In 2020, during the introduction of the 'next-gen' PS5 and Xbox Series X and S consoles at the time, we saw a controversial price hike on games. The usual $60/50 (mostly for triple-A titles) suddenly went to $70, supposedly due to "games costing more to develop" and I, along with some other gamers, were quick to slam this.
To this day, I still absolutely detest this game price standard and haven't purchased a single full-price $70 PS5 title without using discounted gift cards - but little did I know, things would get worse.
