Diamond Member Pelican Press 0 Posted May 15, 2025 Diamond Member Share Posted May 15, 2025 This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for May toxic-inferno11d ago I don’t like paying a lot for games, but frankly, this needs to happen if the industry is going to improve. Back in 2005, brand new releases of PS2 games usually cost £39.99 in the ***, with some going up to £45. Adjusting for inflation, that’s between £70 and £80 today. Then consider that in 2005, many games were being developed by teams of around 40. Nowadays, for games of the same ‘tier’, you’re looking at 500+. In addition, game development in 2005 tended to take around a year. Many of the big development teams were producing annual releases, or at least one game every 2 years. Average development time now is 3-4 years. Working all that through, you can estimate that a single game as I’ve described above ‘should’ cost FAR more than £70. A quick bit of rough maths: £40 × 10 (increase in employees) × 3 (development years) = £1200. Obviously, that’s unrealistic, as basic economics tells you that market demand is one of the greatest driving forces behind pricing products. But it still makes you think… Thank GOODNESS we’re not paying more than £80 any time soon… This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up #PlayStation #Game #Catalog This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up 0 Quote Link to comment https://hopzone.eu/forums/topic/249776-playstation-plus-game-catalog-for-may/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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