One way to get out of the video-game industry funk is to recognize that players aren’t spending $70 on most games

  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz
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    1 day ago

    I haven’t paid over £35 on a game in years. Quite a few games are free now too, though some have kinda scummy cash shops.

    • a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      I buy a ton of games a year after they release or so. I got the benefit of the expanded edition or whatever and it’s just as much fun for me as it was for everybody else a year or two ago.

      Now I play a lot of single player stuff, so your mileage may vary.

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        46 minutes ago

        I play a mix of single and multi player. But even multiplayer games I only really play ones that have people playing them for years. Gallipoli is probably the largest game I will get on day 1 this year, played their previous 3 WW1 shooters and liked all of them.

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      1 day ago

      I haven’t paid over $20 in 5 years. I honestly can’t justify spending more than that on a video game. I don’t care how good: price will drop eventually, and I will wait.

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          18 hours ago

          That and the FFVII Remake are the only two for me. I generally wait for like 90% off at least. Clair Obscure was such a good game

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      22 hours ago

      Same here, only exception: Baldurs Gate 3, because i loved the mindset of the devs and i knew from their prior games that they deliver quality. That was more about supporting Larian with extra cash.