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Skyrim, Fallout 4, RDR2, Witcher 3, The Sims, Dark Souls, Civilization, Borderlands 1/2, Stardew Valley, Persona…

Just because you can’t see it doesn’t mean there aren’t people that come back again and again between games to dust off an old favorite. While I personally never touched Fallout 4 again after beating it, I’ll break out my XBox 360 and give New Vegas a whirl to see what character concept I’ll try this time.

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TwilightVulpine@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
You are confusing my argument. You listed me 10+ games. If you paid $2/mo for 3 years and got to own a game for it, that would be enough for a couple of them at most. I'm not saying old games are not worth playing. I'm saying that if you had to pick between buying all the games you like or paying for a subscription, most likely the subscription would be more affordable.

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- Remmock@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  To be fair nobody plays just one single game for 3 years.
  
  Where’s the confusion?
  
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  - anguo@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    In your example, you are not playing only one game for 3 years without playing any other games.
    
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    Remmock@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Yes. I am explaining that the opposite value of that statement doesn’t go far enough.
    
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  - TwilightVulpine@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    The confusion is that the implied conclusion is
    
    To be fair nobody plays just one single game for 3 years (they play multiple)
    
    rather than
    
    To be fair nobody plays one game for 3 years (they are too old)
    
    The former complements the following argument regarding how costly buying vs subscribing would be. The latter doesn't work with the following paragraph that lists the unreliability of subscription libraries as a downside.
    
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    Remmock@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I never mentioned age. I mentioned games that are played for thousands of hours. Meaning that the value of those games far exceeds the value of the subscription. Furthermore, then the subscription ends (including when pulling games that are too old) and you are left without the game you have been sinking an incredible amount of time into just because some suits determined that not enough people play X game to warrant providing server space.
    
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    Remmock@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I think you’re almost there.
    
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