“Mario 64 was 60 dollars in 1995 meaning that it would be about 100 dollars today”
Pay has NOT kept up with inflation. People are poorer.
Folk need to stop pretending like people have as much money as they did in the 90s. Rent costs, house prices are astronomical.
Xbox’s business is still impacted today by outpricing people with their initial Xbox One reveal pricing a decade ago.
Nintendo Treehouse comments are absolutely packed with people complaining about prices.
Again, I’m vastly aware that game budgets, inflation etc have increased!
but Pay has NOT increased accordingly. I don’t know the solution, but that’s the reality.
And I make these points as someone who is lucky enough to earn well enough to just buy them regardless. Most aren’t as fortunate.
Game bubbles regularly disregard the poor, unfortunately, as the industry has an above-average number of middle-class background workers.
Price increases combined with physical knock effectively prices the poor out of legally gaming (Buying directly from them/the digital store)
While I agree that Steam’s 30% cut is unreasonable, games are not generally cheaper outside of Steam, especially AAA titles. Even on platforms with a lower store cut, such as Epic Games or direct publisher stores, AAA games being priced lower is very rare. So i don’t think steam reducing their cut would have an impact on game price.
Depending on where in the world you live and what’s going on with currencies right now, a PS5 disc in the shops can be a little bit cheaper than on the various digital platforms.