Capcom's president and chief operating officer has said he thinks game prices should go up.Haruhiro Tsujimoto made the …

Capcom’s president and chief operating officer has said he thinks game prices should go up.

Haruhiro Tsujimoto made the comments at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, Nikkei reported. TGS is sponsored by the Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association, a Japanese organisation which aims to support the Japanese industry, which Tsujimoto is currently the chairman of.

“Personally, I feel that game prices are too low,” Tsujimoto said, citing increasing development costs and a need to increase wages.

  • hogart@feddit.nuEnglish
    1510·
    9 months ago

    Games haven’t gotten more expensive since ever. Like I said above, The Original Donkey Kong for the SNES was 66 usd. It releases in 1994.

    • dandi8@kbin.social
      153·
      9 months ago

      That’s a very US-centric view, at best. I paid about 23 dollars for a brand new copy of Half-Life 2 in 2004.

      • hogart@feddit.nuEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        I live in Sweden. But saying it cost 799sek in 1994 might not give you a good idea of its cost.

    • Gabu@lemmy.worldEnglish
      131·
      9 months ago

      If you buy a game today, does it come with a free SSD to install it in? Does it have a paper manual and a nice box? Is it even finished? Games aren’t cheaper, you’re just getting scammed.

    • 520@kbin.social
      10·
      9 months ago

      That was as expensive as it was back then because the game released on what is effectively a PCB. Which was expensive to make.