"Games are just too expensive to make without microtr..."
(he's a billionaire btw. He doesn't need that money, and last year the shareholders stopped him trying to make more because even THEY thought he was taking it too far)
(He makes over 300 times what the average employee does. The employees are laid off by the hundreds so he doesn't lose a dime. And staff can't afford to eat at the staff cafeteria.)
But yes, raising game prices will fix all that, just like having microtransactions in full priced games made the industry SO much better over the last decade. Chortle chortle.
For those asking, "compensation" refers to the total benefits he gets including pay, things like private planes and clubs, guarantees and perks, and fucking "incentives" as if making tens of millions of dollars *wasn't* incentive enough.
Oh! I forgot my obligatory reminder of the tax haven, the zero tax paid with a paradoxical rebate, the legal version of insider trading, the record earnings. Helps pay those *massive* executive salaries & bonuses.

But no, "$60 not enough. Must raise prices during a pandemic."
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