This pricing brings me back. I remember when SNES games were $70, which was a lot for our family ($130 adjusted for inflation).

I remember getting Donkey Kong on Christmas Eve and going crazy with excitement!

The article doesn't mention it, but Japan has concepts of how much things cost that don't really change, and their "price of video games" has been pretty consistently around 78,000円 for the past few decades.

It looks like Square Enix has decided to standardize that across markets. I don't know much about the modern FF franchise (or SE), but are there any microtransactions, loot boxes, or pay to win aspects?

I mean, inflation is a thing, I haven’t graphed how this is tracking the inflation curve, but the $60 figure has been the norm for what, 15-20 years now?

I hope they correct the Steam regional pricing for Forspoken... $70 is ZAR1,118.53 (R15.98:$1) yet the Steam SA pricing is R1,429 (±R20:$1, or effectively a $90 game). Definitely not going to buy something so ludicrously priced.

Gary Grigsby's War in the East has been about that price for years