Why Are Video Games So Expensive?

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7 ай бұрын

$70/60 bucks for mid games needs to stop.
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@JacobCruise 7 ай бұрын

Hey guys! I cut out a boring segment of the video explaining the economics behind stuff, but here’s the script if you’re interested: Without going into deep macroeconomics, inflation only tells us one small part about an economy as a whole. So just because the value of money has gone down, doesn’t mean the average consumer has more money. There are many reasons for this, but in general the economy tends to move faster than wages and prices. Hence the price of video games staying firm at $60 for so long despite inflation.

@kieranrollinson8750 7 ай бұрын

DUDE!!!!! ARE YOU STUPID???????? YOU ARE FORGETTING THE PRODUCTION COSTS, PACKAGING COSTS, DISTRIBUTION COSTS, PHYSICAL MARKETING COSTS, AND VARIOUS OTHER COSTS THAT NOW DO NOT EXIST BECAUSE ALMOST ALL GAMES ARE SOLD DIGITALLY ON THE INTERNET!!!!!!!!!! THE PROFIT FOR A GAME DECADES AGO WOULD ONLY BE APPROXIMATELY 30% OF THE PRICE!!!!!!!!!!!! NOW THE PROFIT FOR A VIDEO GAME SOLD WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 70% OF THE PRICE!!!!!!!!!! WHICH MORE THAN MAKES UP FOR THE DIFFERENCE IN INFLATION!!!!!!!! :D :D

@roberthaynes8830 7 ай бұрын

Something else to take into account - consumers will generally aim to get something at a lower price. Sales of something may stay low until it gets into a price point they're happy with. Over here, in Australia, the $100 price point comes into play. Triple A game titles have a price point of $110. I would never pay that. I just wait until the price comes down to somewhere decent. Getting that game often comes down to money. My son won't pay full price either. He often won't get a game until it gets low enough in price that he considers it worth it. So consumers often dictate how much they're prepared to pay. Something to also take into account is that games these days are not complete. Day one patches are so common. At least games in the past were finished. Taking a look at the Resident Evil 4 remake - Separate Ways is now paid DLC, whereas it used to be part of the game when you bought it. Features are left off games these days in lieu of making them DLC. So games are now less value for money. I buy a mix of physical and digital games (many games don't have a physical option as I'd probably buy many in physical formats). Of course there are those with plenty of disposable income who will buy a game regardless of the price point, or will simply buy a game because they want to be the first to play it. Those people are telling companies that they're prepared to pay high price points, or pay for a game that's released incomplete (Assassin's Creed Unity, Cyberpunk, No Man's Sky come to mind as examples that were released before they were ready/completed). And some people sell the same games over and over - Skyrim, GTA V for example. They must still sell as ports seem to go to every system. But to buy those at their original price points - no siree!

@MrRickeo 7 ай бұрын

The consumer price index (CPI) combined with inflation rates will very clearly show you that games are more.affordable today than they ever were, making your entire video moot. It took me 5 minutes to look this up.

@JacobCruise 7 ай бұрын

@@MrRickeo your life is moot

@MrRickeo 7 ай бұрын

@@JacobCruise Not my fault you're being called out for being dumb. I mean you think video games are commodities and "don't wanna get into the macroeconomics" which is the basis of your whole point. It's pretty obvious if you ever were educated about economics you failed out.

@BombVial 7 ай бұрын

There was a huge change that was extremely noticeable in the mid 2010s and maybe even early 2010s with games just being broken and unfinished. It's only gotten worse and will most likely continue to get worse. Greed is the main factor.

@Zockanumber1 7 ай бұрын

The price isnt really the problem for me. Its companies trying to justify the price tag by adding in loads of bloat, filler and copy pasted content

@OneRandomVictory 7 ай бұрын

This is why looking up reviews is so important. I don't do day one buys anymore. I can wait to hear opinions on the game first and I will even look up reviews of old games so I don't end up wasting what few funds I have on mediocre games. It also helps that I've cut out a lot of the free to play games that demand you mortgage your house to get all the content while still dangling the carrot in front of your nose.

@cherry414 7 ай бұрын

exactly. there's a game that i've been waiting for and i am glad i didn't preordered it because the game unfortunately didn't live to its hype (i'm talking about you, wizard with a gun)

@panos21sonic 7 ай бұрын

The price is only insulting because, firstly, half of the games that release at that price point are actually finished or polished on launch. And second, even at 70$, companies will still try to squeeze more out of you with predatory microtransaction. As a good example, the recent nba2k on pc proves this point

@jjminor 7 ай бұрын

Unless it’s Nintendo for the most part. They tend to stay away from those micro transactions or season passes that discourage me from even buying games. For them, it’s a rare occurrence.

