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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.

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[–] Reverendender 84 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think my salary should go up

[–] AnUnusualRelic 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you considered being a CEO for a gaming corporation?

[–] Reverendender 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m still working on “Be attractive. Don’t be unattractive.”

[–] applebusch 7 points 1 year ago

Have you seen many CEOs? Those aren't requirements.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Everyone: "Games are getting WAY too expensive."

Out of touch executive: "Games are too cheap! Why are our sales going down? I promised the shareholders infinite growth!"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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.

[–] Gabu 14 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No matter what price they make games, have no illusion that developers will be paid more. This is to pad C level pockets.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago

$80 for AAA games is already super expensive. I buy most of my games on sale now.

[–] Pavidus 36 points 1 year ago

You know what, I'll bite. For this to work though, let's agree on two things. First, the game they're selling shouldn't be a hot pile of garbage on day one. Second, I don't want to even catch a whiff of microtransactions or subscription based models. If we can nail those down, I would be fine with a price increase. As it stands, the sticker price is just the cost of entry in the vast majority of games. They are still bringing in cash well after the initial purchase.

[–] bouh 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's funny how it's "the game's are not expensive enough" and not "we don't know how to manage our or money" or "our profit are too high". Fuck those capitalists.

Oh the stupid shit head "games are 100 times more expensive to make now" but you sell thousands times more and there no physical media anymore is irrelevant I guess... Assholes...

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

If they weren't profitable at the current price they wouldn't be charging the current price.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

I'm already waiting for games to go on sale in order to avoid being an unpaid bug tester, so sure do whatever you want.

[–] Sauciness6413 20 points 1 year ago

Personally, I feel that game prices are too high. Patient gaming is where I'm at.

Besides all of that, I don't have the time for all of these games maybe cut down the scope of the game, go back to linear, 10-20 hour games and if its an open world don't make it a huge empty sandbox with most of it being unused or with a boring game loop. If a game publisher decides to jack up prices then I expect top notch quality with no fluff included anywhere and that it works day one the fact that I have to mention that is sad, then and only then to me such a high price would be justified which has not been the case for some games in recent years. Finally, if a full priced game incorporates f2p monetization and battle passes, then to me its price increase is not justified in my book.

[–] smokin_shinobi 20 points 1 year ago

Didn’t these chucklefucks just charge over a 100 bucks for all the content in their TMNT collab? Super fuck that guy.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

I don't/can't pay full price for games now as it is so good luck with that.

Patient gamer for life I guess.

[–] ProfessorProteus 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As the great Jerma985 once said, "Fuck Capcom!"

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If the market could support higher prices, they'd already be charging them.

I honestly don't care what Capcom does. I couldn't tell you the last time I bought a Capcom game.

[–] Gabu 3 points 1 year ago

Capcom lives off of their good IPs from the 90s and Devil May Cry, nothing else.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I remember getting Donkey Kong on release for the Super Nintendo and it was more expensive than most games are right now, 66 usd. Name one thing that has the same price in 2023 that it did I 1994. It's insane.

[–] Gabu 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Donkey Kong you bought in 1994 had to pay not only for development, but also for the package, for the circuits (think a 1TB SSD in 2023), for distribution, etc. Do you see modern companies having to pay for any of that?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (15 children)

My dad still reminds me that when he bought me Dr. Mario for NES on release, it was $90USD. I remember seeing many a game at Toys R Us with price tags of up to $120.

But I can name plenty of games in 2023 that cost more $66. Shittons of console titles are $70 now!

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Some are. BG3 could have been double and still worth it. I'd say most capcom games are overpriced as is.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Quality can only increase. If people have to think twice about buying games and don't preorder every half- finished game

[–] Rand0mA 4 points 1 year ago

Ah. The old preorder my bullshit game before you realise we stopped putting effort into it to finish the fucking thing scam.

[–] Redex68 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

To be fair, he is partially right. It's insane that games have basically been the same price since forever, the only reason they stayed the same is cuz more people could afford computers/consoles and in contrast to every other industry, making a new either physical or digital copy of a game is dirt cheap, so the more users the more profit.

Idk if it actually makes sense for games to be more expensive yet tho.

[–] Gabu 7 points 1 year ago

Prices are comparable because a cartridge in the 90s was as expensive, comparatively, as an SSD is today. Have you ever bought a game and received a free SSD with it?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You also have to ignore economies of scale. Nintendo was a huge consumer of chips globally just for gaming. That market is now mature, and gaming isn't as big of a piece as it used to be. There's also way more games being sold now, call of duty gets more day one sales than most n64 games ever sold, which made disc's super cheap. Now you have digital distribution which is practically free, and companies are getting more of a games price than ever before and it's still not enough.

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