They no longer have to make and ship cartridges to distribute them. They just let you download said game. The margins are insanely large. Add in they not longer subsidize consoles and release a new one every few years... yea. also the technology isn't improving that much as we have reached a pretty big limit on screen size etc. No more big innovation to make graphics look perfect- it is just art style now and most of the games reuse what works.
They no longer have to make and ship cartridges to distribute them. They just let you download said game.
Yeah, how do you think they've been able to keep games at historically low (adjusted for inflation) prices for so long without raising them? They've tried every trick in the book to stretch the $60-70 price tag for as long as they could, even as inflation creeps ever onward.
Their sales numbers on their worst selling games are enough to turn many times over profit. You can say they tried every trick in the book, but it isn't true, and it isn't something they need to do with their margins. Hence, no. Video game companies have been trying to push these higher prices on the consumers, but it doesn't really match with the profit margins and salaries. This has been going on a while and yet, still high margins. Don't be fooled.
Seeing as this has been brought up by companies for decades... Hmm. I'm not losing sleep over it. Believe whatever lie a corporate think tank told you.
If you think inflation is a lie, you are so wildly uneducated that I pity you. You probably think every time you get a raise it's through your own good virtues. Goodnight.
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u/Loud_Interview4681 1d ago edited 1d ago
They no longer have to make and ship cartridges to distribute them. They just let you download said game. The margins are insanely large. Add in they not longer subsidize consoles and release a new one every few years... yea. also the technology isn't improving that much as we have reached a pretty big limit on screen size etc. No more big innovation to make graphics look perfect- it is just art style now and most of the games reuse what works.