One way to get out of the video-game industry funk is to recognize that players aren’t spending $70 on most games
Let’s go, another chapter of letting a small amount of AAA games dictate our perception of video game prices.
Video Games Need to Be Cheaper to Buy
Submitted 2 weeks ago by lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
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TheV2@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
snowdriftissue@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Lfrith@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Yeah it is. That site and isthereanydeals is what people should visit before buying any game. Retail price is meaningless. Sales price is what people should be paying and the sites do an excellent job of showing price of games across different stores and sales trends.
You don’t have to pay retail price if you do a little research before clicking buy.
sturmblast@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Bring back rentals
Whitebrow@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Don’t microslop and friends peddle some game pass and similar subscriptions? Game rental with extra steps.
Zahille7@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Remember Gamefly?
Gamepass wasn’t a bad idea, and it was actually pretty cool when it first came out. It was basically Microsoft’s Gamefly.
CarlLandry357@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That may be true but what about the devs who spent a lot of money in uni? Just to make all the work cheap? I agree with that, but not much.
Nilz@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Any excess profit due to higher game prices will go to shareholders anyway.
segabased@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
That’s why you make good products that people cannot resist buying. Too much boring slop out there right now
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
i did want a switch when SWSH came but decided not to get it, due to cheapflation of the pokemon franchise on the console by game freak, best decision. it wouldve cost 400+$(new swith included) plus all the extra stuff for nintendo required to play it online.
orochi02@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Idc if the Price is justified but the question is how many of them are just that good that the Price is justified?
tidderuuf@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I think the last game I paid full price for was the MGS Collection for PC. Otherwise it’s waiting for sales, usually 75-80% off original price then I buy.
Lemming6969@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This sentiment for a hobby is actually insane. Press X to doubt you can get that quantity or quality of entertainment anywhere else for what… Cents per hour in most cases?