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Message: [QUOTE="nobitakun, post: 206195, member: 56864"] As some of the people here, I started playing videogames in the late 80's and I also can confirm that games were terribly expensive. Zelda Ocarina of Time for N64 costed almost 60€ (we were using a different currency back then), and salaries were half what are now. But this calculation is not accurate, because before PS2 came into play, games were not mainstream, and the quantity of players is way less than the actual players now, hence games were selling way less than now. Of course, creating a game has been more expensive, but 15-20 years ago it was worth it because they were selling much more without skyrocketting their developing costs (only in rare cases). I can't say why the situation is like this right now, but I believe part of the problem is trying to merge with PC masterrace culture. Of course graphical evolution is something we can't avoid, it's part of technology, but being up to date raises costs like no other thing. They need to sell new hardware, hence they need to make you think that is old hardware once a new one has been released, even if it is totally capable (ex. PS4). And the most important thing, they need to make you believe that getting the new hardware is what makes you cool and superior to others. Of course that does not work for everyone, but weak minds will succumb and brag about it. Another approach is to attack the people who knows nothing about videogames and change their minds to buy (ex. Nintendo DS). But before I say too much non topic related, I go back in rail. Games would have now their correct prices if those games would come complete and bug free, but their price would depend on their budget. If GTA VI is going to cost 100€ can be ok if the budget is hundreds of millions, regardless of how many they are going to sell. I've seen some games with 60€ price tag that cost 20 times less to make than a Last of Us II which had 70€ pricetag, and that can't be. Anyways, as has been said here, videogames are luxury and if we want to be up to date we will have to spend a lot of money into them, but there are other routes, like second hand and being stuck in past generations or wait for games that go on sale. But I've been thinking for some time, as I am absolutely contrary to pay for anything digital, if consoles eventually get digital only, I would not have to buy any more games ever. This could be a very unpopular coment, but I've paid and contributed enough to the industry than 99% of people, so I would keep buying and playing retro games while I pay nothing for new games, as long as they don't release the game physically (well, it's not like I play many new games to be humble lol). [/QUOTE]

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