@panos21sonic 7 ай бұрын

@@jjminor Truly is, nintendos games are the only ones in which you get what you pay for

@mariustan9275 6 ай бұрын

@@panos21sonic UNless you buy from GF

@gamble777888 7 ай бұрын

The problem isn't that games are expensive, it's everything else that's gone up in price that leaves people with so much less disposable income and more debt so that it feels like spending 70 bucks on a game is way too much.

@danielbradshaw1724 6 ай бұрын

It is to much spend on a game no matter how much money one has a complete rip off

@cosmicsvids 6 ай бұрын

That and emulation people don't want to spend much on old games and they cost more then new games now at least when it comes to Nintendo stuff. Why spend money on something old the developers don't make money off anymore anyways

@gamble777888 6 ай бұрын

@@danielbradshaw1724 Buddy, games were WAAAY more expensive back in the 80s adjusted for inflation. But since everything was cheap as fuck, no one cared.

@Joaozinhoquerobacrianca 5 ай бұрын

It’s so sad being brazilian and having to pay 1 third of the minimal salary to play any game

@TheTrueBrawler 7 ай бұрын

6:36 Something that should be noted here is that a lot of fans weren't mad that Nintendo was reselling old games with emulator quality for a full $60 price tag. As the saying goes, emulation is an accessibility issue-not a pricing issue, and Nintendo choosing to sell the old games onto their new console patched up the accessibility problems of these games that caused people to want to emulate them in the first place (that is for the brief period of time which you could buy 3D All Stars). Considering 3D All Stars is three games in one that have held up shockingly well even to this day, I'd say $60 for the three games is pretty alright. People were mad at Nintendo because (A) they created an initial shortage of physical copies by announcing 3D All Stars only two weeks before its release, (B) they forced you to buy all three games as the $60 3D All Stars package instead of being able to buy the ones you want individually for $20 each or even $25 each, and (C) they had the gall to make 3D All Stars limited edition and stopped shipping out copies after six months of availability.

@JacobCruise 7 ай бұрын

Yep, great bit to add to the discussion. Also, Chie

@schikey2076 7 ай бұрын

"created an initial shortage of physical copies" i think we all can agree here that making a cut off date for a DIGITAL release is even more criminal than physical release lmfao.

@AVdE10000 7 ай бұрын

Kind of neat to have a video addressing the problems, identifying the causes, but still come out with a positive outlook rather than just "grrr, every company's just greedy these days!" Dropped a like, and here's hoping it actually happens!

@AVdE10000 7 ай бұрын

Btw, you're a great narrator, especially with how new your channel is!

@JacobCruise 7 ай бұрын

Thank you! Hope to see you around in the future.

@kieranrollinson8750 7 ай бұрын

@irregulargamer1352 7 ай бұрын

Nintendo is one of the few companies that seems to actually try to improve themselves as far as games are concerned. with the line up of games they're remastering, it seems they are really focusing in and learning what the people want and looking back at what gave them such a good reputation. with wonder and princess peach showtime as signs of them starting to stray into stuff that's not cookie cutter it really gives me hope for their future as well as other companies following as well

@therealjaystone2344 7 ай бұрын

At least the Mario series went to be improved from the stale bland era (3ds/wii u)

@roboblaster4332 6 ай бұрын

⁠@@smpiano6605fr

@tomohawkcloud 6 ай бұрын

Wow. I never knew nintendrones could stoop this low, but here we are

@irregulargamer1352 6 ай бұрын

@@smpiano6605 the keyword here is try. Nintendo isn't perfect or this shining star Im not a fan of their online service and the latest games nintendo is planning to put out should have been done a long time ago rather than what feels like the tail end of the consoles lifespan.

@ohpeep3723 6 ай бұрын

you are right

@Serious5GamingS5G 7 ай бұрын

Hearing that there are multiple people who think the remakes are just new games and not remakes at all just hurt my soul

@JacobCruise 7 ай бұрын

Yeah lol, fortunately there’s a lot of KZfaqrs making videos about it

@bolovx2339 7 ай бұрын

Dude 60$ was lowkey a little much for me. I just can’t afford 70 bro there’s so many games I wish I could buy

@JacobCruise 7 ай бұрын

Yeah it’s definitely still a lot of money. But almost any hobby is usually expensive, so that’s why learning side hustles is so important.

