Comment on Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director says "almost all games should cost more at a base level" because they cost so much to make

Uncurious3512@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• frezik@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  And there was a big decrease in per unit costs of production switching from cartridges to optical media. Not quite as much in the switch from optical media to downloading, but some.

  Did they pass those savings on to customers?

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  • Brosplosion@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Inflation ate it all. $60 in 2005 would be almost $100 now. Hell even from 2015, $60 would be $80 scaled for inflation.

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    • frezik@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The savings happened before 2005.

      Also, software is a volume business. They have far more customers now to cover those costs.

      Or, you, know, if the market doesn’t support high budget games, then don’t make high budget games.

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