>why is AAA slop so expensive now?
FTFY
Otherwise gaming is about the same or even cheaper than ever.

consoomers keep buying and buying and buying and buying and buying and buying and people will still fucking piss their pants crying saying they don't have enough money.

Thanks, but I'm still not spending more than $20 on a videogame

Everything is too expensive now, we're in a massive cost-of-living crisis that extends beyond vidya.

Trade wars, climate change, and late stage capitalism is ravaging the world, we're nearing the end of our current world order

buy stupid games, pay stupid prices

The no-disc, code-only physical release will always be funny. Using GTA to normalize it as an acceptable "if they can do it, so can we" industry standard is a genius move.

>>741869450
shut up retard

>>741869450
Nice try, inflation doesn't affect vidya development.
Costs are ballooning because they scared off all their talent in the 2000s by being massive pricks, so now instead of taking a 2-3 years to make a videogame, they are aiming for 6-8.

>>741877410
>Nice try, inflation doesn't affect vidya development
lol wtf is the logic here

>>741877959
it doesn't because the money on my bank doesn't increase magically
not my salary