Nemeski@lemm.ee to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agoBaldur's Gate 3 publishing director says "almost all games should cost more at a base level" because they cost so much to makewww.rockpapershotgun.comexternal-linkmessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1102arrow-down114
arrow-up188arrow-down1external-linkBaldur's Gate 3 publishing director says "almost all games should cost more at a base level" because they cost so much to makewww.rockpapershotgun.comNemeski@lemm.ee to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square73fedilink
minus-squareSoJB@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down6·edit-23 months agoPerson with objective personal financial interest in raising prices says raising prices is necessary Let’s not pretend this capitalist trash take is a valid point. Yes, games cost more to make now. Did games also sell over 22 million copies back then? And that’s just Steam BG3 sales, not including literally every other platform.
minus-squareampersandrew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·3 months ago22M copies sounds like a very high estimate, and there are lower estimates out there, including those in line with the math you can run against their infographics and achievement data where they may have only sold under half of that.
Person with objective personal financial interest in raising prices says raising prices is necessary
Let’s not pretend this capitalist trash take is a valid point. Yes, games cost more to make now.
Did games also sell over 22 million copies back then? And that’s just Steam BG3 sales, not including literally every other platform.
22M copies sounds like a very high estimate, and there are lower estimates out there, including those in line with the math you can run against their infographics and achievement data where they may have only sold under half of that.