Comment on Former Valve writer says PlayStation killing physical discs is no conspiracy: "You, the consumer, have made your choice, and the choice is for digital"

• charokol@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Nintendo 64 games cost like $60-$80 back in the late 90s.

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  • atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    They were also complicated circuit boards with full color manuals and box graphics, none of which is in digital nor the overhead of the creation thereof.

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    • SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      And they could not be patched later, so the testing was absolutely bonkers.

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  • hawgietonight@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The perceived value back then was not having to pluck down 25c every time you played at the arcade. So even if the price was high it seemed cheap in the long run.

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  • acosmichippo@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    they also didn’t sell nearly as many copies.

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  • Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yeah fair it is arbitrary, but the line in the sand must be drawn somewhere. So coming from PC platform and 59,99 being the agreed upon number for probably decade or more is a good enough arbitrary point to use as a line in the sand.

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    • artyom@piefed.social ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      There shouldn’t be an arbitrary “line in the sand” for games. Just like there shouldn’t be for any other product. Because products are not all the same. Some games might take an hour to beat and others have endless replayability and it shouldn’t be expected that these all cost the same.

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      • Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        No, there most definitely should, there should be a line or set point for everything. A point from which onward one no longer accepts any further abuse.

        Yes sure we can have discussion on where that line stands with gaming, but there most definitely should be one and that should be upheld or else we do get current climate of AAA games riddled with mtx, psychological manipulation, getting more expensive yearly, no longer any long term guarantees either, while gameplay, story and performance quality dropping as well.

        Without a set point or line, corporations wil keep on pushing the boundaries every single year as we keep allowing it.

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    • hzl@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You’re aware of the concept of inflation, no?

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      • Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Are you aware of how much gaming has increased in popularity? Already this should cover the difference inflation makes over the years. When we add in profit form micro transactions and the only reason left to increase prices is greed.

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  • artwork@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Indeed… and I never understood the comments against prices set for monetary support calculated for the time and work and effort done for a mirracle to share and support in hope…

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• Salamanderwizard@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  If the game is honestly updated with effort and hard work I will pay $80.

  I clean air bnbs, houses, condos, and all that for a living. I don’t do shit for less than $100.

  I get folks gotta eat. But if you want my money for your product, it better be that good dick shit. It better be high quality and ducking finished. Not this “oh here’s we got updates coming, the game is has a roadmap.”

  Like motherfucker the game can’t drive it doesn’t need a road map, it’s need to be finished.

  Wanna release the unfinished version? $20. But give me user support, working graphics, good multi if it’s that game, all the bells and whistles and I’ll pay $80 if you show me you goddamn actually care for the thing you are making.

  Show me the love for your product/art/work and I will gladly give you money to support you for doing something you care about. And I mean even the ceos. Have some goddamn integrity and humility for fucking once.

  Sorry to rant.

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  • Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    No need to apologize for ranting, rant on.

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• ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It was $50 before that and as high as $90 before that. $60 is kind of arbitrary, honestly.

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  • Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yeah, but it suffices as a line in the sand. We could probably use horse armor as well, but that’s even more arbitrary.

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• TheRealKuni@piefed.social ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  $60 in 2007 is a bit under $100 now in terms of purchasing power. Games have essentially gone down in price.

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  • Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yes, but that’s just finding justifications for publisher who use every possible opportunity to screw us over at every opportunity while delivering shittier products every year.

    No need to run free PR for them, corpos have whole departments for that. Fuck em, use the same mentality corpos use towards us, show them no mercy or forgiveness. Treat corpos with the contempt they deserve.

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    • architect@thelemmy.club ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Why would you ever buy anything from a corporation like that?! They sent selling you food. This is pathetic. Gamers are pathetic.

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      • Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        We shouldn’t, that’s the point. Most, probably all AAA companies should crash and burn.

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