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Games Should Not Cost $60 Anymore - Inflation, Microtransactions, and Publishing - Extra Credits

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What it is

Extra Credits explains from a game developer's perspective why AAA games have stayed at $60 despite inflation, and how that pressure drives DLC, microtransactions and loot boxes.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN uses it as a short explanation of AAA pricing economics in discussions of microtransactions and game pricing.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “Extra Credits did a good video on AAA game pricing recently”

    Why AAA games are too cheap, driving microtransactions

    autarch, 2018-01 · Recommendation · in “The User Experience of Lootboxes”

  2. “This 6 min video explains from game dev perspective why (AAA) games have been pegged at $60 on release”

    Six-minute explanation of why AAA games are pegged at $60

    Leftium, 2021-08 · Recommendation · in “Video Game Pricing [video]”

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Topics: game pricing, microtransactions, loot boxes, game industry, inflation

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