I've got 150 games in my backlog. I am happy to wait a year or longer until a hundred dollar buggy piece of shit game becomes a polished, discounted 25 dollar game.
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Or at least a discounted buggy piece of shit game that might be worth trying, they don't fix most of those nowadays. Although sailing the high seas would probably the best course of action for such games.
Meanwhile speculation grew from a 2025 report by gaming industry advisory company Epyllion that the next Grand Theft Auto will be the first game to be priced at $100, paving the way for others to either follow suit or at least contemplate a price hike.
I guess I have to wait a few years till it gets down to 30€ or so. That's manageable.
They've monetized GTAV so thoroughly via Online that in the past they've given the game (including single player) for free because they still made a profit off of it.
Charging $100 for a sequel they'll definitely monetize even worse is the epitome of greed.
I fully expect gacha mechanics in the sequel.
Pull for Niko Bellic! Only available for one month! 0.1% drop rate, but pity triggers at 150 pulls!
$100 today is about $40 in 1990. In those days games were made by a handful of people or even a single individual in one of two years of development. Chris Sawyer started work on the 1994 classic Transport Tycoon in 1992 and wrote the entire codebase in x86 Assembly. The price isn't really that crazy considering the comparatively massive undertaking that is GTA6 development.
Having said that, it's rare nowadays for any AAA game to release anywhere near its best state, so it tends to be worth it to wait even if money isn't the concern.
I get one full priced game maybe once every two or three years. Most of the time, Steam sales are my friend.
I never justified it. Cheaper indie games have always been here.