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gerryflap, do games w Madden should not be 70$
@gerryflap@feddit.nl avatar

They know that people are going to pay for it. For exactly the same reason I haven’t bought a Formula 1 game in a few years. Every year it’s just not quite worth the 60-70 euro’s for me. I’m not even that mad about the 70 euro price tag if I get something nice for it in return, everything has gotten more expensive and games have been 60 euro since forever, but last year’s game with some small changes is not going to cut it for that price.

lemmyseizethemeans,

EA sucks. They suck, EA fucking sucks and can I say it again? Fuck EA. Price gouging for shitty products. What they did to battlefront 2? Lootbox pay to win bullshit. The AI in EAs F1 is so abysmal, 2022 was such a colossal disappointment and they are saying 80 bucks USD is a sale price for F1 2023. Naw fam fuck EA and their entire product line. I’ll only buy on steam sale at 70% discount on principal

lud,

Thankfully they backed down from Battlefront 2 and removed every single microtransaction. It’s a really fun game actually.

lemmyseizethemeans,

Oh totally. Over 2000 hours in it. I love it but it could have been so much better. Imagine balanced teams (like Nintendo does with Mario cart) instead of total domination by one side which is western philosophy encapsulated. Imagine showing server population so we can join what’s bumping instead of showing no data for fear of investment analysis hurting stock price. Imagine if they supported the community at fucking all.

I love BF2 but so much wasted potential it’s just depressing

mojo, (edited ) do games w Madden should not be 70$

then don’t buy it

people keep buying it, so why wouldn’t they raise the price?

woelkchen,
@woelkchen@lemmy.world avatar

Typical moron gamer moment, though: Bitch about price, buy it anyway, leave a bad review at 500 hours played, and repeat next year.

BilboBargains,

They named this pathology The Maddening.

twistedtxb,
@twistedtxb@lemmy.ca avatar

Now that FIFA’s gone, EA needs another cash cow.

lud,

Fifa isn’t gone, only the FIFA in-game branding is gone. It’s just called FC24 instead of FIFA 24.

And most of the world that plays FIFA isn’t going to play an American football game. American football is completely different and not relatable to pretty much anyone except those from USA (or maybe Canada, dunno).

Devious_Thoughts, do games w Madden should not be 70$

What is the allure to a yearly new Madden game?

Jyek,

Statistics of players being updated and new character models being added. Nothing that couldn’t be done in an update. Honestly most sports games should literally just be games as a service already.

ShittyRedditWasBetter,

Updated stats and roster. Slight gameplay tweaks.

vox, do games w Madden should not be 70$
@vox@sopuli.xyz avatar

madden should not be

AndreyAsimow, do games w Madden should not be 70$
@AndreyAsimow@lemmy.world avatar

Sport games should be sold as game as service rather than yearly releases.

CorrodedCranium,
@CorrodedCranium@leminal.space avatar

I wonder if they’d have a hard time selling a service that doesn’t include the micro-transactions.

AndreyAsimow,
@AndreyAsimow@lemmy.world avatar

Relying on only seasonal subscriptions is not enough. They have to sell something else és well to keep up.

magic_lobster_party,

Why? They’re probably making way more money this way anyways.

deweydecibel, do gaming w Madden should not be 70$

Counterpoint:

You, and everyone else, should be making enough money right now that a $70 price tag isn’t a problem.

Wage stagnation makes price increases seem worse than than they should be. Truth is we should all be making enough that a few bucks increase in the price of Netflix or YouTube shouldn’t be something we struggle with.

So by all means, pile it on at EA, but save some of it for your employer too

Haui,
@Haui@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

I get your point. It’s absolutely crazy that people don’t srike en masse for better conditions but then you got people thinking fuck you I got mine.

But I also think that while this is true: EA still is pretty much the worst and needs to be disbanded for controlling large parts of the market and extortionist marketing techniques.

Boforn, do gaming w Madden should not be 70$

One could say it’s maddening to see this game sold for 70$…

Potatos_are_not_friends, do games w Madden should not be 70$

The game isn’t for you.

They continue to do very little updates and charge full price because people keep buying it.

They sell like crazy. There was a chart that showed Madden selling more per year than most Nintendo games.

yokonzo, do games w Madden should not be 70$

God look at those crusty ass grass textures, def not $70 material

vividspecter, do games w Madden should not be 70$

Are these still cut down releases based on last-gen console versions? That seems to be the historical trend with EA PC ports.

But even if not, that price is still high.

WorldieBoi, do games w Madden should not be 70$

Same for FIFA. Or EAFC.

gnomesaiyan, do games w The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion - 10-08-2023
@gnomesaiyan@lemmy.world avatar

Medieval Dynasty. The best way to describe it is a medieval crafting/survival game that later adds in building and town management. Your goal is to ensure your legacy by getting a wife and producing an heir. Honestly, this game is time consuming but quite relaxing (aside from aggressive animals and the occasional bandits). There’s plenty to do, such as hunting, gathering, fishing, farming, animal husbandry, tree felling, as well as building and decoration, managing villagers’ jobs and statuses, and building your dynasty. What’s more, they are currently in a closed beta testing multiplayer with a new map! Highly recommended!

phatskat, do games w The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion - 10-08-2023

I’m just hooked on dead cells with a smattering of rocket league.

Did start Hyper Light Drifter and looking forward to getting more into it

domesticstreetcat, do games w Baldur's Gate 3 Review Thread

I’m about 12 hours in now and still am impressed like a little kid. Apparently I still have rougjly 30 hours left of quests in act 1 if I rush.

It feels like when Skyrim first released again on how easy it is to get lost in the gameplay.

Bravo, Larian.

bleuy007, do games w The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion - 10-08-2023

Baldur's Gate 3 is so good, and this is coming from someone who struggled to get into isometric CRPGs in the past (really wanted to get into Divinity: Original Sin 2, but couldn't make it stick; I'll probably have to revisit that after loving this so much). Definitely give this one a go!

DudeBro,

Right? BG3 seems like it’s going to be a gateway game into more CRPGs for me. I think I’ll try my best to enjoy Divinity OS 2 afterwards as well, but I think my problem with that game is more about the unbalanced, nonexistent class structure and random difficulty spikes rather than the genre, which BG3 fixed by using tried and true D&D rules. But maybe I’ll see it from a different angle and appreciate it more.

HollowNotion,

This is exactly my experience. Always liked CRPGs, but I’ve literally never finished any of the classics, or any traditional CRPG for that matter (closest would be Disco Elysium or Dragon Age: Inquisition for me). But BG3 is really hitting for me. I absolutely love it, and I want to give more of these a try once I finish it.

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