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inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

On the prospect of an $80-$90 GTA 6, former PlayStation boss says 'it's an impossible equation' for big-budget studios to keep their prices down

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On the prospect of an $80-$90 GTA 6, former PlayStation boss says 'it's an impossible equation' for big-budget studios to keep their prices down

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inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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"People expect games that are ever more ambitious and therefore expensive to develop to cost the same."
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    That’s such bullshit. GTA5 has been a money printing machine. They would have been profitable if the cost started and stayed at $20.

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      I can’t find the numbers online but they probably could’ve given GTA5 away for free and made a profit.

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        They did give it away for free and make a profit

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          They did both, and it could fund the next 5 GTA games for 500 years and still turn a profit if they never took another cent. Whatever this “journalism” is, delete it, block it, and forget about it. They are the enemy.

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      NBA 2K24 also outperformed expectations.

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      They would have profited making GTA:O free to play, right from the get go.

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