Capcom president thinks "game prices are too low”

[AdrianH]

Capcom president and COO Haruhiro Tsujimoto reportedly discussed development costs and the need to raise wages, saying game prices are "too low."

During the Tokyo Game Show, Capcom president and COO Haruhiro Tsujimoto reportedly said that he feels "game prices are too low," and discussed rising costs and wages in the industry.

"Personally, I feel that game prices are too low... Development costs are around 100 times higher than they were in the days of the Famicom (NES), but the price of software hasn’t risen so much," Tsujimoto said, according to a report from Nikkei (thanks, VGC. "There is also a need to raise wages in order to attract talented people. Given that wages are rising across the industry as a whole, I think the option of raising unit prices is a healthy form of business.”

Capcom president thinks "game prices are too low”

Capcom president and COO Haruhiro Tsujimoto reportedly discussed development costs and the need to raise wages, saying game prices are "too low."

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[AdrianH]

Games are expensive. Starfield for example is $70 and R1400.

I suppose you can work out an hourly rate, and if Starfield nets you 100 hours, that only $0.70c or R14 per hour.

 

[cheza121]

I will just start pirating again, all for supporting game devs but if its just a salary increase for them and not based off a % of sales, this move is not for the devs.

 

[AdrianH]

I will just start pirating again, all for supporting game devs but if its just a salary increase for them and not based off a % of sales, this move is not for the devs.

Or just wait for the sales. Buying games in first 6 months of release is insane!

 

[cheza121]

Or just wait for the sales. Buying games in first 6 months of release is insane!

Like you said earlier, Starfields price is pretty insane, after 6 months its going to still be like 1k or something ridiculous, I played it on xbox game pass for PC and I did play it a lot, but after a week I had done everything I wanted to in the game over a few playthroughs.

The Last game I got on release (pre-order) was hogwarts legacy and I 100% that in a week also so its becoming harder to justify game purchases for me when games are too easy (also look at legend of zelda TOTK, they might not even release master mode and the game is not really difficult as it is)

P.S. waiting on a decent special for Elden Ring