Capcom president and COO Haruhiro Tsujimoto stated recently, “Personally, I feel that game prices are too low.” He feels prices should be higher due to increases in development costs and higher wages.
In case you haven’t noticed, software game prices, especially ones from the major publishers, have been going up. In late 2022, Microsoft confirmed that prices for its first-party Xbox Series X and S games would go up to $69.99 in 2023, and that’s exactly what happened. That’s also what happened for Sony’s PS5 first-party games. Premium editions of games have also hit the $100 mark or higher in some cases.
Even though video and PC games remain very expensive compared to other home entertainment options, one major publishing executive claims prices for games are not yet high enough.
