10 Gaming's Biggest Issues Everyone Is Ignoring

With dozens of highly anticipated games being released each month, playing every noteworthy title is an impossible task. Especially when they can take up to 100 hours to complete, getting through an endlessly growing backlog of games is a never-ending quest.

However, acquiring new games has become increasingly more difficult, thanks to a rise in price, with most new releases costing around £70.

The price hike can be attributed to a handful of factors. The most prominent being the increased costs of developing bigger and more complex games over longer periods of time.

While the soaring price of games is enough to dissuade players from picking up a new title on launch, the value for money for special editions is often as poor as the state these games launch in.

Look no further than the Dead Space remake where, for an extra fee on top of the already pricey base game, players will get a handful of unique (but useless) costumes for the premium price. If fans wanted the soundtrack, SteelBook, or posters, they'd have had to pay an astronomical $274.99 for the Collector's Edition.

That's without mentioning the amount of physical collector's editions that don't actually include the disc anymore - like the upcoming Spider-Man 2.

For the cost of games today, it increasingly feels like players get less overall.