Why AAA games stayed $60 and turned to microtransactions
Extra Credits · Explainer · 6 min · 2018 · YouTube title: Games Should Not Cost $60 Anymore - Inflation, Microtransactions, and Publishing - Extra Credits
Why it's here
HN uses it as a short explanation of AAA pricing economics in discussions of microtransactions and game pricing.
What it covers
Extra Credits explains from a game developer's perspective why AAA games have stayed at $60 despite inflation, and how that pressure drives DLC, microtransactions and loot boxes.