[geriatricguy]

My guess would be that game prices haven't dramatically changed in 20-30 years and development costs have skyrocketed. Easiest way to save money is on payroll.

[jampekka]

Game sales have skyrocketed though. Inflation corrected revenue has increased something like 5x in the past 30 years.

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/video-game-industry-revenue...

[lrae]

Where are you seeing a 5x there? I see a 2x over the last 30 years for PC & Console - which are the expensive platforms to develop for. (If you're AA(A).)

[asdff]

This forgets about microtransactions.