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“Gaming is becoming unaffordable” — Xbox CEO says the industry has an accessibility crisis (www.windowscentral.com)
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[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 4 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

You really shouldn't be downvoted for stating facts. Inflation is a real thing and prices of games have lagged significantly behind it for decades - that is an observable fact. The $60 price point was held static for almost two decades but inflation marches on, so in real terms most games are cheaper than ever.

The one thing that kind of does make gaming unaffordable currently is hardware prices, but you can still do the indie gaming you mentioned on a cheaper PC so it's mostly just the AAA market that is getting pricier.

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 hours ago

The $60 price point was helped by the market expanding but that is going to be difficult with the hardware costs.

Devs need to bring down production costs. They should be making games at PS2 quality instead of maxing out PS5 Pros.

[–] Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Yeah when I have an opinion like this I don't care about the downvotes.