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 4 weeks 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 4 weeks ago
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 4 weeks 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 4 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks ago
Yoshi’s Crafted World was the first, last and only preorder I’ve ever done.
pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
I’m so sorry.
pirate2377@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Just don’t let the Nintendo ninjas know that they are free
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
a humble bundle subscription pays for itself a dozen times over, too.
CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I disagree about concerns being equivalent to AAA games but you have a good point otherwise
Bratosch@lemmy.world 4 weeks 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.
chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 4 weeks 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!
Bratosch@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
You do have a point there, yes. My backlog of games I want to play is … Long …
chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
The AAA game industry wants to leverage FOMO to keep you engaged, keep you buying the newest game, forgetting about your backlog.
If they had their way, older games would no longer be playable, just to force people to keep buying new games.
Internetexplorer@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Not if you use geforce now, that’s easy cheaper than buying a new pc
d00ery@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Short term it’s cheaper, but to an enthusiast the lag, and the lack of ownership really rankles.
Internetexplorer@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I’ve never had an issue with the lag.
The games are owned outside of gfn.
I’ve never lost access to any game yet.
Agrivar@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Gross!
AI nonsense makes owning your own computer too expensive and your solution is to reward the same assholes by paying a subscription to use their hardware with bonus lag? Have you no shame?
Internetexplorer@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It’s better than what I could afford.
It’s pretty astounding actually. I have zero lag and the graphic fidelity is exceptional.
I couldn’t afford a PC system even before the price rises. So this is the bestway to experience high quality gaming for the majority of people.