• eveninghere@beehaw.org
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      6 months ago

      I paid like $70 for FF 7 remake pack (two titles) on Steam. Even then I felt like they could optimize the graphics algorithm a tiny bit (I don’t want them to swap the texture frequently to a poorer resolution one just because the GPUs from 7 years ago (on PlayStation?) had less VRAM.

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    6 months ago

    I’m done buying games from these corporate fux.

    Only indie games for me from now on.

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      6 months ago

      Last 2 triple A games I’ve bought (Dragon’s Dogma 2 and Civ 7) have both been awful. Meanwhile I spend 15 on a game like Roboquest and play it for 30 hours.

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        The last triple A I bought was on a big sale because it’s long past its release date. Mostly ignoring modern ones, the only one I have wanted was BG3 which I am fully happy playing the many years waiting game for because I have so many other games to play first. c/patientgamers

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          6 months ago

          Oh yeah I bought BG3 on release. Now that is a good game. All other AAA are held to that standard imo. Looking forward to the update with all the new specs.

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      6 months ago

      I’m happy that I bought Baldurs Gate 3, but otherwise I didn’t buy anything and I am happy about that too.

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    6 months ago

    Bringing you, maybe. I’m out ✌️ I’m not giving into the inevitable pre-planned reduction from 80/90 to 70/80, either.

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      6 months ago

      Same boat. I love my switch. Their direct said all the right things. New Mario kart looks great. I have faith meteoid and that new dk game will be fun. But the pricing makes it a no go. There’s just no way I’m going to pony up that much for one game.

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    6 months ago

    Can’t remember the last time i payed full price for a game.
    But i don’t buy into the Nintendo ecosystem anyway, so

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    6 months ago

    I haven’t paid full price for a game since I bought my Steam Deck.

    Sorry Nintendo - it’s going to be a hard pass for me. I think I can live without Mario Cart for $80

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    6 months ago

    Hardly kicking and screaming when you can just turn away.

    My game purchases this year have all been under £10. Last year the most expensive was Factorio: Space Age which I bought directly from their site. Most of my playtime this year has been in FOSS games and a few small indies like Soldak games.

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    6 months ago

    Remember: $80 from the big companies is only the starting price given the various editions and other monetization schemes they may push.

    Also the scale and technical demands of their games, and thus their cost, have in large part been pushed by them, despite their attempts to turn it around and say it’s all organic consumer demand.

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    Don’t like the price, don’t buy it. Don’t feed the hype. Play through your games. Mod it. Try a diferent path, a new class, a diferent character. Try indie games.

    Corporations feed on the needs they create on you. Starve them.