Half-Life: Alyx will be the first game since Astro Bot I pay more than €40 for.

I rarely buy "flat" games day one these days. I intended to buy "The Last of Us 2" for full price... but probably I wait for an enhanced PS5 version. If it doesn't happen, the price of the PS4 version will be halved by then.

I don't pay anything more than £30 quid, I can quite happily wait for sales.

Sure, the cost of making games has gone up, but the price is really determined by how many consumers are interested in gaming. It's weird that we discuss this price tag going up, but yet (at least from my perspective), the cost of games has been on a downward trend, many being free to play.

That's just based on what I have noticed. But that doesn't answer your question.

I own double or triple copies of quite a few games, so I have had no issues in dropping $120 for a game at launch. If all games were priced at $120, I would buy fewer games, that's for sure, but it would be hard to pass up on Zelda's and Mario's. If there were a modest increase, like $60 -> $65, or $60 -> $70, it would likely not impact my purchase.

Not unless it's a special edition for a game I'm really excited for, from a studio I really trust.

It’s weird that we have been paying $60 for over 20 years and gamers have no idea about things like inflation and rising costs.

And then we complain when developers use micros to make up the difference. I know it can be abused but I’m talking about games that aren’t guaranteed to succeed and thus can’t rely only on game purchases.

I would only be willing to pay more than 60 for a select few games like Elden Ring and other From software games. Other types of games have never satisfied me enough for me to be willing to fork out more than 60. In fact I usually wait for sales even if I do decide to buy a different type of game. My time feels more precious now so I am less willing to spend time and money on games that do not hit that sweet spot that satisfies and engrosses me.

They could make it more expensive the first 2 weeks and lower the price to 60 after that. It can kinda be like a bonus early release for the hardcore fans who just cant wait to play the title and are willing to support the company.

I've paid $100 for collectors' editions of games like Fire Emblem or Valkyria Chronicles. For top-end Japanese games I might pay more, along with a couple of choice western devs. The rest, $60. For AAA titles from EA, Activision, or Ubisoft, I won't pay more than $20 for any of those once there's 50 copies in the Gamestop bargain bin, and even that's pushing it.

I paid $60 for Dragon Quest XI S, and that was money very well spent, no DLC or anything. I paid $50 for Switcher 3, also great value, all the DLC was included on the cartridge, and yes, I know it's a now five year old game.

Personally, no, I don't really feel like getting any sort of game at higher than £35 these days. Most AAA games have their content split up in a myriad of ways, or include MT's or DRM, so I feel less and less reason for myself to want to buy games at a higher price, not when my experience is watered down or sold to me in pieces.

Indie games that are sold at a cheaper price though, those I'll likely dive into without much to question (well these days the only question is if they are going exclusive, so I can remove from the wishlist/slap on ignore). Indie games lower price of entry, coupled with them not wanting to dime me, or slap MT's into their games has me more interested in buying their games day/week/month 1, compared to AAA games, where I'll wait 6-8 months to a year or two until their prices drop to a much more desirable price (unless it was EGS exclusive, to which I just never buy at all).

It amazes me the number of people who couldn't grasp the fact that you were referring to the USD standard of $60 and meant 'regional standard price'.

Anyways, I also would not buy very many games if they cost more than $60 USD. As it stands, I already only pay that much if it's a game I very, very much want. Otherwise, I will wait for prices to drop.

On PC, I almost never buy games anyways - Epic gives away their weekly freebie, and I have a Humble Choice Classic subscription (which, so far, has gotten my SoulCal VI, My Time at Portia, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and Middle Earth: Shadow of War, among a wide variety of lesser known titles, for $12/month). Plus as a US military veteran, I also have access to Games to Grunts, which occasionally gets me quality content as well. I REALLY have to want a game to spend more than $20 on it on PC.

I'm sorry, but if you seriously think companies like EA and Activision would stop selling DLC and microtransactions if the base price of games went up, I have a bridge on the moon I'd like to sell to you. They're just not gonna let that happen no matter if the base price of games went up. Activision sells fucking gun reticles and a KD watcher FFS.

Hell, Koei Tecmo sold nearly $2K worth of DLC for DOA6 and they still decided that wasn't enough and are now charging for a hair color changer and charging every time you want to change your character's hair color to boot instead of simply charging a dollar to unlock said hair color, which would be bad enough by itself.