• accideath@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    Eh, there‘s some truth to either one. Game development is expensive and pricing hasn’t kept up with inflation ($60 in 2010 are almost $90 today). But also, games are ridiculously expensive at full price, especially in todays economy and especially if they’re as badly received as Skull and Bones, while Nintendo games are at the very least usually pretty decent.

    I’d recommend voting with your wallet and only buying games on sale or used. Just wait a little. (Or pirate them, if you can live with not supporting the developers at all).

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      8 days ago

      “games are ridiculously expensive at full price”

      A board game with paper and plastic pieces can range from 12-45 dollars

      People will go spend $20 at the movies for 1 night

      Hell I’ll pay 100 if it’s a good game

      I have 1200 hours in Overwatch. $60 (free now). I have paid 5 cents per hour to play it. I am completely happy with my purchase even though it’s free now.

      If the game isn’t worth it, don’t get it. But to complain about it is ridiculous.

      Some N64 games were $50-$60 dollars back in the 90’s

      I feel like we are fortunate

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        8 days ago

        Yea, I don’t generally disagree. Especially if you‘re someone who plays games for hundreds of hours, instead of dozens.

        But $100 is still a lot of money for a lot of people. I‘d have to save up for months for that (I’m a trainee and have less than 1000€ per month for rent, food, internet, gas, etc.), so I rather wait until I can get games cheaper.