Not so much a defense more of a, "wow, I'm surprised it took until now". I'm an older gamer. When I was 11, I bought the original Final Fantasy for $39.99. That's the equivalent of ~$97 today. I'm frankly amazed game prices have been so resistant to general inflation for so long.
Here's where I will get indignant: I'm sure this price hike will be followed by the industry as a whole, so $80 games will be the norm, but microtransactions won't go away. I don't buy games with microtransactions, but fuck them for existing anyway.
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u/Avnesya 1d ago edited 1d ago
Is there actually "people" unironically defending em at this point?
Legit asking
edit : typo