03-22-2024, 09:12 AM
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$70 + tax is RIDICULOUS for games.
Essentially $80. I mean... Wtf? There is no reason for games to be over $20-$40. Except for greed, of course.
03-22-2024, 09:27 AM
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Unless you just want to play a game asap I don't see any reason to even buy full price games anymore
Single player stuff will just drop in price over time, and the gameplay experience doesn't change, if anything it's just better after patches and updates. There isn't really any fomo (for me personally) with single player games.
MP games are a little different since you kinda wanna be in the mix while the game is at its peak, but in general most mp games don't cost 70 bucks, and if they do it usually has a single player aspect also.
I think it's a little scuffed that most full price games used to be complete experiences with single and multiplayer. Now you generally get one or the other, very few games are including both.i remember having a blast in random ass afterthought multiplayer modes from games like uncharted, bionic commando, etc. Like those games had no focus on mp, but still included it and it was fun.
Single player stuff will just drop in price over time, and the gameplay experience doesn't change, if anything it's just better after patches and updates. There isn't really any fomo (for me personally) with single player games.
MP games are a little different since you kinda wanna be in the mix while the game is at its peak, but in general most mp games don't cost 70 bucks, and if they do it usually has a single player aspect also.
I think it's a little scuffed that most full price games used to be complete experiences with single and multiplayer. Now you generally get one or the other, very few games are including both.i remember having a blast in random ass afterthought multiplayer modes from games like uncharted, bionic commando, etc. Like those games had no focus on mp, but still included it and it was fun.
03-22-2024, 09:40 AM
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*******s forget theyre competing against every game out there already
ill just play the old chit and leave 70$ AAAA experiences for the streamers
hell witcher 3 is going to be a decade old in a year and i still havent touched the dlcs
ill just play the old chit and leave 70$ AAAA experiences for the streamers
hell witcher 3 is going to be a decade old in a year and i still havent touched the dlcs
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03-22-2024, 09:48 AM
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03-22-2024, 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted By Deathstroke⏩
if you wanna talk about inflation, games should have been ~85 in before biden took officeBidenflation is real
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03-22-2024, 10:35 AM
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So many reasons to not buy a game day 1. Bait and Switches, Sweet Baby inc crap, just plain buggy as ****. Better to wait on reviews and sales. I have a backlog of games to play anyway.
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03-22-2024, 10:47 AM
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People are still pre-ordering and buying them though and the Micros and dlcs
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03-22-2024, 10:52 AM
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While it does suck, video games are one of the lowest cost things when adjusting for inflation. A $45 game in the 90's would be an $87 game now.
The good thing is if your don't buy brand new, games almost always go on sale, and AA/indie games are always cheaper.
The good thing is if your don't buy brand new, games almost always go on sale, and AA/indie games are always cheaper.
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03-22-2024, 11:11 AM
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Eh. I'm not mad at it at all. As a kid I was buying games for $60. Most (or all) were shorter and had less content than the giant games we have now. Today I pay just $10 more after so many years I'd say it's kept it's price more than almost everything else in that time.
Also, there are so many games now that you can just play something older while waiting for a sale on the new game. On PSN for me there are sales like every month on different titles
Also, there are so many games now that you can just play something older while waiting for a sale on the new game. On PSN for me there are sales like every month on different titles
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03-22-2024, 11:18 AM
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Bootlickers will tell you games are relatively cheap and prices haven't been raised in a decade so we should be happy to pay $70.
While they completely ignore the fact that video games are the biggest media industry on the planet and companies make record profit year after year. They resell you the same game every year and all you're doing is purchasing a license to play, not the game itself.
While they completely ignore the fact that video games are the biggest media industry on the planet and companies make record profit year after year. They resell you the same game every year and all you're doing is purchasing a license to play, not the game itself.
03-22-2024, 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted By LtGoose⏩
I'd argue you gotta look at everything else in entertainment to make a comparison. How much do you pay to go see a 1.5 hr imax movie? Or buying a 4k Blu-ray? What about a concert?Bootlickers will tell you games are relatively cheap and prices haven't been raised in a decade so we should be happy to pay $70.
While they completely ignore the fact that video games are the biggest media industry on the planet and companies make record profit year after year. They resell you the same game every year and all you're doing is purchasing a license to play, not the game itself.
While they completely ignore the fact that video games are the biggest media industry on the planet and companies make record profit year after year. They resell you the same game every year and all you're doing is purchasing a license to play, not the game itself.
I much rather play a great game personally and I spend 70 to get hours upon hours of content. As well as being able to replay them. Not to mention the sales that happen within months of release. Older games go down so much in price. There's so many things you can complain about when it comes to modern day living, imo the cost of games isn't one of them.
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03-22-2024, 11:37 AM
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Stop crying
Image isn't loading but games were $100+ back in the 80s and 90s for chit tier quality games by todays' standards... inflation adjusted.
The truth is games have been getting much MUCH cheaper despite exponential increases in development costs.
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03-22-2024, 11:37 AM
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$70 is alot, but consider how much we were paying for N64 games in the past lol. Some of the games were like $100+
It's not that bad IF you get your hours and enjoyment from it. The game being bad, that's a different story in and of itself.
