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

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Zippy Bot@lemmy.zip · 20 days ago

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

frezik · edit-2 19 days ago

The savings happened before 2005.

Also, software is a volume business. They have far more customers now to cover those costs. This is why a lot of tech doesn’t follow general inflation trends.

Or, you, know, if the market doesn’t support high budget games, then don’t make high budget games.