Buying new games is decreasing in value sharply. They are releasing broken games, overpriced and with invasive DRM.
Play games 2+ years delayed. They are completely fixed and in a playable state, reasonably priced with frequent sales and some games get their shit DRM removed for better performance.
And no. Games as a service and fomo are NOT enough to buy games on day one.
Doesn’t work on Nintendo, for some reason. Mario Tax expanded to anything first or second party, so the best you’ll see is $20 off new price on Mar10 for the games that came out 5 years ago. It’s like every retailer came to the agreement that Nintendo games don’t depreciate.
Or if you’re like me and don’t care about the latest big studio games. I play games by development teams with less than 10 people, tending towards just one person. I have no desire to play any of Nintendo’s newest games.
That’s the best model. Nintendo games used to get cheaper over time too. Idk how that stopped so easily. I guess you can’t find them used without game stop in most places though so they are happy to keep it high
It lowers the threshold of how many copies need to sell before a given game breaks even on its budget. It also lowers the number of copies it will sell, because some percentage of people who would have bought a game at the lower price no longer find it to be worth what they’re charging for it.
They don't cost $80 if I don't buy them. There are plenty of great games coming out regularly that cost way less (and there's a good chance they're also better games).
Right? I’ve already put more time into R.E.P.O. than most AAA games I’ve purchased in the last decade. It was $10 and is still in early access with more content coming.
The only situation where I’ll be forced into $80 is with Nintendo games I really, really want. I’ll be very discerning there though, probably only buying 2-3 a year on Switch 2. Cream of the crop. Pretty much every other publisher will drop their game prices significantly within a year. Then of course there’s also FitGirl…
It was a nontrivial cost that factored into the price, and the switch to digital is a large part of why game prices were so inflation resistant for so long.
That’s not how inflation works. Inflation going down means they just stay around 80 and in theory your wages gradually come up so 80 now feels like 40.
If inflation is zero, your wages won’t rise all that much. Most of your yearly wage is to keep up with inflation, so if you’re not getting promotions, don’t expect to beat inflation by much.
Recently bought and played Minecraft. What I enjoy is playing singleplayer while also doing roleplay in my head and making up story and conversation between me and villagers.
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