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[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago

If you like bigger games, and plenty do, them charging a higher price for it up front makes it more likely that they're made sustainably. If a game costs $100M to make, the difference between breaking even on $70 versus $60 is hundreds of thousands of additional customers.