Gamers are furious with the rise in price of new releases – but the (virtual) reality is a little more complicated
In the Guide’s weekly Solved! column, we look into a crucial pop-culture question you’ve been burning to know the answer to – and settle it, once and for all
Last year, something terrible happened. No, not that. Or that, even – something else, that you might not even be able to blame on the Tories. With new consoles from Sony and Microsoft expected, a raft of video game publishers announced that the RRP of their new releases would increase for the first time since the mid-00s. Games such as PS5’s Demon’s Souls would land at £69.99, not the £50-£55 of previous console generations. Most gamers reacted sensibly to this news. Others, not so much: remarks such as “GAMES RUINED 4EVA SO I FLUSHED MY XBOX DOWN THE DUNNY”, written by users with names like n00bsl4yer135 and @URMUM69s, were a common sight on comment threads.
