The rising cost of videogames, how two companies did something about it

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Legend11 said:

Bodhesatva said:

I think the answer is "make cheaper games and stop pushing the tech envelope."

The problem is that it requires everyone to stop pushing the tech envelope which is of course impossible since console manufacturers pour money into games in order to show off their systems. That and some genres have become so competitive, especially first person shooters, and their doesn't seem to be a lot of places to push the genre outside of graphics, physics, AI, and all the other things that can push up development costs dramatically.

 Or you could try to make creative, fun games like No More Heroes.