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Embracer Boss Mulls Increasing the Price of Video Games Beyond $70 (www.ign.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Games from last year will still be less than half of that though, right?

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Sekiro still sell for 60 dollar. The industry figured out they can use scarcity in a form of limited time discount to encourage customer to make purchase, so there's no need to lower the base price forever.