You all realize, that the cost of a game, has not increased for twenty years, just the cost of making them, as has the income of people globally (Not in america, but, that's your own fault, stop voting like idiots) So a game now, actually is proportionally chaper than it was in 1998, though they cost the same to buy. The main difference now, is that instead of buying one to three "expansions" for 1/2 the games cost, you buy DLC at 1/6 or 1/3 the games cost three or four times. While, there are certainly predatory practices out there, that take advantage of the fact that a large part of the adults in the world now a days do not understand and know how to not spend money. The idea that we get less now for our money than we did twenty years ago. Is...frankly, Idiotic, much like the arguments you're making. Companies stop predatory practices, *when they stop working*. But, as you can tell, by looking at Apple, and Google and Facebook and Youtube...that's about as likely, as you getting what the actual issue is. (Not the companies, but the people who give those companies their money, and then complain about it.),(reply>), Well that's all based on the opinion of the customer, people enjoy different things and I personally do not care if a AAA games are good or not because there are lots of options now.  Like you said gaming is much bigger than it was in the past.,(reply>), The main difference now is this hobby is not a nerdy hobby anymore. The market/potential customer number is way bigger than the nerdy market during the 90'.<br>And the content is not that great for what we can do nowadays.,(reply>), So damn true companies do things that get them moneys and where do they get that money.... YOU, so all this stuff that people complain about is happening because the consumers are allowing it.