{"id":150354,"date":"2022-12-07T03:02:20","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T03:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ps5-games-likely-to-remain-70-as-xbox-bumps-prices\/"},"modified":"2022-12-07T03:02:20","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T03:02:20","slug":"ps5-games-likely-to-remain-70-as-xbox-bumps-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ps5-games-likely-to-remain-70-as-xbox-bumps-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"PS5 Games Likely to Remain $70 as Xbox Bumps Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Any hope of Sony feeling pressured into reducing the price of its first-party releases looks over, as Microsoft has announced plans to increase the cost of its own exclusives. While the dynamics aren’t directly comparable \u2013 Xbox owners will point to Game Pass<\/strong> as an alternative, cheaper means of playing the Redmond firm’s output at launch \u2013 it does look as though $70 releases are here to stay. Most third-party publishers \u2013 including EA, Ubisoft, and 2K Games \u2013 have also adopted the tag.<\/p>\n

Representatives from Microsoft pointed to \u201cthe content, scale, and technical complexity\u201d of its titles as a reason for the increase. During the PS3 and PS4 era, most new games retailed for $60, so this represents a $10 increase overall. Of course, while we’re hesitant to defend juggernaut publishers who are registering record profits, there’s simply no denying that games cost more money to make now than they did in 2006.<\/p>\n

Xbox’s pricing alterations will occur when it rolls out new releases in 2023, although it’s important to point out that this change could<\/em> potentially have occurred earlier had the manufacturer actually deployed any tentpo titles in 2022. Still, Nintendo is the only remaining platform holder not to jump on the $70 bandwagon, but we’ll be shocked if games for the Switch’s successor don’t adopt the higher price tag, too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n