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

[ArchangelMadzz]

Shadow1980 said: 

ArchangelMadzz said:
You have to remember games may stay $60 in America but the prices go up worldwide every gen.

I've gone from spending £30 on PS2 games to £55 on PS4 games.

From what I've seen, the typical RRP for new-release PS2 & Xbox games was £40, which means that, in the PS2's prime, they'd be about £55-60 in 2016 GBP. Of course, that's just RRP for new games. Looking at archived pages for PS2 & Xbox games on amazon.co.uk, it seems that Amazon did discount a lot of their games, with GTA: San Andreas and Halo 2 being sold for £30, or over £42 in 2016 GBP. Most 360 games definitely retailed for £40, meaning the earlier ones were about on par with today's prices after inflation. From what I see, most new games today retail between £40-50. So at the very least, games in the UK have generally remained about flat over the past 15-16 years, and are still certainly far below what they were in the early 90s (but, again, cartridges).

Games that are £40-£50 are discounted.

If you walk into GAME or go on PSN. You will see most major releases are £55 even sometimes £60. 
The prices of games hasn't changed since the brexit vote devalued the pound, they were that expensive before June 2016. I remember seeing The Crew on PSN for £59.99

Maybe later in the PS2's life that was the case but I remember buying PS2 games, new releases that were £30 standard. Inflation hasn't doubled since then.