Q:"Would you be willing to pay more than the "$60" pricetag for a game today?"
Personally no. I usually wait until a price drop which can happen quite fast.. unless the game is called 'Octopath Traveler' ;). Jokes aside there are so many great games out there to play I am in no rush to go out and buy a game on day one.
Still, if you can get near $1 an hour gameplay out of the game then I'd say it's a good investment if it's your favourite game for example.
Q:"So the question I'm asking you guys today is, whatever the ceiling for the price of a base game (not counting special editions with extras) is in your country, would you be comfortable paying say $20 - $40 more for a game, if it feels justified?"
If you're buying the FF7 remake, then expect to pay more! ;). I'd personally pay up to about £35 for a new/base game (that's about $45 US at this time). However there are so many games I'm playing out there to catch up on that I end up paying a LOT less a little later from sites like Kinguin, cd keys, Steam sale and so on.
I expect this is the same for many who are simply looking for great value.
Good to see this site is still going 
