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$70, I guess this is the world we live in now. Can't wait for the next price hike!
I guess I'll become a PatientGamer™
I'm fine with price hike, inflation is a thing.
The problem is the lack of quality and polish you'd expect from such games. Not to mention other forms of monetization they try to shoehorn in at the cost of user experience.
Not that it matters much to me, I'm patient and can wait until it's much cheaper and hopefully polished.
Inflation is a thing, sure. But we should keep in mind that over the past decade some costs have universally disappeared for video games.
Publishers no longer have to factor in media production costs, shipping and handling to retailers, or (sometimes) giving retailers a cut.
Some publishers (like Nintendo and Sony [on PlayStation]) sell direct to the consumer. So there are no retail costs. If you sell on Steam, they take a 30% cut.