Why The HELL is NOBODY Buying Games?

I have enough of a backlog I can wait a year or two for price drops

70$ game or 70$ bag of groceries

$80 for a broken plain jane game $20 for fixed game of the year edition

"Why The HELL is NOBODY Buying Games?" *gestures vaguely at everything*

It’s no secret that it rewards you to be patient…wait a year and get it much cheaper plus it’s patched into a less buggy and much better state

This was a video I put a lot of effort into (and so did our editors), making the case that games should cost $15-30 on average and top out at $50. With advancements in technology and technique, teams of hundreds with budgets of hundreds of millions are just totally unnecessary to make a high-quality, worthwhile AAA-equivalent experience.

Because I’m broke, Gameranx.

The price of everything is increasing and the income is not, lower priority commodities suffer.

Prices went up, game quality didn’t. Easy.

People are struggling to pay rent and buy food. Things like new games are taking a back seat to surviving.

$60 was already enough to make me think twice about buying games. $70 has been absurd from day 1.

Because life is a struggle for 90% of the population right now.

Can't afford it. These bills tripled since 2020.

“Because I’m poor.” - Everyone

Too expensive. I need to eat first. I rarely if ever buy a new game. I wait for them to be on sale.

I've got 30+ games on my steam wishlist but I won't buy one until it's at LEAST 50% off.

It's almost like food is a billion times more expensive than it was 15 years ago, ofc people aren't buying luxuries

80$ broken release ❌️ 24.99$ fixed game a year later ✅️

1. Game price keep increasing while my salary didn't 2. Game no longer good out-of-the-box as a norm but have to wait 3-9 months for updates

Backlog, life is expensive, a lot of games are just remasters or soulless.