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Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director says "almost all games should cost more at a base level" because they cost so much to make (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

submitted 2 months ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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[–] SoJB@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Person with objective personal financial interest in raising prices says raising prices is necessary

Let’s not pretend this capitalist trash take is a valid point. Yes, games cost more to make now.

Did games also sell over 22 million copies back then? And that’s just Steam BG3 sales, not including literally every other platform.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

22M copies sounds like a very high estimate, and there are lower estimates out there, including those in line with the math you can run against their infographics and achievement data where they may have only sold under half of that.