@danytalksmusic 7 ай бұрын

@@JacobCruiseI was waiting for a "try affiliate marketing" pitch at the end of that comment 😂

@Spitsonyou 3 ай бұрын

don't buy them if you don't think it's worth it. vote with your wallet. if more people did, then things would be cheaper

@chandelight59 7 ай бұрын

Pokemon isn't really nintendo, but it's pokemon company, and gamefreak. Nintendo had a great library.

@HDGamerofficial 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for commenting this, I always have to correct people cuz too many say “Nintendo doesn’t make Pokémon games properly” and I’m like, yeah cuz they don’t make the games at all!

@chocov1233 7 ай бұрын

Doesn't Nintendo own like 2/3rds of Pokemon.

@MrGamer-fr3fm 7 ай бұрын

No it's 1/3, alongside Creatures and Game Freak

@llamadrama1090 7 ай бұрын

@@HDGamerofficialnintendo edp makes games not the monolithic "Nintendo"

@alessandro6885 7 ай бұрын

No, not exactly. Look it up; The Pokémon Company International (originally Pokémon USA before changing their name) is OWNED BY Game Freak, Creatures Inc. and Nintendo. While GF and Creatures own 66%, Nintendo does own around 33% of the Pokémon Company, thus making Pokémon a JOINED ownership between all three companies. The Pokémon Company doesn’t own anything as it in and of itself is owned by the other three companies.

@lewis9s 7 ай бұрын

I’m only willing to buy games instantly if I’m really looking forward to them. Otherwise I wait for sales, especially if their prices are steep or I know they go on sale from time to time. Good video.

@JacobCruise 7 ай бұрын

Thanks 😊

@kieranrollinson8750 7 ай бұрын

@mechanicalmonk2020 7 ай бұрын

So you bit a game at launch if it has a large enough marketing budget

@danytalksmusic 7 ай бұрын

I've been far more impressed with the quality from indie studios over AAA lately, so to me it's a better value to buy 3 indie games @20-25 than one big studio title. Hades + Cocoon + Neon White > Starfield any day

@painuchiha2694 7 ай бұрын

Games technically became cheaper as the value of our money decreased and for the most part games remained 60 or now 70$ also development cost got exponentially worse or sometimes out of control

@JacobCruise 7 ай бұрын

yep

@kieranrollinson8750 7 ай бұрын

DEVELOPMENT COSTS FOR MOST GAMES HAS PLATEAUED IN THE LAST 10 YEARS!!!!!!!!! DUDE!!!!! ARE YOU STUPID???????? YOU ARE FORGETTING THE PRODUCTION COSTS, PACKAGING COSTS, DISTRIBUTION COSTS, PHYSICAL MARKETING COSTS, AND VARIOUS OTHER COSTS THAT NOW DO NOT EXIST BECAUSE ALMOST ALL GAMES ARE SOLD DIGITALLY ON THE INTERNET!!!!!!!!!! THE PROFIT FOR A GAME DECADES AGO WOULD ONLY BE APPROXIMATELY 30% OF THE PRICE!!!!!!!!!!!! NOW THE PROFIT FOR A VIDEO GAME SOLD WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 70% OF THE PRICE!!!!!!!!!! WHICH MORE THAN MAKES UP FOR THE DIFFERENCE IN INFLATION!!!!!!!! :D :D

@videogamesarecool9280 7 ай бұрын

but a lot more people are buying games than there ever were before, and once a game is finished, its infinitely reproducible

@misterlexx2721 7 ай бұрын

@@JacobCruise😅😅. In the late 80s and early 90s, my mom used to buy $50 to $60 Sega Master System and Sega Genesis cartridges. That was crazy expensive for 8 bit and and 16 bit games. Adjusted for inflation those games would be over $100 today. I am not complaining at all.

@stijnvonck1431 7 ай бұрын

Problem is a lot of people are pre ordering deluxe editions for three days early access and some cosmetics. They can charge what they want because a lot of people will still buy it in fear of missing out

@rances4418 7 ай бұрын

Sadly it’s not even just cosmetics anymore Mortal Kombat 1 had their main villain be a pre order bonus

@Despicable_Gamer 7 ай бұрын

@@rances4418😂

@HanSDevX 7 ай бұрын

You used to get a physical version that you OWNED. now you get a digital rental and no rights to own it.

