You can buy new AAA games. Be /patientgamers. Just wait a few weeks or months after release and they almost always go on sale when companies want to boost server numbers to make quarterly reports look good. I haven’t paid release price for any AAA game in years. And it should go without saying: Do not preorder!
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chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Gaming is cheaper than ever. Just don’t buy new games. I haven’t bought a new AAA game in decades. There are thousands and thousands of games you can play for free or nearly free.
It’s like music. You can listen to lifetimes worth of music for free or nearly free. The only expensive thing is going to some fancy concert and giving a ton of money to Ticketmaster.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Brother, this isnt 2004.
AAA games rarely go on sale anymore, Dragon Quest Builders 2 is like 7 years old, and still 50 bucks, and last sale it went down to 25. 25 for a 7 year old game is just brutal absurdity.
and I just use that as an example, its the same almost across the entire board.
The only saving grace in gaming right now is indie games. Which are typically affordable.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Literally BF6 is on sale right now for 40% off. It was 50% off on some locations on Black Friday. It was 30% off 4 months ago. It was released early October. That’s 4 sales in 7 months for a AAA game.
I’ve bought Stray, Cyberpunk 2077, GTA, Elite: Dangeorus, Borderlands series, and many others all on sale and even a couple games for free.
I can’t help it if your particular games don’t get discounted, but telling me AAA games rarely do is completely wrong.
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Yeah, and you are conveniently skipping over the most relevant part.
Lowest price history for cyberpunk 2077 is 20 bucks. 20 bucks for a 5 year old game is ridiculously overpriced.
Grand Theft Auto never goes under 15 dollars, which is over priced for how old the game is.
I personally wouldnt consider borderlands AAA games, but congratulations, you found the one game that had an actual legitimate sale and age related price drop with Elite: Dangerous, with the base games lowest sale price recorded as 2 bucks. WIth it currently on sale for 5. for a 11 year old game. Which is what the prices should be for an old game, and what all the other games should be doing once they are out of their content window.
Also, you don’t have to be so goddamn dismissive and hostile. I gave an example of my argument. Did you expect me to spend 3 weeks researching so i could produce a scientific paper detailing every game that is over priced?
lemmyng@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Yoshi’s Crafted World was the first, last and only preorder I’ve ever done.
pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
I’m so sorry.
pirate2377@lemmy.zip 6 hours ago
Just don’t let the Nintendo ninjas know that they are free
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
a humble bundle subscription pays for itself a dozen times over, too.
CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
I disagree about concerns being equivalent to AAA games but you have a good point otherwise
Bratosch@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Well, you still need something to play it on. And since GPUs and RAM costs about a child and a half these days, I’d say it’s quite expensive.
Internetexplorer@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Not if you use geforce now, that’s easy cheaper than buying a new pc
chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Sure, though you don’t need a state of the art PC to play 90% of the games ever made. These days I play a lot of my games on an old 3DS (hacked to the gills)!
I also have a huge steam library of games, many of which I bought for next to nothing in huge bundles during past sales. Many of them I still haven’t played!