I understand what you are saying and thinking before consuming it definitively a good point, though the answer being "yes I want it" is perfectly fine. Still, let me ask you this : what exactly is wrong with protesting and being upset at this price increase? Without taking responsibility for others' emotions?
I see a lot of people advocate for inaction and seem to get uncomfortable when people are talking of trying to push for change. I don't get it. I don't see any positive outcome coming out of increasing the feelings of helplessness against a system that is designed to screw us over.
I'm not advocating for inaction, quite the opposite. As far as I'm concerned playing these companies' game and spending 70€ is the nonaction attitude. But I also don't believe just being vocal is the correct one. If we collectivelly bitch about these prices but they keep selling and their margins keep growing, what do think it's the message they'll take away from this?
What I'm advocating for is a "boycott", is not paying the day 1 tax, is to wait some months or years and then buy it when the price is right. That's the only way to send the message to whomever is selling the thing that it's not worth the asking price.
The "Yes I want it" is a valid answer, of course, but my point is that you'll just be sending an undesirable feedback towards the system, so, in a way, you're digging your own grave.
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Francis W.M.
I guess I had much more time to think about this subject because I haven't been able to buy 60€ games day 1 for 10+ years, so in a way this is nothing new for me.
I'd go even further and add that in a world that is going through a pandemic, where social contacts and activities are limited gaming is more than just a luxury item. We are not machines after all, and need more than air, water, food and shelter to survive. A price increase on an item that is able to help us out to stay sane or relax in this hard times is terrible and should not be put together with real luxury items like jewellery, exotic perfumes and other things.
TVs and basic computers are not allowed to be sold over here when somebody goes bankrupt. They are not declared luxury items, for good reasons. And games aren't luxury as well. They are entertainment and little candles of joy in dark times and everybody has a right to that.
Taking those little candles away from people or making them more unreachable is shitty and deserves a basic level of sympathy and understanding. Something that is often missing in this discussion.
I'm willing to bet you have enough games on your backlog to keep you sane for a couple of years
But in all seriousness it's not a black and white issue. Is a car a luxury item? I need one to get to work and to buy food and to live so I think it doesn't fall in that category but it can be if we're talking about convertibles or sports cars. Same with TVs, you can say it's a necessity and I agree but a 60'' one might be a luxury item. Same with computers. Same with clothes. And same with games.