@jaysonkang 7 ай бұрын

Really liked your points and honestly, while the direction of the industry is disheartening as someone who played many of those games as a kid in the early 2000s, I think I agree it's better to have an optimistic outlook and focus on the quality of games coming out. As long as it's not a total cash grab with microtransactions, dlc, and preorder exclusives, I generally wouldn't fault developers as those creatives need to pay bills too. Pokemon is definitely starting to tip the scales in that direction with their recent games for me too. Also just a heads up on ATLUS (from a big fan of their games), they are unfortunately known to have day 1 dlc.. that will later be paired with the base game and re-released as a definitive edition. Hopefully the $70 means this won't be the case, but it almost always is. Cheers!

@ff7 7 ай бұрын

Bro! This channel is super underrated, and to see you only have 1k subscribers? Thats actually insane. Keep the great work dude! And regarding game prices, it is super expensive. While some games definelty deserve the price tag, a lot of game these days are just unfinished and bltant bad, and paying 80 bucks for it is absolute craziness. Games liek Spider Man 2, and Elden Ring for 70 bucks is no problem at all, but games like NBA 2K and COD being 70 bucks just for the same product with mininmal chnages is crazy.

@JacobCruise 7 ай бұрын

Thank you :)

@therealjaystone2344 7 ай бұрын

$70 for the same game being made for $60. We don’t even mention the prices for the DLCs (charcaters and stages locked behind the paywall) that went from $20 to $30

@mumblesspeedtalker5526 7 ай бұрын

I personally never buy games full price I wait for sales im a patient person. Alot of games are unfinished now of days your better waiting for patches which it's unfortunate it got to this point also very well made video.

@JacobCruise 7 ай бұрын

Thank you !

@sonic_production 7 ай бұрын

Okay, soo theres two sides on this: Sonic Frontiers [on console] has 40 hours of gameplay, had 3 huge free content updates, and that for 40 bucks Mario Wonder costs 60 bucks and has 9 hour gameplay- i mean that price tag is insane! I wouldve bought it if the price wasnt so ridiculous-

@inviz1440 7 ай бұрын

if the game is replayable than it is worth every penny. Imagine spending$ 200 for a collectors edition just to never play it again.

@TheMNHShow 7 ай бұрын

Because of the value of my country’s currency decreasing drastically, is really affect the cost of games here. Switch games were R720 before the pandemic, but our currency devalued so much now the same games are R1290

@straivalist8281 7 ай бұрын

Amazing video! But yeah I'm pretty sure the cost of gaming is only going to increase. It just takes 1 successful and popular game company to raise the price by 5-10$ every few years for other game companies to follow suit

@JacobCruise 7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@josetomascamposrobledano4618 7 ай бұрын

I wish I understood the development process better. Because I tried to research a bit, and while AAA development is obvious, the indie side left me wondering. Because they don’t have to reach the standards of the big players, and the engines have many tiers that separate beginners from professionals. So what I’m saying is that Indies have the potential to win a lot of money while also not spending crazy amounts of development.

@JacobCruise 7 ай бұрын

Yeah the biggest sacrifice down in the indies is TIME. That’s why the focus is usually on story over graphics, because in the coding process it’s a lot easier to program.

@RobloxOverloadGames 7 ай бұрын

This felt like a video from a channel with 100K, i subbed

@JacobCruise 7 ай бұрын

Thank you !

@Jayry718 7 ай бұрын

This is a really nicely edited video, surprised u don’t have more subscribers!

@JacobCruise 7 ай бұрын

🙏🏽thanks. I’ve just recently started

@Chiceman 7 ай бұрын

Soon there will be millions

@ryukthegodofdeath5906 7 ай бұрын

Aside from what you just said id like to add on, now idk if it happens everywhere else but specifically in canada some provinces have tax percentage on all market purchases including the playstation store so if your in canada your full proced games are gonna be even more expensive a new game here cost 93.49 my tax percentage is 15% so in actuality im actually paying $107 everytime for a full priced new game, so games in some areas are more expensive than other areas if countrys tax every market place

@coolkade 7 ай бұрын

Only 34 suscribers? The quality of this video was insane. You should keep doing this

@JacobCruise 7 ай бұрын

Will do. Thanks for the watch!

