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They can raise it to $90 if it makes them feel better and I’m still a buyer at $10 or less, and an immoral archivist until then.
SoF 2, still playing it to this day.
It’s kinda funny how much faster it is now compared to when it came out, almost like the hardware got better or something
I always wait for sales. No way I’m aying $70
Same here. I wait for sales.
I was very and am very tempted to get baulders gate 3, as all the good reviews and bg2 is one of the first pc games I remember playing with my dad. But still, I have not bought a new game at 60 in close to a decade.
I made an exception for Baldur’s Gate 3. I’m only human.
It hasn’t. I’ve only bought ~4 games at full price the last decade, now I just wait for them to be around $20. The $70 price seems to be more focused on cashing in on people that buy on release, but prices go down all the same only like one year after release.
20€ mark is a common one for me also. Another benefit from waiting is that you can avoid newest hardware purchase
I am pirating EVERYTHING now.
There’s nothing coming out AAA these days that’s worth the price of admission or pre-ordering. Blizzard hasn’t made anything worth playing for years, I don’t give a shit about the yearly reskin of Call of Duty, Starfield was a try before you buy with Gamepass - it really feels there hasn’t been anything in years worth getting at full price. Even Baulder’s Gate, which I would consider worth the full price, I picked up below average price prior to official launch.
Hard to say, because none of the games with that price tag so far have piqued my interest in getting them on release in the slightest. If anything, it’s surprising how pretty much all my favorite games this year (Hi-Fi Rush, Talos Principle 2, Cocoon, Jusant) were available on release for just ~30€.
I’ve never bought a $70 game and probably never will. $60 was too much for me. I think this is the point where I continue to just step out of the mainstream gaming field.
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Recently, if it’s through Steam, I haven’t bought hardly anything. And the last things I’ve bought were either under $20 or on sale for under that price. Otherwise, the most expensive game I’ve bought in the last year was Pokemon Violet. Otherwise I have bought some used old games from a nearby shop for a cheap enough price.
Though I do have plans to buy some indie games on my Steam list, some of which I first pirated and played, when I have the money because I’d much rather my money be going towards those indie devs than [insert soulless multi-million dollar company #3859].
Good AAA games are rare these days. If there’s something I want from them I can it buy 2nd hand or during a sale. Been having the time of my life with indie games for so long now I can’t remember the last big title I bought.
Been buying for under €20 the lasts 5 years or so. Can’t see this trend changing anytime soon.
Given how the quality of new releases and zero new games being worth the price, I have not bought a new release in over 10 years, maybe 12 years. I can’t justify the price vs. what companies have been putting out.
I haven’t purchased games on release day for a LONG time, unless it’s a game I just simply cannot wait. Everything else is on Steam for 75-90% off.
There’s really no point. Nearly every game launches these days completely broken. They have a ton of DLC or “special” editions for $150 CAD, and overall it’s a shit experience.
Buy that shit for 75% off, complete edition, and full of bug fixes (or mods that fix everything).
No, I still wait 1-2 years and buy them for a few € at at least 70% discount. I can wait… Like horizon zero dawn costs 11€, hogwarts legacy 33€ or starfield already at 40€
I wait until it costs 20 € or less. No need to hurry, if it’s a game is good now, it will be good in 2 years.
Same. Especially since every game basically barely runs on release day, I don’t get why people don’t wait for a sale to get it.
If you pay $80 (or whatever) for a game that’s full of bugs on release day, you’re just a sucker.
*it will be better
Hasn’t changed a bit. I NEVER buy games new with maybe two exceptions being Fallout and Metal Gear, but even then I found good deals on them so I still didn’t pay full price. Every single game that looks like I might want it goes on my isthereanydeal waitlist and I don’t buy it until it’s at least 50% off.
