Should video games cost more than they do currently? A senior Baldur’s Gate 3 developer thinks so.
According to the developer, “almost all games” cost less these days than they should. He believes Rockstar Games’ upcoming GTA 6 will change how games are priced when it launches.
This perspective comes from Michael Douse, known as Cromwelp on X/Twitter, who serves as the director of publishing at Larian Studios. The conversation began in a Twitter thread where Douse argued that games should charge customers more “at a base level” due to rising development costs.
He added that video games should be priced according to their “quality, breadth, and depth,” and that squeezing every game into certain price brackets doesn’t make sense to him.
The reason for this discussion was the base $70 price tag of Star Wars: Outlaws, which has a $130 asking price for its Ultimate Edition. Douse maintained that such high prices are often justified by companies with vague promises about content, making the $70 price tag seem more reasonable.
The Video Game Pricing Dilemma
Douse went further, suggesting that Rockstar Games’ GTA 6, one of the most anticipated games of our time, will have a major impact on...