@aykocrazy-tvandramizsbroke5937 7 ай бұрын

Blame sony because they started using 70 bucks per game

@bloodraptorite 7 ай бұрын

God i remember back on christmas 2005 i wanted a copy of pokemon emerald which i saw on an ad book or something like that and i remember seeing it cost either 50 euros or 60 euros, i don't really remember this detail. But i enjoyed the hell out of that game.

@jirehpsalmpaule6077 7 ай бұрын

Continue uploading bro, you're content is fire 🔥 u deserve more subs.

@octonoozle 7 ай бұрын

There are too many people "working" on games now. It becomes very apparent when you play a game like Doom (1993) where all the people who worked on the game fit on one low resolution screen, compared to the Doom "enhanced" version (same game, just with some small enhancements) - but this time the credits scrolled for 5 minutes showing all the corporate overhead (marketing, HR, finance, etc.) that inflates the cost of games. All those people need a paycheck and you're the one paying for it.

@CarsonTheIdiot 7 ай бұрын

I wanted to say about P3R, All the social links are voice acted which is a first (im 99% sure) for the series which in my mind already justifies the $70 price tag but we are most likely getting a new epilogue as well, however I couldn't say how long it would be.

@JacobCruise 7 ай бұрын

Yeah, full voicing is amazing. Shout out to Atlus for putting in the work.

@afonsitito4099 7 ай бұрын

I've honestly given up on AAA games as they have shown a pattern of releasing expensive and unfinished games (most big companies anyway). Since then I've switched to solely playing indie games and I've never been happier with gaming, spending

@main_tak_becus6689 6 ай бұрын

Back when I was a kid, I only had 6 or 7 games in total for my Genesis. I played them over and over for several years. Today, we have so many choices and we want to buy every newly released games in the market. In my adulthood, I tend to play games once and never touch them again after seeing the credits roll. Older AAA games are quite cheap on sales, around $5 to $15 a pop.

@supersayandarmanitan 7 ай бұрын

Ah to be a jrpg gamer, most of them are bangers

@healthbeauty7853 4 ай бұрын

If video games become anymore expensive, people will boycott consoles and will just pirate their games on pc.

@JaKL1999 7 ай бұрын

very informative video dude, keep it up 👌👌

@ricodo1244 7 ай бұрын

I disagree with the smash dlc. I think all of them were horrible value (maybe you could make an argument for Steve because it was apparently a technical challenge, but it's still one character out of 80 for 6€)

@SansINess53 7 ай бұрын

btw I recommend buying Phyiscal releases because they are more cheaper and I recommend at a low quailty retail because they are gonna most likely gonna be cheap if not then go to a okay one and blah blah for your switch 2.

@Dead_Hitori 7 ай бұрын

I no longer see games worth the price of 60 hell even 70 like these greedy companies think they are. I just wait for a sale of 20 or less dollars bc thats what their real worth are.

@jaggedsigns3O11 7 ай бұрын

My problem is the overall price is rising without the quality. Only 2 games have come out recently that i think are worth 70$ and neither did! in fact one was available for below MSRP on multiple websites, Elden Ring and Baldur's Gate 3. I bought BG 3 on release and am having a blast, I am not the least bit concerned with most 70$ games crapped out by big studios like Bethesda or Ubisoft because they simply arent worth it. RIP to my sport games gamers out there yall havent been eating good in DECADES.

@K3MIL 7 ай бұрын

This man need more subscribers . Underrated. So good video loved it I have subscribed like.

@JacobCruise 7 ай бұрын

thank you!

@jasperastra 7 ай бұрын

This was a good video! Keep going with it

@JacobCruise 7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@isaacyqm4921 7 ай бұрын

Great Video dude, congratulations!!

@JacobCruise 7 ай бұрын

thanks!

@hazelcrisp 7 ай бұрын

Games were hella expensive back then. the numbers have just caught up now. And with how the industry has grown with AAA having over 500 devs and budgets bigger than entire countries, they are expensive AF to make. Luckily for me my taste and preference of games just happens to be around AA games. Not out of obligation or something like that, but it just happens to be that the games I like are that price range and scope (e.g. Sonic Frontiers, A Plague Tale, Tales of Berseria). But I pay what I think the game is worth. It was instilled in me as a kid by my sister to be patient and wait for things to be cheaper or second hand. I used to play games at least a year later. And I splurge on games closer to release that I know I'll like such as A Plague Tale Requiem.

@JacobCruise 7 ай бұрын

same

@JonHuhnMedical 7 ай бұрын

I've paid roughly $40 per video or computer game since I bought my first computer game in '89. I'm still not sure how that can be the case.

