$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.
- Entities
- Company: Microsoft
- Topic: Inflation
- Game: Xenoblade Chronicles: Genesis
- Game: NBA2K21
- Person: Kit Ellis
- Topic: DLC
- Game: Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
- Person: Strauss Zelnick
- Company: Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Game: Elden Ring
- Company: Take-Two Interactive
- Company: Activision Blizzard
- Person: Shuhei Yoshida
- Game: Grand Theft Auto 6
- Game: Mario Kart World
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