An economically turbulent year has continued to put pressure on the gaming industry, with major platform holders cementing a minimum retail price of $70 for AAA titles. Meanwhile, escalating ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook In 2025, many of us are thinking about just how expensive it’s getting to be a gamer. Consoles ...

TL;DR: Video game prices remained stable at $59.99 for decades despite inflation due to digital distribution reducing costs and increasing publisher profits. Recently, prices rose to $70 or more as ...

Of video game-related sales last year, the games themselves accounted for 86.5% of spending. So the impact of changes in ...

The world of gaming has seen its share of price hikes over the years. From the costs of video game consoles to the games themselves, the prices for arguably one of the most popular hobbies for ...

Video game prices should have increased with every console generation to offset swelling development costs, reckons former chairman of Sony Interactive Entertainment, Shawn Layden. Speaking with ...

If you look online, you’ll find legions of gamers complaining that they’re now having to fork out a day’s wages to buy the latest video game titles. Video gaming can be an expensive hobby. Nintendo’s ...

A hot potato: Former PlayStation US boss Shawn Layden has just given his opinion on some of the more controversial aspects of the video game industry, including pricing. He believes that the price of ...

According to some market analysts, video game prices may increase again in 2026, especially when it comes to microtransactions, rather than the prices of full games. Piers Harding-Rolls, an analyst at ...

Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden in an interview with GamesIndustry says the price of video games should have increased with every new generation. Layden on $80 games noted that price of premium ...

In a world where living costs are getting more expensive, people often give up their hobbies to save money. Fortunately, video game enthusiasts don’t have to quit playing, as there are places where ...

From his earliest gaming memories playing Spyro 2 on the PlayStation, to being obsessed with the swing-out animations in Marvel's Spider-Man, Cameron has always been, and continues to be, in love with ...