There’s a huge debate going on in the gaming space right now centered around the price of gaming. Specifically, whether gaming itself is becoming “too expensive.” We’ve seen “ripples” of this discontent happen over the last several years, with games going from $50 to $60, to $70 with the Xbox Series X and PS5, and now, with the Nintendo Switch 2, some games will be $80. There are even rumors that GTA 6 could be the first true $100 title. Many fans are raging against Nintendo and others because of this. However, former head of PlayStation Studios Shuhei Yoshida has a different view on things.

Shuhei Yoshida was chatting with Critical Hit Games and was asked about the price of gaming going up and here’s what he had to say:

Most would agree with this in certain ways, and even now, we see games like Clair Obscur Expedition 33 being $50 instead of $70, and that’s likely part of its success. That being said, Yoshida also felt that gamers were being too hard on developers/publishers for the pricing: