Sony Considered Bigger Increase of Video Game Prices
$70 for a video game is still not enough. According to Bloomberg, Sony was considering even higher prices. Voices related to the increases have their source among the CEOs of video game publishers.
In short:
- The prices of next-gengames are higher and reach $70 for PS5 ganes;
- According to Bloomberg, Sony was considering even higher prices;
- The considerations of price increases have been initiated by the authorities of some publishing companies.
The ninth generation of consoles will bring us not only positive experiences. The new devices will be accompanied by higher prices of some games. This problem particularly applies to PS5 titles, whose prices have been set at 70 dollars instead of the well-known 60 dollars. However, it is possible that the increase could have been even greater.
According to a report published by Bloomberg, Sony was considering increasing prices by more than $10. However, the exact rate was not specified. Instead, it was pointed out that the discussion about the increases has long been a topic for some directors of publishing companies. Inflation and rising game development costs were cited as the reason for this move. It was also emphasized that the opinion is unpopular among developers, therefore the website's sources want to remain anonymous.
It may be pointed out that the recent words of the head of Take-Two seem to confirm such phenomenon. During the conversation with investors, he stated that the games published by the company are sold for amounts significantly below their real value.
At this point not all games have seen price rises. For titles such as Demon's Souls remake, Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War, NBA 2K21 or Godfall we will still pay $69.99, but Ubisoft or Codemasters offer their games on PS5 at prices that are lower and closer to known standards. Also Sony's Sackboy: And Big Adventure costs $59.99. This discrepancy is due to the fact that selected games also coming out on previous generation platforms can be upgraded free of charge from PS4 to PS5 and from Xbox One to Xbox Series X/S, which makes the price increase for next-gen versions pointless. However, it is possible that in the future this imbalance in terms of the amount of money we will have to pay for individual titles will be retained.
