10 Worst Things Gaming Did In 2024
7. Overcharging and Underdelivering
Obviously, video games are usually created to make money, so it’s upsetting but not surprising that 2024 saw numerous companies charging maximum coin for minimal incentives.
The PS5 Pro is the biggest example of this since it costs $700 but doesn’t do nearly enough to warrant the roughly 40% price increase over standard PS5 models.
Yes, its larger SSD unit, faster GPU, and enhanced ray tracing capabilities make it the best PS5 internally, but according to most users, those upgrades are nominal at best and totally negligible at worst. Oh, and It doesn’t come with a vertical stand or disc drive, either!
WB Games’ monetization of Mortal Kombat 1 was nearly as bad. Chiefly, there’s the initially $50 Khaos Reigns DLC (which came with three new fighters at launch, three more in the future, and a brief bonus campaign). It was an all-or-nothing deal as well because the fighters and campaign weren’t purchasable separately.
Throughout the year, Tekken 8 has been guilty of similar practices, and even the folks behind Helldivers 2 risked ruining their reputation by asking people to pay obscene amounts for various Killzone items. (They quickly decided to release the items for free to save face, though.)