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wreckedcarzz, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Why are $70 AAA games slashing prices so drastically?

Exhibit A:

nfs games up to and including MW 2012

These are solid, enjoyable entries in the series. Peaked with Underground 2 and MW 2005, but the takeover/acquisition of Criterion pumped new life into HP 2010 and MW 2012.

Exhibit B:

nfs games released after MW 2012

These are dogshit. Heavy dlc, meh progression, horrible to play on a keyboard, stupid upgrade systems (cards? cards? are you retarded, EA?), always-online, shitty online servers, horrendous physics, so arcadey that they make actual arcade racing games look desirable.

You’ll note that this game is in the second group.

I got it as a gift a couple weeks ago, they paid $10 for it, which I was holding out for >$5 to buy myself; it’s actually better than the last iteration, but not by much. That game - heat - I thrashed on at launch and 6mo later, and when the premium or whatever edition dropped to like $1.25, I finally bought it (10h demo before) and honestly, I want my $1.25 back. Here, $5 for unbound is about right, near the upper limit.

If they hadn’t killed Criterion (the reboot is in name only, the talent jumped ship with the forced merge), nfs might be awesome still. They have to do a metric fuck-load to save this series. I have almost every game, I’m a massive fan of the series… But for the past decade, it’s fucking dogshit.

XeroxCool, 5 miesięcy temu (edited 5 miesięcy temu) do games w Why are $70 AAA games slashing prices so drastically?

Is there a new title coming? My car feed has been featuring a real build of the Most Wanted (2005) M3 GTR recently from BMW. I see franchise sales often when a new entry is coming out. I don’t see any announcements though, so maybe it’s just because it’s rated so poorly

Edit: no news of a new title, but the Borderlands franchise has a sizeable discount bundle on Xbox, at least. Bl4 is coming. But it’s also a sale weekend anyway

stardust, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Why are $70 AAA games slashing prices so drastically?

$70 price is for people who are really impatient and then sales are to capture price sensitive people over time. Not unusual. It’s why I wasn’t bothered by the $70 retail price, since I knew I’d never have to pay it. It’s just a tax on the impatient.

simonced, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Why are $70 AAA games slashing prices so drastically?

Lol, still too expensive for that garbage…

GhiLA, 5 miesięcy temu

boots up some real NFS

“TO THE WINDOOOOOOOO-”

DoucheBagMcSwag, 5 miesięcy temu (edited 5 miesięcy temu)

TO THE WALL! TO THE SWEAT DROP DOWN IN FALLS

TO ALL THESE FEMALES CRAWLLLLL

GhiLA, 5 miesięcy temu

…these lyrics aren’t Lemmy friendly.

GhiLA, 5 miesięcy temu

gyatt damn!

jaschen, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Why are $70 AAA games slashing prices so drastically?

I pirated the game and it included all the DLC. Then I played it for a few hours and was glad I didn’t spend 5 dollars on it.

badbytes, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Why are $70 AAA games slashing prices so drastically?

Also, some Steam sales are amazing. 90% off, is great, but not that rare.

bruhsoulz, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Why are $70 AAA games slashing prices so drastically?

Because broke niggas like me can’t afford 20$ for a legitimate skyrim copy even tho I got 1800 hrs in that game

Kyouki, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Why are $70 AAA games slashing prices so drastically?

Is this a complaint? I see nothing wrong.

Most AAA’s are arse and barely sell so easy decision to make them cheaper to get them sold.

merthyr1831, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Why are $70 AAA games slashing prices so drastically?

Unbound is an exception because 1. it’s not super new, and 2. it did quite poorly iirc

Personally got it at £30 and even then it ran poorly on my Steamdeck at lowest settings so I wasn’t interested :(

GhiLA, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Why are $70 AAA games slashing prices so drastically?

They’re showing their true value.

CheeseNoodle, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Why are $70 AAA games slashing prices so drastically?

Unbound was basically dead on arrival, its practically just heat with re-shade and barely any actual new content.

SynopsisTantilize, 5 miesięcy temu

With the same shitty unoptimization I might add. These games were horribly optimized for what they are. My 8750 and 1060 should not be struggling with this game at 1080p

alphacyberranger, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Why are $70 AAA games slashing prices so drastically?

I played that game for free… Glad I didnt pay a single dime for it… Its was ass

Strider, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Why are $70 AAA games slashing prices so drastically?

It’s called idiot tax. (hint: not the discounted price)

_sideffect, 5 miesięcy temu do games w Why are $70 AAA games slashing prices so drastically?

These are old games

The price regularly seen is just there to make them seem that they have more value than they actually do

bjoern_tantau, 5 miesięcy temu do gaming w Name that game

Video games changed so much during the 90s. I feel like this describes a single year.

cRazi_man, 5 miesięcy temu

Soundtracks have always been fire though. I still have the Streets of Rage 2 soundtrack, Red Alert soundtrack, Sim City 3000, etc in my playlist.

Damage, 5 miesięcy temu

Carmageddon’s sound track was made by Fear Factory 🔥🔥🔥🔥

anomnom, 5 miesięcy temu

Nine in Nails did the music and sound fx for quake.

I feel like it might have started the trend, but I’m not sure.

Edit: also, I hadn’t thought about fear factory in decades. Time to get double bass drummed right back to high school!