Saber Interactive-chef mener ikke at prissætning på $70 er langtidsholdbart

Saber Interactive-chef mener ikke at prissætning på $70 er langtidsholdbart

Da denne konsolgeneration blev sparket i gang valgte en række større udgivere at hæve det generelle prisniveau på nye spil fra $59.99 til $69.99, dog uden at mindske brugen af mikrotransaktioner, Battle Passes eller Deluxe-udgaver. Dette blev naturligvis kritiseret af forbrugere og hele verden, men spørger du chefen for Saber Interactive, så kommer det ikke til at holde.

I et interview med IGN siger Saber-chef Matthew Karch, der for nylig købte Saber fri fra Embracer, at det her højere prisniveau ikke er langtidsholdbart.

“I think that as games become more expensive to make, the $70 title is going to go the way of the dodo [bird]. I do. I just don’t think it’s sustainable. Look, you remember the hype for Cyberpunk, which I think actually ultimately performed okay, but when the expectations are so high and so much money is put into one title, it’s hugely risky for the company that’s doing it. What if it fails? You remember what happened when Ubisoft a couple of years ago, all their titles slipped out of the year, and then all of a sudden they were in an entirely different place? It’s hard to recover from that. I think the market is going to shift to development which is not necessarily lower quality, but there’s going to be an emphasis on trying to find ways to reduce costs.”

Han tror også at de mange fyringer kommer til at resultere i lidt tørke i forhold til antallet af store spil:

“I think that there’s going to be a real shortage of game content over the coming few years. You’ve seen how many layoffs there’s been, you see how many games have gotten killed. But we have a lot of good projects going on that I’m proud of and that I feel really, really strongly about.”