By and large, I actually kinda agree. If you look at the cost per hour of entertainment you get out of a video game you like vs. other forms of media, especially something like going to a movie. But the industry won’t support higher prices yet (and I am absolutely not advocating for it). But yeah, you really can get a lot of joy for not a lot of money.
I imagine you got downvoted because people want games to be cheap…I agree with them, but I wouldn’t downvote you, because you’re right.
ET for the 2600 was probably about $80 or $90 today, adjusted for inflation. It was made in 5 weeks, and most games took a few months to make by small, underpaid teams…or even solo developers.
No licensed music. No voice actors. No translation or localization teams. No patches after launch. Maybe an artist who’d draw up the game box and a writer to write the manual.
Look at the credits and look at how many people have worked on a game like GTA. There’s a lot more going into games these days, and we are lucky that they’ve gone from almost luxury technology to something that just about anybody can afford to buy once in a while.
But they’re still too expensive for me most of the time, so I’ll wait until the prices drop to like $20.
“CEO thinks their companies products are sold too cheaply”
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CEO doing CEO things…
