Comment on Video Games Need to Be Cheaper to Buy

Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• mohab@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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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  • mysticpickle@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Whole community with that mindset btw!

    !patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

    The only game I couldn’t wait for in the last 15 years was Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. That shit broke down my walls in more ways than one 🥲

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    • billbasher@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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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• Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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.

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• Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I limit myself to one or two “new full price” purchases a year, and it’s usually games from known devs i want to support that I’m excited about.

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  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I would struggle to find 2 I actually want, but £250 is about what I spent on steam last year, mix of about 15 games and a few expansions. So I guess a bit more money in total but way more games by getting cheaper ones. Looking back there are a few that were probably not really worth buying but perhaps if they get updated in future I might get some more time out of them.

    Best advice for myself to follow to avoid disappointments in future I think would be to avoid games near release if I have not enjoyed a similar game from that dev in the past. Sequels to games I enjoyed are consistently good buys, but if its new that has the highest disappointment rate.

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• a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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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  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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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