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Choosing to spend more on something is not the same as it costing more. Games are cheaper than ever to develop, the barrier to entry is lower than ever. Hiring 5 studios and 1000 employees to make one game is a decision, its not the cost of doing business.
I'm sorry, were the developers not getting paid until the price hike? I find it hard to believe that there wasn't enough money to pay the developers before than. How much did the CEOs salaries go up after that price hike?
Maybe not, but the value certainly hasn't changed. Why would I pay more for the same value? And that extra ten bucks is being squeezed out of everyone everywhere for everything in life, its not just a problem in the video game industry. Its simply a matter of corporate greed. Fuck the corpos and fuck their simps. They don't care about you, stop defending their greedy practices.
On top of that, it isn't 'just $10 more'. It's $70 more as it has to compete with games I already bought. What does Battlefield Next offer that Battlefield Previous doesn't? Yeah, nope, Titan mode on 2142 is still fun. Flying choppers in 1942's Desert Combat mod is still fun.
And when I do want a new game, look, Silksong is right there for $20. Beats the price proposition on some rehashed game for $70 out of the damn water.