Expect to see many of the same proven IP's used over and over again. Developers will definitely not take big chances on new IP's next gen.

I suggest maybe making a smaller new IP with some fundemental designs and put it out digitally. See how well it does then, if the title is succesful then put more money into for a full budget retail game.

just a thought

something tells me that games will be more expensive

Goodbye next gen then...

The industry literally really doesn't understand that its pricing itself out of its own market does it?

I guess it's good to see digital gaming rising this gen then, it might be the only way to find anything original/new next gen.

Epic better start making a new engine then cause their new one is nowhere near something that should cost double.

Instead of making these games look better and pushing graphics and power so much, the companies really need to shift focus on making games easier to... Make...

Animation, skinning, coding, and tweaking needs to be more fine turned and easier to get into, and master. That would make the games cost allot less, cause then if you can cut time frame down on making games, you are no longer paying 100 people for two years before ever seeing a profit from the game you are making.

Expect to see allot more cut and paste games if this is true.

There are no reasons for the costs to increase unless the programming languages have a dramatic change. More power in a machine does not mean increasing costs.

The only true cost to developing for a new console is the ability to create more than you could in the past.

Several developers already said next gen will be cheaper because of the technology and tools they will have to create games will be much easier. So I wouldn't exactly base your opinion on this article.

I'll just say-As long as money is in your pocket you're the king you are the most powerful.The moment you give that money away dont cry about it.There is difference between spending the money and wasting it.pick and choose.personally I wouldnt buy games more than $60.I can afford it even 100.but i wont.The sheeep will always be sheep.

Be it now or say 3 years from now, thier would still be a cost or increase in delvelopment . they all will face like it or not.

I think costs will rise, but not as much as this comment from Epic implies. Better graphics and more interactive environments will require more work, but A LOT of that workload will be lessened by newer technologies and techniques.

Things aren't so bad. No reason for all the doom and gloom.

This is Great, the more expensive the better

I think they will sell the games for $70 or more.

If this is true, I hope price for games don't go up in price but fear for not making their money maybe they won't DLC rape us. Leading to them including more in/on the game.

Microtransactions here we come

Game prices ill go up and yes micro transactions. Better get darn near free games if they use heavy micro transactions. Works wonders for PC MMO games.

My main question here, is when they first announced Unreal Engine 4. Didn't they say it would dramatically reduce development time AND cost? With how easy it will make developing games, you will be able to cut out certain people while making the game and so on. This just doesn't add up. It make's sense and all. But why would they say both reduced cost of development, AND increased. SMH.

Absolute horse sh*t, seems to me Epic games are laying the foundations for inflated pricing and claiming extra costs. I expect this from an energy company, not a software company. Unlike an energy company, it's much easier to do without software.

This kind of a good thing. UE3 is now synonymous with cheap bargin bin FPS games. Maybe then devs will make an effort in producing a game that won't be £9.99 the month after release.