One way to get out of the video-game industry funk is to recognize that players aren’t spending $70 on most games

  • zebidiah@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    I haven’t spent more than $30ish bucks on a game since … 2013?? I think the last game I paid full price for was gta5 on ps3

    Do y’all not know about the bargain bin and steam sales…? Is everyone so up to date on their backlog you can’t wait a few months for that price to drop to 50%

    It doesn’t take long, Doom the dark ages has already hit that discount a few times iirc

    • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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      16 hours ago

      My friend, let me tell you about this thing called “Pre-order.”

      There are plenty of “gotta have it first” people out there. Doesn’t matter if it’s a new phone, game, see a movie on opening day, whatever. Plenty of gamers want to be in Alpha and Beta tests (which FML they do nothing but bitch about as being unplayable) and shell out money for skins and early upgrades or level up packs. Vloggers and tiktokkers too or whatever who want to pull in the views as they play the new games.

      These are the people the studios cater to. Not the patient gamers who wait for the product to go on sale 90 days down the road after the initial rush is over.

      So as long as the people in the first paragraph exist that’s what the studios will charge.