Not defending Dementia Donny and either way I’m not shelling out $80 for a game ever, just wondering if this is really a result of the tariffs. I understand the console price being high due to them but I don’t see how it would affect the price of games that are essentially going to be 100% digital

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    18 hours ago

    Games don’t cost 90$ today for other platforms tho… even Nintendo that are a few years old still cost basically the same as at launch

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      18 hours ago

      They do. There are games on the PS5 store (digital ones) for more than 90 dollars. There are a few games I’ve seen upwards of 100 quid, which is about 130 dollars.

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      18 hours ago

      True, sure. I’m just saying the overall price of games has gone down significantly over time. An upward correction makes some sense. I’m not cheering it on, just trying to help frame the circumstances.

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        17 hours ago

        Competition for entertainment is higher than ever. You even have extremely good free games

        An upward increase makes sense only because corporations will try to squeeze every possible cent from consumer. That’s the only justification that they need

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          They will only change if they start losing a lot of money. With any luck we are starting to see that a bit from some of the big publishers.