{"id":2113,"date":"2025-05-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/?p=2113"},"modified":"2025-05-05T03:07:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T03:07:42","slug":"games-inbox-will-all-video-games-be-80-from-now-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/02\/games-inbox-will-all-video-games-be-80-from-now-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Games Inbox: Will all video games be \u00a380 from now on?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s not just consoles that are seeing a price rise (Microsoft)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Friday letters page blames publishers for not seeking alternatives to price increases, as one reader hopes that indie gaming will benefit from rising costs.<\/p>\n

To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Higher and higher<\/strong>
So that\u2019s it then. \u00a380 is clearly going to be the high-end for video game prices<\/a> even before we\u2019ve had the excuse of a new generation. Heck, it\u2019ll probably be \u00a3100 or more when GTA 6<\/a> comes out.<\/p>\n

A part of me wonders whether this is Microsoft<\/a> trying to make Game Pass<\/a> seem like the only affordable option, but I don\u2019t know if they\u2019re really that crazy. Although based on how they\u2019ve carried on recently\u2026 I couldn\u2019t rule it out.<\/p>\n

I have no doubt that Sony will raise its prices to \u00a380, although they may wait till the PlayStation 6, so as to appear like the good guys. I definitely think Nintendo has been unfairly criticised. You can see now that they\u2019re trying to keep costs as low as possible and even the most expensive price for Mario Kart World is still less than \u00a380. Much less digitally.<\/p>\n

You can bet other publishers won\u2019t be so thoughtful though. Call Of Duty, EA Sports FC, Assassin\u2019s Creed\u2026 any big game like that is going to be \u00a380 sooner or later. The only question is whether they do it straight away or wait until GTA 6 is out and it raises the bar even higher.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not good and it\u2019s not going to get better.
Cranston<\/strong><\/p>\n

Independent advice<\/strong>
All I can say about the Xbox prices rises, and what\u2019s bound to be industry wide price rises, is that thank goodness for indie games. It\u2019s interesting that all this is happening just after Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 comes out and there\u2019s a lot of talk of most of the best games of the year being indie.<\/p>\n

I haven\u2019t played them all but Clair Obscur, Blue Prince, Bionic Bay, Citizen Sleeper 2 are all very highly rated and all very different. Which is more than you can say about most triple-A games.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m probably being na\u00efve, but I really hope this sudden price increase helps make people aware of indie games and how much better value they are, and how much more imaginative they are. Clair Obscur is \u00a345 and I think that\u2019s probably the most expensive I\u2019ve ever seen an indie game. Keep that as the upper limit for everything and you wouldn\u2019t be looking at pricing people out of gaming.
Purple Ranger<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just say no<\/strong>
So now it\u2019s Microsoft jumping on the bandwagon\u2026 consoles up, games up\u2026<\/p>\n

People need to stop simping for these corporations and say no<\/em>!<\/p>\n

\u00a380 games is a disgrace, in a time where essentials like, you know, food, electricity, etc. are going up, games are not a priority and by the look of it they are not for the average person.<\/p>\n

The only way they will listen is if people simply don\u2019t buy them.<\/p>\n

Vote with your wallets people.
Kingshomari (PSN ID)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Email your comments to: gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Digital only<\/strong>
I\u2019m confused.com, why is Sony only price increasing the digital PlayStation 5? If the digital has less on it why does it need to go up? I could understand the disc version going up, because of the disc drive, but not the digital only.<\/p>\n

And as for Xbox, are they trying to lose the few people they have got still playing their console, buy increasing the price of games? This might be because Nintendo have done so on the Switch 2, well the way it\u2019s going this will be my last gen I buy.<\/p>\n

I think prices are getting silly now. If only I could go back to the PlayStation 3 days of \u00a340 a game, no in-game purchases and updates that were 1GB at most. I might sound old but boy do I miss the good old days.
David<\/strong><\/p>\n

GC:<\/strong> It\u2019s not clear but the Xbox Series S also got a bigger price hike than the Xbox Series X. It may be that both of these cheaper options were being sold at or near a loss and Sony and Microsoft decided they could no longer continue with that. For what it\u2019s worth, \u00a340 in 2007 is \u00a366.56 today, once you account for inflation.<\/em><\/p>\n

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