobile dont deserve as much microtransaction money over like a rdr2... shame

[Manlike]

Unfortunately when GTA 6 comes out these prices will become the norm

[Bald Guy]

If you're going to enjoy it with your time and energy, it's more than worth it. In my opinion, your time is worth so much more than the $80 per game.