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[-] ech@lemm.ee 13 points 5 months ago

On the one hand, games have stayed the same price for a long time, well below the rate of inflation.

On the other, wages have also stayed well below inflation for a long time. I don't expect they'll see the growth they want when a game purchase takes a larger and larger bite out of someone's paycheck.

[-] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 6 points 5 months ago

It's a good example for how inflation isn't something constant that affects everything equally. Game development costs are mostly wages, if wages stay below inflation then development costs stay below inflation unless teams get larger, and especially game development is known for paying rather low wages.

[-] Guntrigger@sopuli.xyz 5 points 5 months ago

Development, yes. Executives, the sky is the limit.

Especially when you have a great success, like laying off tonnes of your employees, which Embracer has been leading the charge on.

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