Not so much defense, more like "uhh, yeah, things cost money, inflation exists, welcome to the real world", and I can't disagree honestly. People gotta use an inflation calculator on old games.
This meme does have real "too late, I drew you as the soy cuck and myself as the chad!" energy.
Imo, it's less they're wrong and more, "why are you playing devil's advocate?"
These prices set a bad precedent more than anything, and I am 100% confident that if the market vote against it with their wallet, AAA devs would find some ways to keep shipping games at $70 USD.
This is assuming a very significant amount of people will only buy the game when it's $10 cheaper, and I cannot see that being the truth. People will approve of this with their wallet, I expect.
Oh hands down people are going to support these prices. I think the last time the market voted against something was the 3ds and guess what, Nintendo lowered the price. But consumerism is at an all time high right now so I can't imagine that happening again. I do wonder if a potential recession matters.
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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