It's not that bad IF you get your hours and enjoyment from it. The game being bad, that's a different story in and of itself.
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03-22-2024, 11:57 AM
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Just wait for a sale lol, games at release suck these days and need patches.
03-22-2024, 12:03 PM
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doesn't seem outrageous to me tbh
of course I wouldn't mind if they were dirt cheap obviously but taking the pricepoint of all things into consideration videogames come out on the most fair side imo
look at $/h to put it into perspective (srs)
of course I wouldn't mind if they were dirt cheap obviously but taking the pricepoint of all things into consideration videogames come out on the most fair side imo
look at $/h to put it into perspective (srs)
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03-22-2024, 12:17 PM
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if you play retro the cost is of a click to download
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03-22-2024, 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted By sooby⏩
Back then we just bought a few games per year and rented the rest though. $75 per game will add up fast. I game on PC so i get games cheap (also don't have to pay for multiplayer), i have no idea how people are pre ordering and spending $75 on all these new games coming out.$70 is alot, but consider how much we were paying for N64 games in the past lol. Some of the games were like $100+
It's not that bad IF you get your hours and enjoyment from it. The game being bad, that's a different story in and of itself.
It's not that bad IF you get your hours and enjoyment from it. The game being bad, that's a different story in and of itself.
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03-22-2024, 02:11 PM
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Bootlickers will defend it and tell you to "stop crying" because how dare you be discontent with something, but there is a good reason why I hardly every buy anything at full price. Luckily sales events has been a big part of what I like about digital gaming.
03-22-2024, 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted By JayJ350⏩
Problem with the sales is they don't get cheap until many months after the game was released. It's not the same as renting one the first week back in the day. Many, many games nowadays (like WWE 2k games) i only want to play for about 10 hours then return. I cannot justify paying $48-75 on them which is what they normally run.Bootlickers will defend it and tell you to "stop crying" because how dare you be discontent with something, but there is a good reason why I hardly every buy anything at full price. Luckily sales events has been a big part of what I like about digital gaming.
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03-22-2024, 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted By eod8989⏩
Yeah it's made me avoid getting into a lot of the latest games, but I'm fine with that, especially given how most games these days take months to get good anyways. That and it gives time for them to release some "ultimate" DLC included edition for cheap.Problem with the sales is they don't get cheap until many months after the game was released. It's not the same as renting one the first week back in the day. Many, many games nowadays (like WWE 2k games) i only want to play for about 10 hours then return. I cannot justify paying $48-75 on them which is what they normally run.
03-22-2024, 02:52 PM
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03-22-2024, 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted By dankydank⏩
*100+ hour gameGames that are 100+ hours at $80 is to expensive but your $40 foot dash order for a single person or $100+ on a night out for a few hours is fine JFL @ you
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03-22-2024, 02:56 PM
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Do you realize that they cost that much back in the 90s?
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03-22-2024, 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted By 2020Wellness⏩
Most games i bought in the 90s to mid 2000s were around $40-50. But i got them for half that used. Also rented them for about $4.Do you realize that they cost that much back in the 90s?
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03-22-2024, 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted By 2020Wellness⏩
Thing is games didn't have microtransactions or DLC back then, nor did they need months of patching to work correctly.Do you realize that they cost that much back in the 90s?
03-22-2024, 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted By JayJ350⏩
Sounds like an Asscreed game tbh*100+ hour game
*can't hold my interest for more than 1 hour
*can't hold my interest for more than 1 hour
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03-22-2024, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted By eod8989⏩
It's honestly most critically acclaimed hyped up games these days. I don't know how some of these gamers on forums and gaming sites can get so excited about all this chit.Sounds like an Asscreed game tbh
03-22-2024, 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted By JayJ350⏩
Yeah i want a variety of games. Not indie metroidvania and muddy rpg/jrpgs. Why do all these games look so muddy too? 90% of what i see getting reviews just looks like chit.It's honestly most critically acclaimed hyped up games these days. I don't know how some of these gamers on forums and gaming sites can get so excited about all this chit.
We have discussed this how old games were colorful with exciting presentation at least.
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03-22-2024, 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted By eod8989⏩
Well there's a good reason why more people than ever are into retro gaming now a days.Yeah i want a variety of games. Not indie metroidvania and muddy rpg/jrpgs. Why do all these games look so muddy too? 90% of what i see getting reviews just looks like chit.
We have discussed this how old games were colorful with exciting presentation at least.
We have discussed this how old games were colorful with exciting presentation at least.
I think you'd find a lot of new game sales are driven by zoomers with low standards and the typical consumercel types who just rush out to buy every critically acclaimed new release.
03-22-2024, 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted By JayJ350⏩
What? Almost everyone is playing the same few types of survival, battle royal or rpg kind of games. Legit nothing else really gets popular anymore unless it's a Sony game like Helldivers.Well there's a good reason why more people than ever are into retro gaming now a days.
I think you'd find a lot of new game sales are driven by zoomers with low standards and the typical consumercel types who just rush out to buy every critically acclaimed new release.
I think you'd find a lot of new game sales are driven by zoomers with low standards and the typical consumercel types who just rush out to buy every critically acclaimed new release.
Retro is nowhere near as popular as these types of games
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