I have devoted that amount of hours or even more to some games and still think the 40-50€ that costed me each one of them when I bought them is too much.

Entertainment shouldn't be that expensive. Period.

[–] Milan@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

If you were fine paying $50 15 years ago then I don't see why you would complain about paying $70 now. That's just inflation.

[–] berg@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't agree. Development costs money and I'm willing to pay for it. I usually compare it to other daily things, such as nice restaurant visits or such. Things costs money.

Just because I'm curious, what would you feel to be a fair price for one of those games?

[–] Targy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Except most of the revenues from the sales of the games don't go to those who actually develop the games. We all know gamedevs aren't paid enough and sometimes do a lot of crunch, specially in big studios. We can't ignore that fact.

Imo I could excuse a maximum of 50€ (or dollars in this particular case), and the ideal would be something between 30 and 40.

[–] berg@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Depends on the studio of course, but I bet in the general case they wouldn't be payed more if the price was lowered. It'd be fun to investigate the margins but I don't care enough to do so.

The games I play the most are actually from reputable studios and/or indie devs whom I don't mind supporting. Except football manager, but I don't buy new revisions and have clocked enough hours to feel ok with the price.