80 euros is a lot of money for a single game.
"Everyone" claims that games (and consoles) didn't adjust for inflation in over a decade and it was time for the prices to rise.
What "everyone" forgets, is that the growth of the gaming market in the last two decades was BECAUSE gaming got more affordable. Raising prices to adjust for inflation will lose several customers who are not willing to pay for those prices (or can't justify/afford them).
It is a big mistake and it will prove that it is more and more the right thing to not buy on release day and wait for sales.
I could see the overarching strategy for Microsoft in raising retail/digital prices, they have GamePass and it makes sense for them to funnel customers into that ecosystem. but Sony?