Comment on Why are $70 AAA games slashing prices so drastically?

Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Mannimarco@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Just fyi, Ludeon Studios changed their stance on sales some time ago, in fact it’s on sale right now! Never more than a 20% discount though. Factorio however has still never been on sale. But your point still stands

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  • Dultas@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Both are pennies on the hour investments though. Factorio Space Age has drawn me back in like the OG did years ago.

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    • papalonian@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      No. Don’t. Don’t tell me this, don’t do it to me, I’m trying to complete Satisfactory playthrough

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      • TheSaus@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        But he right tho… the basics have been cleaned up a bit so the early game isn’t as slow, and every planet actually made me feel like new again

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      • scarilog@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yeah I’m trying to convince myself to give space age a try, but damn I know it won’t be good for me.

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  • Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Bruh… :(

    I just bought Biotech and Anamoly for regular price like 2 weeks ago.

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    • Passerby6497@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Never buy games prior to a holiday, there’s always a sale coming up that might save you some money.

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    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I hate you not being able to tell me the future too. I need those damn lotto numbers!!!

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• TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I think part of this has to be related to the idea that you cant do good, creative, interesting things on e the number of cooks in the kitchen gets above a certain size, which might actually be quite small. I mean look at terraria and stardew valley. Microscopic dev teams with impact the size of asteroids in terms of total effect and the long term impact on gaming.

  I think “good” in media is an extension of having a singular vision for what you are trying to do. Focus too much on crowd pleasing and you lose the plot.

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  • Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I completely agree with that. Even the games that made the big companies big back in the day started off being like 3-5 people, tops. Now they have hundreds of people, tons of ideas, along with limited time and tons of bureaucracy. Even if there’s just one person making the decisions, it can’t be easy frequently hearing good suggestions from other people working on the thing under you and not wanting to try and incorporate them.

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• grue@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Factorio has only ever gone up in price, and the new expansion costs more than the base game did.

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• Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  or any nintendo game, I swear they’re never on sale.

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  • icecreamtaco@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They’re on sale right now

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    • Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      oh jeez! finally!

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  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Literally on sale right now.

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• yesman@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  “The Callisto protocol” went from release @$60 to free on Epic, in less than two years. That’s the fastest I’ve ever seen a game depreciate.

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