We the consumers allowed this. I used to pay $70 for a new game, complete and tested, finished. Now you’re paying $80 for an unfinished lower tier, and the actual finished game is sold for $150 under a “deluxe edition” bullshit name. And even the deluxe will be filled with bugs and be basically unplayable for a year
Yeah full agreement on that. I think the price is comparatively reasonable though I definitely feel it a lot harder these days (partly inflation, partly being an adult with bills, partly due to indie games half the price blowing them out of the water on a regular basis). But there’s no excuse for it not being finished at release. I get that announcing a delay sucks, do it anyways. I’d rather a good game a year late than a game I was looking forward to being unplayable and asking why I spent what is in my area, the price of a decent dinner with drinks with my wife on a game that’s buggy as hell. Like seriously there were bugs in Skyrim 3 releases in.
We the consumers allowed this. I used to pay $70 for a new game, complete and tested, finished. Now you’re paying $80 for an unfinished lower tier, and the actual finished game is sold for $150 under a “deluxe edition” bullshit name. And even the deluxe will be filled with bugs and be basically unplayable for a year
$70. A game on the N64 cost only $40. The PS4 and XBox One X even had $60 games they advertised 4K gaming.
The N64 was almost 30 years ago, doubling in price since then is reasonable
A quick search says $40 in 1999 is about $70 today.
Fair enough. Strange how I feel I have less money to spend on games? 🤔
I still expect games to be finished at their release. Especially now we are in the age of already made game engines.
Yeah full agreement on that. I think the price is comparatively reasonable though I definitely feel it a lot harder these days (partly inflation, partly being an adult with bills, partly due to indie games half the price blowing them out of the water on a regular basis). But there’s no excuse for it not being finished at release. I get that announcing a delay sucks, do it anyways. I’d rather a good game a year late than a game I was looking forward to being unplayable and asking why I spent what is in my area, the price of a decent dinner with drinks with my wife on a game that’s buggy as hell. Like seriously there were bugs in Skyrim 3 releases in.
There it is. Why even buy AAA games at $70+ when Steam has so many games on sale and Indie game quality has gotten so much better lately?