Comment on Steam's new disclaimer reminds everyone that you don't actually own your games, GOG moves in for the killshot: Its offline installers 'cannot be taken away from you'

A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Capricorn_Geriatric@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I don’t think it’s Steam setting the prices.

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  • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They indirectly are inflating it with their 30% cut

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    • SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They are also deflating it by providing services that developers would otherwise have to spend time and money on to develop themselves.

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      • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Their 30% cuts allowed Gabe to start collecting yachts, they could charge a lot less while still offering the same services and only Gabe would see his finances take the hit, no one else in the world would be poorer if they charged 20% instead.

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    • emax_gomax@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So games sold on storefronts owned by the same publishers as the game should be 30% cheaper right? Right?

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      • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Should be cheaper, emphasis on should

        None of them are good people, wake up, all billionaires are taking advantage of us.

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• Telodzrum@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  G*mers really don’t want the industry to evaluate the $60 price point and apply inflationary adjustments going back to when it became the standard.

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  • InverseParallax@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The $60 was based on 55%+ going to distribution channels, +physical media costs, so it could be down from there.

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    • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      regular reminder that digital distribution was sold to us under the false promise that games would be cheaper, because they wouldnt have to pay for printing boxes, CDs, manuals, greebles, Wouldnt have to pay for shipping or storage, or any other burden addition of physical media.

      That we’d be able to buy games for 30 dollars, and that that the developers and everyone involved would make more money than they would have paying 50 for a physical game.

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      • InverseParallax@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah, this is the original sin, they just banked the cost the whole time until they could cry that they need to charge more because of inflation.

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  • Dontfearthereaper123@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Fr tho people seem to forget abt inflation a lot when talking abt the old days

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    • Corgana@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      This is a really interesting chart. A lot of N64 games were $70 and even $80 at launch which is upwards of $150 today. Just crazy.

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      • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        People keep saying SNES/N64/etc games were super expensive…and i just wanna ask where they were buying them?

        Cause everytime I went into the stores to get one they were 49.99.

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    • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      People seem to forget that just moderately decent games sell magnitudes more today than they did 20 years ago, too, thus continuing to bring in insane cash (as long as you arent sony or rockstar and being obscenely wasteful…) despite inflation, this making them a good entertainment investment for people whose minimum wage hasnt changed in like 15 years

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