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$70 games ‘will go the way of the dodo’, believes Saber CEO. The former interim Embracer COO believes developers will move to reduce risk and costs (www.videogameschronicle.com)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm happy to pay it if the game is worth $70, but with games releasing in such a buggy state, they're not worth anywhere close to that. I don't care about FUD and am hurting for games to play, so the value is a given game to me is much lower.

So I wait until they're solid, and they're usually much cheaper by then. I'd like to pay Cities: Skylines 2, but the performance and content aren't there. That's a game I'd totally pay launch price for, but the quality isn't there.

I have limited gaming time, so I'm not going to spend it playing new releases with tons of bugs. I paid for new releases as a kid because games actually launched in a finished state. Games these days don't, so I don't buy them.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I can’t think of a single recent game that I would consider to be worth $70.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Maybe BG3, but that's about it honestly.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

That was the recent game that came to mind, spent 60 hours on my current playthrough and only starting act 2 (of 3 for those that aren't familiar). It's such a well done game, I'll gladly buy Larian games full price until their quality drops.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

The funny one to me is Microsoft. Starfield and Redfall? $70. Hi-Fi Rush, Pentiment, and Hellblade II? Cheaper than that. They're telling people that they think quantity is worth more than quality.