My thoughs on game pricing, development costs, and microtransactions/paid DLC.

[KBG29]

I am not a fan of loot boxes and pay to win, especially when the developers intentionally make it a 500 hour grid if you want to play to earn. That said, I think elsewhere the industry is actually in very good shape.

Personally, I by games in tiers.

Tier 1) I Pay for the ultimate deluxe editions for games I really like, and want to support as much as possible, usually $79.99 - $149.99. If they do additional content I feel is worthy of my continued support I have no issue with DLC. If I loose interest in the game, I don't buy the DLC. I will not buy anything that can be unlocked through playing the game though.

Tier 2) Games I am willing to pay $59.99 for on day one, but am not into enough for the deluxe edition. These games have the oppertunity to win me over, and I may by the season pass or DLC if that happens.

Tier 3) Games that I wait to drop to $30, these are titles I either have a slight amount of interest in, or remasters that I already have, and didn't feel the need to jump on day 1.

Tier 4) The mega sale games. These are games I have only the smallest of interest in, but I try to be as open as possible, and play as much as possible. Mega sale titles can be anywhere from Free - $19.99. Sometimes I have found some gems, in this department. Just like above, if I find I actually like one of these games, I have no problem paying full price for a season pass or DLC to support the title. Probably the best example of this is The Crew, I believe I got it for $5 or $10 last year, and ended up paying almost $60 overall for the remaining DLC, because I ended up really enjoying the game.

So my take is the industry is doing quite well. We have options to by games from Free - $149.99, with DLC available that you can buy into if you please. I am fine with that, I just don't want gambling to become of main stream games. Don't bring gambling into God of War, Uncharted, Forza, Halo, Mario, Pokemon and such. There is a place for it, but not in the mainline games. We just need to ban together to make sure we hold AAA titles to a standard, because these should be world class, untainted expereinces.