$80 Games Are Already Here
The video game market is already seeing $80 games, with Nintendo leading the charge on titles like Mario Kart World and upcoming Switch 2 releases. This trend is fueled by rising development costs and inflation, with analysts predicting more publishers will adopt higher price points. While some companies like Sony and Microsoft have maintained $70 prices, others like Take-Two Interactive have successfully implemented price hikes, suggesting $80 could become the new standard for AAA games.
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- Entities
- Microsoft
- Inflation
- Xenoblade Chronicles: Genesis
- NBA2K21
- Kit Ellis
- DLC
- Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
- Strauss Zelnick
- Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Elden Ring
- Take-Two Interactive
- Activision Blizzard
- Shuhei Yoshida
- Grand Theft Auto 6
- Mario Kart World
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