• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    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.

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          9 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.

      • ampersandrew@lemmy.world
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        9 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.