Sega CEO Satomi Jiji said in the latest earnings conference call that the current game costs are rising and will also “review the release price of future Sega games.”
The content of Li Jian Zhi Ji as follows: “AAA games on the game console platform have been maintained at 59.99 US dollars for many years, but since last year there has been a price of 69.99 US dollars. We will review and evaluate the cost and value of the game, and pay close attention to the market situation at the same time.”
Major game publishers have raised the price of AAA games to $70 in recent years. This price increase was first initiated by Take-Two, followed by Sony and Microsoft. It seems that Sega is also considering raising the price to $70.
