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Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director says "almost all games should cost more at a base level" because they cost so much to make (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

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[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 months ago

How is this title allowed to be so misleading?

If anyone reads the article, the guy is arguing for honesty and transparency with video game prices as opposed to the multi-tiered and/or subscription based schemes that are used currently.

"‘I don’t love the artificiality of pricing structures post-retail,’ Douse wrote. ‘Use the inflated base price to upsell a subscription, and use vague content promises to inflate ultimate editions to make the base price look better. It all seems a bit dangerous and disconnected from the community.’

Douse believes games should be priced based on their ‘quality, breadth, and depth’, instead of simply being fitted to established pricing structures."

He's saying the base price should be higher because there should only be one price.