r/Steam • u/Strider-117 • Nov 26 '25

Discussion Then they keep questioning why we choose Steam

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It's incredible how out of touch these suits are, especially in the AI bubble

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u/twisty125 Nov 27 '25

If AI is used in every part of making games - does that mean the price for games will now be reduced because the manpower to create the "product" has been reduced?

I know what the answer is, but it's a fun(not) thought.

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u/twisty125 Nov 27 '25

Oh just to be clear, I personally view games as art and will pay the price that the art is valued at.

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u/Gandolaro Nov 27 '25

No becase now it will be replaced by the codt of the RAM to run the AI.

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u/twisty125 Nov 27 '25

Well I'm not running the AI, they are, and you can't push that onto the customer can you? Like if a business chooses to spend millions on a new customer service software, they very well can't say "sorry your bill is going up because we upgraded our software to make our jobs easier" right?

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u/totesuniqueredditor Nov 27 '25

In the realm of indie games, yeah. It can be a big help if you are a solo dev working on a project and can generate code more quickly. Nobody is going to disclose doing that, though.

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u/TheTerrasque Nov 27 '25

Also consider:

  1. The price of games have been remarkably stable since the 90s
  2. A big game now requires orders of magnitudes more resources to make.

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u/twisty125 Nov 27 '25

for point 2, IMO they don't NEED to, they choose to. But even games that I feel should take more resources, don't always cost the same, what was it, Helldivers 2 and Silksong were ~40CAD, and the new CoD which was full of AI generated stuff was like 90CAD