@JacobCruise 7 ай бұрын

Everyone’s prices are different depending on where you buy

@xProErax 7 ай бұрын

I mean there's also just waiting for them to go down and obviously it sucks to wait but at the same time it's better to save money and possibly time depending on if you were iffy on the game in the first place. The Mario games overall I do think are worth buying when they come out since you know Nintendo is stingy with prices, but overall you can find games that can easily be worth $40 and find them for possibly $10 or less years down the line. Thankfully most games released in the last 5 years are still playable on modern hardware in most cases.

@maximilianvanschoor3725 7 ай бұрын

I’m surprised you didn’t mention Metroid Prime Remastered since it’s one of the best remasters/remakes ever made. And Nintendo released it this year, in 2023

@JacobCruise 7 ай бұрын

Didn’t play them

@americanwalmarts3565 7 ай бұрын

I remember buying Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon for $20 back in 2017... now i refuse to spend $60 on a game, and i still don't have Smash Bros Ultimate

@DalazG 7 ай бұрын

Wish it was $70. We have to pay £70 in the UK ($88) for a basic version of the game. It's crazy and not worth it now. I just wait for sales

@clouds-rb9xt 7 ай бұрын

Surprisingly a new bundle has been predicted

@DecidiousGreens 7 ай бұрын

I keep on seeing random underrated channels with under 100 subs, mostly gaming related I guess I have good recommendations

@JacobCruise 7 ай бұрын

Algorithm is doing its job 😅

@jonathanplooij3666 7 ай бұрын

I hate it when even after a few years the games on the eshop are still 60 euro

@justejyraph 7 ай бұрын

0:12 bro doesn’t care abt anything but america 💀

@chester9718 7 ай бұрын

I'd love to buy a switch as I've never tried it before and the Zelda games as I've heard so many good reviews on them but as you said 350$ "without the game included" yes I got the money yes but I'm not a sucker, this underpowered switch is worth maximum 250 at most

@JacobCruise 7 ай бұрын

Yeah man. I’d say to wait to see how Nintendo’s next console looks and if it’s backwards compatible. If it has modern hardware, that could be a good entry point into the switch library

@Galo994 7 ай бұрын

Grab yourself a 2nd hand Switch Lite for under 200 and used copy of Zelda for around 40-45

@Joaozinhoquerobacrianca 5 ай бұрын

As a brazilian, i can’t buy food after buying a game because It costs 1 third of the minimal salary

@JacobCruise 5 ай бұрын

LOL

@vovagusse 7 ай бұрын

Great video. Persona 3 Remake won't include the female protagonist, the "Answer" from Persona 3 Fes, basically a continuation of the Persona 3 story, but me personally? I don't care that much lol, stuff they showed in the trailer looks a lot better than the original PS2 game, plus, there seems to be a lot more stuff to do in the Iwatodai dorm! Also, Jacob, why do you look like Charlie (moist cr1tical) lol 😂

@JacobCruise 7 ай бұрын

beard+long hair

@Nmasih 7 ай бұрын

None of this matters when I’m sailing the seven seas

@JacobCruise 7 ай бұрын

so real

@Riku2005 6 ай бұрын

i don't mind games costing 70 buck. The only instance I won't do it is when they try to charge you that amount for zero effort remasters, remakes are fine if they are from the ground up like Dead Space, FFVIIR, P3 reloaded or even the latest star ocean 2 remake.

@maverickbonato8164 6 ай бұрын

As a huge pokemon fan myself the only game I actually bought in the last years was Arceus. I really enjoyed it, the rest? Played them on emulator the day of release, I ain't paying a single dollar for those kind of games and where possible I tell my friends to do the same.

@Retromantra 7 ай бұрын

No idea why KZfaq recommended this video to me 🤷‍♂️ but I am glad it did. Great work 👍

@JacobCruise 7 ай бұрын

Thanks 😅

@No_namess 7 ай бұрын

If I am willing to pay 70 - 80 dollars on a game I’m not sure will be good before its out (pre-orders) and waste a bunch of money or find out that a month or two later it goes on sale for 25 - 50 % off is frustrating, an example of this is insomniacs Spider-Man 2 game: I’m waiting for it to go on sale (all though it dose seem to be worth the $89.99 (Canadian) price point). My point is, they have to make games at a price point that is also contrasted with the game, i believe the Spider-Man 2 game has a good price point for how high quality it is, but I’m not spending 70 - 80 (Canadian) dollars on that Nintendo re release that I can just emulate, if it were $10 - $15 maybe I would buy it.

