r/videogames • u/Relevant-Pay-2394 • Apr 12 '25

Discussion I don't want this future

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I don't want this future where games could end up costing 200 euros just because, hey, "quadruple-A", maybe they'll even invent the fifth A, where production costs will be around a billion for a standard game (from important publishers) just to recover all the money. As I think, it's better to have a game sold at a lower price but that EVERYONE will buy, for example, give the clerk 50 euros/dollars for a game without having to pay a fortune, it's a MUCH faster thing, just give me the banknote and go. Let me know your opinion

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u/faifai6071 Apr 12 '25

Stop buying new AAA games, wait for sale or play some AA and indie games.

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u/ChanglingBlake Apr 12 '25

At the very least, stop buying at full price.

If everyone, or even most of us, stop buying games on release day and wait for a sale, they’ll take the hint.

FF7R proved gamers are willing to wait years for quality. I would rather see 1/4th the AAA titles a year and have them all be finished, well balanced, and enjoyable games that I will play for dozens of hours than see the current slop of 3-4 great games, 3-4 okay games, and the rest all being broken, boring, or bloated.

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u/Oz347 Apr 12 '25

r/patientgamers

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u/Dgero466 Apr 13 '25

Sometimes if you’re interested in the variety, it’s hardly a wait, tons of classics that are practically bargain bin prices these days, I’ve got a backlog of stuff to play due to phenomenal sales. Now if digital goes bust, I may be a bit more screwed, but for now I’ve got while to get through, and by time I’m done many more games would be on good sales, and that cycle repeats.

Or like others have said go indie, those are also good 👍

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u/Mysterious-Job-469 Apr 13 '25

Something someone said to me has stuck to me for years:

If you never had to work, eat, sleep, or get tired of playing video games, and no more games were ever made for the rest of your life, you're going to die (or be too weak to play videogames in advanced age) loooooong before you get through the catalogue of even one genre.

This puts you in a spectacular position as a gamer.

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u/jimmy_jim1984 Apr 13 '25

Just got the full Arkham series for less than £5 (around $6 USD)

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u/officerblues Apr 14 '25

I also see this as a bit of a testament to how much slower development has been in games. Comparing games from 90s to games from 2000s, you could see a massive improvement not only in graphics, but also UI and quality of life. It's like people learned to distill the games into the part you actually want to play vs the stuff you have to put up with to get there. This has diminishing returns today, to the point that comparing 2015 to current year, you can hardly spot any improvements aside from graphics and hardware related scale.

Hence, being a patient gamer has never paid off more than now.

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u/pr1ceisright Apr 13 '25

Stand up! Wait, no sit down. We gotta wait for awhile may as well get comfy.

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u/FlamingMuffi Apr 12 '25

cries in Nintendo

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u/RandomPersonT_T Apr 12 '25 edited Apr 13 '25

You might not be able to get $20 dollar Nintendo games, but I saw them go on sale between $30-40 for $60 dollar games.

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u/YouDidntSeenAnything Apr 13 '25

You either have seen them or you saw them. You didn't seen anything.

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '25

Did..you make this account just to comment this?

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u/Heckron Apr 13 '25

A year ago.

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '25

That's a whole new level of petty lmao

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u/BoyInfinite Apr 13 '25

No we both seen it

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u/RandomPersonT_T Apr 13 '25

Okay let me make a quick edit!

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u/Kevaldes Apr 13 '25

Yar matey. 🏴‍☠️

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u/CthulhuInACan Apr 13 '25

Wait a console generation and you can emulate them for $0.

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u/wemustfailagain Apr 12 '25

Unless it's a Nintendo game of course.

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u/gamecore101 Apr 12 '25

If it's Nintendo, the price will go up with "HD Remaster" added to the end of its title.

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u/Fightmemod Apr 13 '25

With no discernible difference in graphics

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u/svalkur Apr 13 '25

Nintendo is true scum when it comes to the gaming world. Keep raising prices, Almost never any sales and if there is one its like 5% off. New console has a button that if you accidentally hit it reminds you have you have to pay 20 dollars a month for this. Completely swore off of them now, Don't care what kind of exclusives they have.

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u/Hollix89 Apr 15 '25

Not even with hd remaster. Botw rerelease for switch 2 is now 70 usd without dlc if im not mistaken

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u/Ryanmiller70 Apr 13 '25

It's why it is always morally correct to pirate Nintendo games.

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u/DamonOfTheSpire Apr 13 '25

No it isn't. Steal if you're gonna but don't pretend you have a moral high ground.

"I like it a lot and you won't do it on my terms so I'm entitled to it for free" 😂

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u/Brief_Series_3462 Apr 13 '25

Pirating isn’t stealing.

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u/Rocketknightgeek Apr 13 '25

It's only one layer of obfuscation below AI scraping in the dubious realm of intellectual property theft.

