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Please Rockstar and Take-Two, push GTA 6's price up to $80 for the good of "the entire industry", Bank of America beg (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

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[–] nous@programming.dev 91 points 2 days ago (2 children)

"We also heard from attendees that the industry, which is perceived as struggling, would have difficulty selling games for $80 if GTA 6 came out at $70. We think it’s in Take-Two's self-interest, as a publisher and partner to many developers, to raise the price point for the entire industry."

That sounds a lot like an argument a cartel would make.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 39 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I was about to say, this sounds like market collusion

Wouldn't the free-market capitalist thing for them to do in this situation be to take the knowledge their competitors can't compete with them and use it to squeeze them out of business?

Literally if they do anything else with this information it feels like it has to be pretty textbook collision

[–] nous@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago

Free-market capitalist thing would be to do whatever the hell you want to make as much money as you can. That's what you get when there is no regulations on the market to discourage bad behavior for competition, the consumer or environment.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No, it's just "price fixing", and thanks to decades of alternating between neoliberals and Republicans, it's essentially legal.

Like, there's no debate about if this is price fixing it's blatantly obvious.

The loophole is because it's blatantly obvious.

The real problem is this isn't the only place financial institutions want higher prices, they want everything to be as expensive as possible, be ause it adds up and pushes people into debt.

They're dreaming of a day people Klarna everything and never get out from under debt.

That's the natural conclusion of banking in a Uber capitalist society. It stops being a place to store wealth, and becomes a place to borrow wealth from. Because that's how banks make the most money, and that's all that matters in Uber capitalist societies.

Profits over all else means everything else sucks

[–] Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

it's funny because the higher prices have made me reject modern society, and I buy NOTHING as a result... literally nothing. havent bought a thing that wasn't food in about 3ish years now. sorry, I bought a mouse. some unknown brand because all the 'top brands' are horrible quality and break way faster then some $15 cheap AliExpress junk I bought.

I refuse to participate and will sit on my money. don't care. let it burn

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I refuse to participate and will sit on my money

Which is why Uber capitalist societies need inflation. If people remove wealth from the cycle, they get punished with inflation.

A lot of people don't understand that inflation isnt some insurmountable natural force we fight, it's something that is intentionally done by the people literally controlling our economy.

That's not a conspiracy, that's what the Federal Reserve literally does.

[–] Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

all I see is companies buying up everything, (or promising too...), driving the costs through the roof resulting in me either choosing between food and shelter... or buying stuff.

I choose me... my house, and staying alive. the rest... whatever. let it inflate to absurd levels and crash. they can play their dumb game, I'll wait until the riots start.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I mean, storing wealth in US dollars is stupid, the government learned their lesson a century ago and that’s why inflation exists.

You can buy gold/silver or any investment vehicle, even guns and ammo if your pessimistic enough. Or land in the middle of nowhere if you have the funds.

Like, at first it sounded like a personal choice. Now it sounds like a forced reality and not a choice?

Anyways, if anyone is storing wealth at any substantial level, under no reason should anyone keep it in cash under their mattress.

Cash constantly get de-valued, it's not something anyone should "hold".

[–] Fedegenerate@fedinsfw.app 20 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I'll happily wait for the GOTY version to be <£30. I think I pre-ordered the super mega deluxe ultimate version of GTAV, I've changed since then.

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Waiting for all the DLC and bugfixes at a lower price is always the right option.

[–] hateisreality@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

I'm still pissed I bought a POS series X for this game. this whole console cycle was absolutely shit for microslop

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 days ago

Guess I'll just wait to buy the GOTY edition for $10 in a few years because if you think I'm paying $80 for any video game you are out of your fucking mind.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 days ago (3 children)

So sell it for $60 then sell 4 DLCs for $15 each...isn't that what everyone else is doing?

[–] makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

Rockstar doesn't sell DLC, that takes work. They sell you in game currency to buy all the stuff that they make way too difficult to grind for on your own in multi-player. That's not a joke, GTA V online, a 13 year old game for the Playstation 3, makes almost half a BILLION DOLLARS a year selling in game currency

[–] vpol@feddit.uk 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No, sell it for 80$, and then 4 dlc for 20$ each.

[–] original_charles@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

For the good of the entire industry!

[–] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago

When I see that, in checking HLTB before buying anything.

Pretty sad to see storylines formed around the concept of DLC.

[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

Don't give Rockstar any amount of cash while they are union busting.

[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 days ago

They should sell it for $30, really knock out the competition.

[–] shani66@ani.social 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Capital C capitalists are the dumbest motherfuckers out there. The price of creating a game is going down, the ceiling is just rising and developers are chasing that ceiling. The market has also grown exponentially, they don't need to raise prices to get the same profit. Games are already very expensive and the economy is only going to get worse, raising the price will ensure only exceptional games make a profit (or games that don't follow the stupid increase). Not to mention new forms of piracy means they're competing against a price point of $0.

[–] Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

.. they don't want the same profits, they want more. you would be a horrible ceo and I appreciate that. it means you aren't a peice of shit

[–] artyom@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago

Really weird sentence structure, this title is.

[–] Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

make it $500

[–] nucleative@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is there any insider info on the micro transactions we're gonna see in GTA6 online?

The shark cards thing was a freaking racket for Rockstar so there's no way we don't see that again.

At certain points it was not fun to play online if you didn't have certain assets because you'd get spawn raped over and over by punks who obviously had too much grinding time or too much cash to burn.

I'd have no problem dropping $80 if that was under control and I could expect a fun balanced experience even if I can play just a couple times a week.

If it's going to be pay to win, better make it a free client with an unlockable story mode or something.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

It’s not even clear if GTAO will be included at launch. It wasn’t for GTAV. But GTAO also wasn’t the most profitable game in the history of all games yet either. So… GTAO2 might be there at launch.