Why are the PS4 and Xbox One games so expensive?

Consoles are expensive to build. They require a ton of research and Development time. Consoles don't make money by selling the units . in fact they are loosing money on each unit sold ,the cost of one unit is generally greater then the development... read more

Hi. This is an interesting question. They are expensive because making video games is quite expensive. Even so, some games don’t make profits, which is not a desirable scenario. About why games are expensive to make, you need to think about 2 things: development and marketing. read more

"Digital is more reactive than what we put in stores, but at the same time, it doesn't react as fast on consoles than it does on PC," Guillemot said. "What we can say is that when games are older than one year, digital is a lot more dynamic on console because there are less units in stores. read more