@harvey1445 7 ай бұрын

It was 89$ or 99$ in the early 2000s so consider yourself happy.

@rodneybrown2059 6 ай бұрын

I was against the ten dollar price increase be it was already hard enough affording sixty dollar video games. But I quickly got over it, but then again with the quality of some of these games it's kinda hard to justify the seventy dollar price tag. Like some of these games don't as hard as I expected them to do because there be to many bugs or the game just isn't all that good as I thought it would be. Like if I'm going to spend $60 to $70 on a video game, it better be worth the price or I'll just wait for them to go on sale or wait for the price to drop. Which could take a while depending on the game.

@lobowolf1540 7 ай бұрын

Persona 3 was my gateway to the franchise they could charge me 100 bucks and I would still buy it full price it's my favorite game ever

@Bargate 5 ай бұрын

You hit the nail on the head pretty much 60/70 bucks for a great game is a good deal considering all the costs of making a video game in 2023. Just don't buy games for 60/70 that are re releases or are mid/bad watch some reviews first from content creators you trust etc.

@sowsow6677 7 ай бұрын

Some of them live up to the price and the rest don't

@Rikoyasha15 7 ай бұрын

Fr. Like the ds was pokemons peak, it had quailty AND quantity including its side games, ofc going to 3d means quantity would probably suffer buy both did with every new game since they went 3d with each region slowly being simpler and less to do then the last peaking at gen 5. The ONE thing that kept ORAS from being perfect was no emerald BF. I enjoyed gen 6 xy and oras, but gen 7 and onwards, I started noticing games were getting worse than the last. PLA was the most recent game I had fun with in the last 10+ yrs of pokemon. That was the closest image I imagine pokemon going when it went 3d

@deria1908ify 7 ай бұрын

About the Nintendo part of them not caring. Super Mario Bros Wonder wasn't out at the time of this video and im not saying they do or don't care but wonder is making it hard to say they don't, because that game was amazing and just what I needed at the time.

@JacobCruise 7 ай бұрын

Yeah, wonder is amazing. This was mostly a reflection of the past few years since the future is looking bright for Nintendo.

@CT_agami 6 ай бұрын

what was the game in the video that showed a garden and a tomato in a sink?

@PinotNoir_ 7 ай бұрын

expecting a rant, but get a great explanation instead. Subbed!

@JacobCruise 7 ай бұрын

Thanks! I noticed a lot of KZfaqrs just kinda complain with no reasoning. Trying to fill that gap on KZfaq!

@PinotNoir_ 7 ай бұрын

@@JacobCruise keep the good work mate!

@brodymuser2947 7 ай бұрын

There is a word called "waiting" but we gamers can't do that 😂

@JacobCruise 7 ай бұрын

Real

@leatherhidegaming 7 ай бұрын

Special edition Switch consoles may not come with the game they're modeled after, but at least they cost the same as a normal edition Switch. I prefer this over a more expensive special edition PS5 that comes with a download code.

@CaptainEffort 7 ай бұрын

Imo Baldur’s Gate 3 being $60 stops any other game from justifying $70.

@JacobCruise 7 ай бұрын

W pricing

@rainyday9174 7 ай бұрын

In the case of Persona 3 reload it's missing the entire female route and the Answer storyline. So quite alot missing that they'll probably sell back to us as DLC or in an extended port of the game

@masterweebs 6 ай бұрын

I could understand about the answer storyline that it should be included in this version. But for Female route, it will be a new game with new story to follow if they decide to make one. I see a lot of people in comment on yt or twitter saying where is femc or whatsoever. I wanna tell, this P3R is different from P3P which only apply visual novel aspect without 3D movement social link and stories except dungeon crawling things. You need to deconstruct everything that appear in P3 main story. So yeah, there is a big chance to buy female route and I think it is understandable. But it is still disappointing not having the Answer story in this remake probably they will add it as dlc lik what they do with SH2.

@rainyday9174 6 ай бұрын

@@masterweebsNo offence intended but I don't think you quite understand how game design works fully. Or at least it doesn't sound like you played both genders before since 90% of its identical between routes, it is not a "new game with a new story". In all honesty FEMC shouldn't be that hard to implement. What they'd need is. 1. Like 5 new models, there's already 100s in the game. 5 more shouldn't take that long, especially if they re-use assets for other models. 2. The unique dialogue - shouldn't be that hard since it already seems they're copying and pasting most od it from portable. 3. Programing unique animations - 95% of the animations in her route could likely be taken from the male MC route. 4. Music - the only thing that would take some level effort 5. Some redone dialogue for the new scenes he's- she's etc. I'm calling it now. Modders will have a FEMC mod finished within the first year of the game's release.

@cyanryann64 7 ай бұрын

There's legit no point increasing it to 70 when the quality doesn't increase so I'll just wait for a sale within a month to couple of weeks only games im buying for 70 is persona 3

@tron0150 6 ай бұрын

For people outside US videogame prices increased tenfold in last decade.

@morrisdennison8039 7 ай бұрын

No year has every been a good year in gaming there is always more crap than good, it’s the blind eye we turn to the crap that makes us believe the gaming world is just in a weird spot

@Jeffthetrueboss 7 ай бұрын

I’m SO EXCITED for Persona 3 Reload, it looks amazing

@JacobCruise 7 ай бұрын

Haven’t played 3 EVER. So this is perfect timing cuz I played P5, P4G, and P5R this year

@Jeffthetrueboss 7 ай бұрын

@@JacobCruise never played p3 either, I’ve only played p5R

@pioter33 7 ай бұрын

Totk isn’t overpriced for what you get though. I already have 150 hours and planning to play more

@epicgamner1139 7 ай бұрын

its so weird seeing the scott carpet in a different video

@JacobCruise 7 ай бұрын

LOL

@adonisx82 7 ай бұрын

I’ve never subscribed to this argument, cause I remember when vanilla street fighter 2 for SNES was $99.

@Canon987able 6 ай бұрын

Considering you pay 20 for a movie ticket that's only 2 hours vs 70 for hundreds of hours video games are priced rather cheap.

@marcusmaynard1526 6 ай бұрын

Because the value of the dollar

@SansINess53 7 ай бұрын

tbh the game boy advance of saphire pokemon is cool that's what I think and I hope people go buy the RG35XX it emulates lots of games up to PS1 and I recommend it cuz it's okay in Price and also there is another stronger emulator Called "RG353V" that emulates the same things but also has a android mode and also has dreamcast and nintendo 64 and also DS games and also forgot to say it also lets you have minecraft for some reason the experience is okay for minecraft on the RG353V but tbh it's bad cuz of the screen.

@Juiceboks 7 ай бұрын

Great video!

@randybradley4151 6 ай бұрын

People need to realize that game development is costs is not even close to what they cost back then. Super Mario Bros cost 800,000 and 2 years to develop. Games now can take up to 5 years to make and anywhere from 100-300 million dollars. Also keep in mind that games now can take hours to beat and games back then could take minutes to beat.

@UnknownHero_MarthFDS 7 ай бұрын

Pesona 3 is 100% worth it unlike the rest

@Gamerwithcode 7 ай бұрын

Now I understand what the heck is going on

@JacobCruise 7 ай бұрын

😅

@Raymanlegacy 7 ай бұрын

Dang dude your extremely underrated!

@JacobCruise 7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@mechanicalmonk2020 7 ай бұрын

"because they're not actually expensive" There. Whole video done.

@Linty-hk8st 7 ай бұрын

I always wondered about this

@JacobCruise 7 ай бұрын

Hope you learned something

@phorchybug3286 7 ай бұрын

70 sounds kinda stupid, yeah. I'm just gonna stick with 60s and 40s. (And the tiny digital dollars) (10/20)

@soulsolis3096 7 ай бұрын

I was super excited for Persona 3 Reloaded until I saw the "Base" price this game comes with. But what's the worst part imo was that since I'm a PC user, and it's published by SEGA, they WILL put Denuvo on this game, which is not told, but will be the same way they scammed us with Sonic Superstars.

@DrWho-xe8cf 7 ай бұрын

I just buy my games on sale from the Playstation store. They're not new games but they're new to me. I typically don't go above £20 but if I think the game is good I'll push the limit. I've only got 3 games on release: watchdogs 2, elden ring and call of duty vanguard. Apart from vanguard I enjoyed the other two.

@ypremium4609 7 ай бұрын

You guys are lucky... Here in Germany they are around 85 USD

@nick8243 7 ай бұрын

Are you serious? The standard game price in the 90s was $60 or even $70. Prices have generally stayed in the $50-70 range for decades. This isn't anything new.