• Vince@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    Taking the most naive view here, but is there any chance, increasing the price will in any way prevent more layoffs in the video game industry?

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      18 days ago

      It lowers the threshold of how many copies need to sell before a given game breaks even on its budget. It also lowers the number of copies it will sell, because some percentage of people who would have bought a game at the lower price no longer find it to be worth what they’re charging for it.

    • amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      18 days ago

      no, if anything it will increase them because prices going up is almost always tied to mass layoffs. austerity package and all that.