While most gamers don't like price increases, it's a fact that game development costs are rising. Former PlayStation President Shawn Layden also expressed his opinion on this.

In an interview with PlayerDrive video, Shawn Layden pointed out that when inflation is taken into account, games are "cheaper than they used to be".

For example, he said, "$80 for 0 years is equivalent to $0 for 0 years." Your purchasing power is a lot less now than it used to be. In fact, we should have gradually increased the price by $0 each time each console change, making it a common practice for gamers. In this way, the $0 price we see now will not be so abrupt. ”

Layden admits that he was involved in pricing discussions when he was still at Sony. He said that if game companies "gradually add $90 price increases" to each generation of the product cycle, players will be more receptive, "and by now everyone may have defaulted to $0 as the norm."