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“Gaming is becoming unaffordable” — Xbox CEO says the industry has an accessibility crisis
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That fails to take into account the fact that the gaming was a niche hobby that wasn't particularly accessible in part due to prices. Given the far far larger market for games and the greater competition for gamer attention you would expect prices to come down.
Prices are set base on what the market is believed to be able to bare however so value per hr or cost to develop are somewhat incidental to the monetisation of a game.
Prices for games have stayed constant for 35 years. Can you think of anything else that has stayed the same price in that time frame?
For real. Nintendo 64 was not a niche hobby, and the games were still 70 to 80 bucks. That’s like $160 in today dollars. It shows, too. We got all this technology, but the care, polish, attention just isn’t there.
That's sort of my point... Prices are WAY down. Lower than they have EVER been. $125 for an 8 hr. game. What would that cost today?