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While Take-Two is riding high on their announcement that a GTA 6 trailer is coming, its CEO has some…interesting ideas on how much video games could cost, part of a contingent of executives that believe games are underpriced, given their cost, length or some combination of the two.

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[–] Deestan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Ima sell my watered down soup in dollars per deciliter.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 points 1 year ago

Then that would mean all those games that only had 40 hour campaigns that sold for $60 were $20 too expensive.

[–] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

I found my next game to not buy.

This is 80s company greed all over again that almost destroyed the video games industry.

We never learn.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

That's what I do. I take some entertainment - not just video games - and rate it by how much fun it gave me over how many hours and at what price. 8 hours for €40 in an amusement park? Cheap thrill. A €70 AAA game that I throw in the corner after an hour? Not good. A €200 LEGO set that takes a lot of fun hours to build and inspires me to something else? Perfect entertainment!

[–] kbal@fedia.io 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

... or perhaps pennies per second.

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[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Sounds like pure greed to me

[–] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I agree, as should salaries of employees. Every hour you produce something measurable you get paid. See how far that idea goes.

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