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BromSwolligans, do games w On the prospect of an $80-$90 GTA 6, former PlayStation boss says 'it's an impossible equation' for big-budget studios to keep their prices down

I mean. Yeah. When Goldeneye came out for the N64 it was like $90 and that was in nintiesbux. We got real used to standardized pricing when discs came around but it’s true that you can’t have it both ways. Now, there’s a reasonable argument to be had over whether Mario Kart World and GTA6 are both gonna be worth >$80. I bought Breath of the Wild and Mario Odyssey for whatever they retailed for. Was that $70? I can’t remember. But I had more fun and put more hours that year into Hollow Knight, which cost me $15 and kept dumping free DLC for like a year or so afterward. The price was great. The DLC was free. But it also didn’t cost like $2bln or whatever dumbass cost they’re saying GTA6 cost to make.

I didn’t ask them to make it that stupid big and expensive. But some fans did. They’re in that Smash Bros situation where they aren’t allowed not to top the previous entry in terms of scope. So it is what it is.

Should all games be $80-90? Of course not. Should games that cost a billion or more to develop and promise hundreds or thousands of hours of gameplay cost $80-90? I think it’s embarrassing and immature to suggest otherwise. Even if you just go back to 2006 and the $60 standard, and adjust that for inflation, you end up at $95. So this isn’t really an argument any serious person should be having when we talk about whether the most expensive game ever made should cost functionally less than its Xbox 360 forerunner.

daggermoon, do games w Apex Legends writer gets laid off 24 hours after the character she wrote is revealed, because that's what the games industry in 2025 looks like

Haven’t played since they removed Linux support. Will never play again.

SoftestSapphic, do games w Apex Legends writer gets laid off 24 hours after the character she wrote is revealed, because that's what the games industry in 2025 looks like
@SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world avatar

This is why we need copyright laws

In a sensible world we would not allow our society to steal the work of artists and then throw away the artist.

eestileib, do games w Apex Legends writer gets laid off 24 hours after the character she wrote is revealed, because that's what the games industry in 2025 looks like

I was gonna get snooty about being an indie game buyer, then I remembered that I bought a Larian game developed in partnership with Hasbro, so my snootiness will have to wait for another day.

Ibuthyr,

Hasbro is a requirement for the D&D license, no?

Larian at least went against the grain of the AAAAA Industry and delivered something truly wonderful.

sugar_in_your_tea,

Sure, but they’re still a AAA studio since BG3 is a AAA game. AAA studios can absolutely create wonderful games.

ocean, do gaming w After 25 hours of the Dune: Awakening beta, I'm sold on it as a survival game but still a bit iffy on the MMO parts

I don’t buy the written or video reviews sadly, the game looks awful :(

GammaGames,

How so? Looks like the general survival base building that’s been popular since Rust or Ark

ocean,

The general movement and flight mechanics look weak, it also just feels soulless. I’d have to watch again to give you a better answer but that was my cut reaction sense they allowed creators to make videos of it

Un4tural, do games w Tempest Rising accidentally launched a week early on Steam, and the publisher has decided to just go with it

It’s very c&c, only done few missions but definitely good first impressions. Feels like what cnc 4 should’ve been and not that moba hybrid abomination.

HawlSera, do games w Tempest Rising accidentally launched a week early on Steam, and the publisher has decided to just go with it

Never heard of it

dependencyinjection,

I’m extremely thankful for this information.

Don_alForno, do games w Tempest Rising review (PC Gamer: 85/100)

I’m going to take a look at that.

HighFructoseLowStand, do games w 'Oh god': There's a buried Steam help page that shows how much money you've ever spent on the platform, and you may not want to know

“May” nothing, I don’t.

Hadriscus, do games w 'Oh god': There's a buried Steam help page that shows how much money you've ever spent on the platform, and you may not want to know

TotalSpend 1433$ OldSpend 434$

Not sure if I should add the two ? or is the second one included in the first one ? Anyway that’s not too bad for a 14yo account

turmacar,

It’s formatted weird on the Steam page but I have this text at the top.

“TotalSpend” is the total amount of external funds applied to your account. This value is used to determine if an account is a “Limited User Account”.

“OldSpend” is the amount of external funds applied before Friday, April 17, 2015 18:00:00 UTC. If your account was linked to Perfect World for CS:GO or Dota 2,

“PWSpend” will be the approximate USD value of funds applied from Perfect World, otherwise that value will be zero. If your account has applied external funds in Steam China,

“ChinaSpend” will report that total, in RMB.

Weirdly I also have a row for “PackageOnlySpend” that doesn’t have a definition.

Hadriscus,

Yea same, I don’t know what that last one is. So Total is the total, and Old is the part of the total that was applied before april 17th 2015. I think it makes sense. About 100$ a year, or roughly 8$ a month. I was afraid what I’d find tbh

Jestzer, (edited ) do games w 'Oh god': There's a buried Steam help page that shows how much money you've ever spent on the platform, and you may not want to know

This site puts my lowest cost estimate at ~$400 USD. Out of curiosity, I then went through my purchase history and added everything up, which came out to ~$1,000 USD. The average was ~$14 and the median was ~$10.

Tiger_Man_, do games w 'Oh god': There's a buried Steam help page that shows how much money you've ever spent on the platform, and you may not want to know
  1. I have only tf2 on steam
Allero, do games w After years of historical 4X games, Endless Legend 2 is a much-needed flight of fantasy for the genre

Waiting for Endless Space 3 so bad

Space 4X are very stagnant as well

jimmy90, do games w 'You're a very long arm. You steal things. It's a comedy game,' explains developer of comedy game where you steal things with a very long arm

is there a long arm of the law to slap the thieving arm in multiplayer?

macaw_dean_settle, do games w 'You're a very long arm. You steal things. It's a comedy game,' explains developer of comedy game where you steal things with a very long arm

This wouldn’t be so bad if not for the obvious spelling errors. It is *favorite, not fav our ite. Our is pounced our.

Pauce,

Our is pronounced our

Wow yeah sure did prove your point there. I guess being half right is worth something.

Semjaza,

What other “mistakes” did they make?

A U in “colour”? An S in “realise”?

If you’re trolling: well done, wanker.

wombledomble,

What trolling?

microwaves water

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