Dragon’s Dogma 2 appears to be like superior, proper? The a lot anticipated motion role-playing sport about dragons and pawns got here out swinging with a hefty new gameplay showcase on November 28, exhibiting off the spectacular character creator and a few spectacular fight and formally revealing a March 24, 2024 launch date. One factor that isn’t so superior, nevertheless, is the sport’s comparatively excessive price ticket of $70, which marks the primary sport from Capcom at this value.
As noticed by Eurogamer, Dragon’s Dogma 2 will run you $70 throughout PC (through Steam), PlayStation 5, and Xbox Collection X/S. No different sport by Capcom from this yr or final has price this a lot. Not even Resident Evil 4 Remake or Road Fighter 6, each of which had been priced at $60. Capcom had been one of many few publishers nonetheless holding out at that stage whereas others more and more promote new video games for $70, however with this information, it appears Capcom’s following go well with now.
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Spending $70 on Dragon’s Dogma 2 will simply get you the bottom model of the sport, although. Should you needed some additional goodies—just like the Boon for Adventurers pack that features gear, objects, and different accouterments, in addition to extra unannounced preorder bonuses—you would wish to shell out $80 for the Deluxe Version. Gaming is evidently turning into dearer as publishers push for $70 and $80 video games, a divisive pattern that’s raised just a few eyebrows.
Whereas Capcom could also be the latest writer to announce a $70 sport, it’s hardly the one firm that’s determined to boost the costs of its video games. Some Nintendo Swap video games price $70, a variety of Sony video games go for that a lot, Microsoft confirmed that its first-party video games will all begin operating for $70, and Sega is contemplating elevating the value of its video games as effectively. And why not? Because the CEO of GTA writer Take-Two sees it, players appear high-quality with paying $70 for video games, saying the corporate is seeing little to no pushback on the value enhance.
Kotaku reached out to Capcom for remark.
So, yeah, Dragon’s Dogma 2 does look superior. I’m stoked to slay extra dragons and griffins and a bunch of different fantasy monsters in a fantasy setting. I’m not too thrilled about paying $70 to take action, however I assume that simply means we’re really and eventually getting into the period of $70 video games, and that’s an enormous bummer.
