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  1. Comment on 2K Games breaks gaming's de facto $60 (USD) price ceiling, announces MSRP for next-gen NBA 2K21 as $70 in ~games

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    A framing I see a lot, including in that thread, is that game prices rise to accommodate increased production costs. Is there any evidence at all that this is the case? I think it's true that...

    A framing I see a lot, including in that thread, is that game prices rise to accommodate increased production costs. Is there any evidence at all that this is the case?

    I think it's true that production costs are increasing, but Take-Two made a 43% gross profit last year. Software development costs were only 16% of net revenue. They aren't struggling and they aren't spending very much of the money they make on programmers.

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  2. Comment on The end of the Redis adventure in ~comp

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    Redis is the best database product I've ever used, and when it came out, there was nothing like it. It seems fairly stable now, so maybe the value of future development is fairly low! I'm...

    Redis is the best database product I've ever used, and when it came out, there was nothing like it. It seems fairly stable now, so maybe the value of future development is fairly low!

    I'm optimistic about seeing what antirez works on next! What a sharp, original guy.

    2 votes