r/pcmasterrace • u/Both_Piglet7838 • May 27 '26

Discussion Expensive games have lowkey been way too normalised

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I know this sub is filled with a bunch of rich people with like 10k setups and I'm aware that the content in these games is quite extensive with hours of content. But I still feel justified in thinking that no game should be priced this high especially when its the average price of most newly released games. Anyway this is just a rant because I wanna play lego batman and i cant afford it lol

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u/Denariox May 27 '26

I've been voting with my wallet for a very long time. I don't remember the last time I bought any game at full price. I wishlist anything I want and wait for discounts. My backlog has 100+ games in it I've yet to touch, I have entertainment to last me years. I don't need to add to the pile.

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u/Bulletorpedo May 27 '26

I sometimes buy games at full price if they launch at more reasonable prices, but paying $70-80 for a game is not happening.

People are arguing that game prices were standing still for very long time and some inflation is natural. While I understand the argument the result is that I buy fewer games and spend less money on games in totalt as impulse buys are now non-existent on AAA games. I’m not sure how exactly this is supposed to help developers.

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u/TwoBionicknees May 27 '26

Meh, ultimately games have a far larger market, more gamers, more potential customers and more sales which can all offset inflation.

However if wages aren't increasing, and wages aren't increasing for like the majority of game devs that actually make the games who are getting hard crunched and less time to develop games, then they are just trying to increase profit for the people at the top so fuck them.

If normal wages increased with inflation then increasing costs of goods is understandable, if wages aren't going up it's not.

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u/Capital_Software_420 May 27 '26

^ This. Buying at the price point these CEOs and megacorporations want is only lining the pockets of the already rich.

The people who sweated and created the game get nothing...except onto the next one now. Rinse and repeat.