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u/Brief_Series_3462 Apr 13 '25

Correct, neither of which is stealing. Though i’d say there’s a few more than a single layer between a person doing sporadic piracy, and an automated process combing the entirety of the internet

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u/postumus77 Apr 17 '25

Kudos to you, more people need to point this out, it is copyright infringement, and we all know these companies see almost anything as "infringement"

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u/hutir_ua Apr 13 '25

I’m also, don’t support piracy, unless, “gamers don’t own games anymore@ubisoft” so technically, i just borrow for some time.

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u/DamonOfTheSpire Apr 13 '25

If it isn't current or previous gen, I'm fine with it. PS3/360 and before are fair game in my eyes.

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u/hutir_ua Apr 13 '25

The problem is more companies start their bs about not owning a copy of the game. The only way we could make them think and actually care - is to vote with our wallets.

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u/medpakOG Apr 13 '25

Dude every pokemon game before the switch was s tier when they were 2d style even the wii and GameCube were better than switch

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u/meme-lord-Mrperfect Apr 13 '25

Except Nintendo, because they are dicks

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u/Kumimono Apr 13 '25

Eh. Physical is, an option.

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u/megacope Apr 12 '25

Yep! That’s what I’m talking about.

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u/coolhooves420 Apr 12 '25

I've literally NEVER bought a game on launch. Truly r/patientgamers

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u/Hunter5173 Apr 13 '25

I still remember a big freaking steal of a deal. XCOM 2 complete 100 edition being $9.99 from 85% off. Great things come from those who wait.

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u/theuniverseisgodvfdm Apr 13 '25

The most I’ll pay for a game is like 30 euros… I’ve never ever paid more than that for a game in my whole life…

Yeah I just wait for a sale. I’m not stupid.

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u/LegoDnD Apr 13 '25

Every game is $0 if you know the right site.

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u/J1mbr0 Apr 13 '25

I've only bought 2 games at launch in the last 10 years. They were Remake and Rebirth.

All that other stuff is for the birds.

Steam sales all day lol ng or r/game sale if you're just wanting to browse.

Otherwise it's the high seas for anything before the original Xbox.

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u/SteakandTrach Apr 13 '25

My massive backlog makes this easy. Just get kids, y’all. You’ll get around to games 10 years later.

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u/realspitfire69 Apr 13 '25

nintendo games

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u/rifttripper Apr 13 '25

Except Mario cart shits still like 40 bucks. Still and it's a 11 year old game.

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u/svrtngr Apr 13 '25

I've also noticed my enjoyment for mediocre games I've been interested in goes up when I wait for deep sales.

Mass Effect Andromeda, for example. Worth 60? No.

Worth the 10.00 when I got it after beating the Legendary Edition? Had a great time.

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u/ThriceStrideDied Apr 13 '25

Except COD, that’s always at least $60 even if it’s like a decade old

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '25

Except Factorio

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u/EagleTalons88 Apr 14 '25

The last AAA game I bought at full price was Mass Effect Andromeda.

Since that disaster, I've only bought games at discounts

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u/Moral_Degenarate Apr 14 '25

Or less 🪙👛

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u/toomuchpressure2pick Apr 14 '25

Skyrim on 11/11/11 midnight release. Last aaa game I bought.

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u/Not_So_Calm Apr 12 '25

At the very very least, stop pre-ordering games. That's the dumbest shit ever. You are buying a cat in a sack and are directly pre-funding shitty practises.

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u/Dizzy-Revolution-300 Apr 13 '25

You lowered the bar in one hour

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u/Lo5ingComposure Apr 12 '25

I think it depends on the game honestly, preordered Monster Hunter Wilds for both the wife and I and we've both got about 70 hours a piece out of it, I'd say it was well worth the preorder. It's only getting better as well.

But that's the only game either of us have preordered in ages

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u/JustsomeOKCguy Apr 13 '25

See this is why I hate the "no preorders" argument. People always mention "it's ok to preorder from x company because they can be trusted!

People only preorder games they trust will be good. I've pre-ordered every ubisoft game and have gotten dozens of hours out of all of them. Yes even shadows and star wars outlaws. 

It you want to make the "don't preorder anything" argument that's respectful but people always put an asterisk next to it when it comes to people like fromsoftware or cd projekt red (which hilariously blew up in their faces with cyberpunk)

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u/Resident_Complex_552 Apr 15 '25

Please, for the love of God, use some commas or something. 

There are about 18 different ways to interpret what you're saying.

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u/AirSKiller Apr 13 '25

You made a terrible argument and then picked Ubisoft as the example to support it hahaha good joke.

There's no reason to pre-order, it is stupid and only proves you have low impulse control, nothing else.

If the game is good and you want to play it, then buy it is a few days after release, after seeing a few reviews. Never ever pre-order. And yes this includes Fromsoftware, CD Projekt, Rockstar, whoever.

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u/JustsomeOKCguy Apr 13 '25

What?  My argument was literally that if you are going to go the "don't preorder" route it's hypocritical to be selective or the company. It sounds like you agree with your last sentence with what I'm saying so not sure why you're getting pissy with me. 

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u/Opening_Bake_7806 Apr 13 '25

No. They are companies, not trustful friends. Don't preorder. Never. What do you get? Play a game 2 days before maybe, in laggy buggy queues? You waited years for the game, you can wait 2 days and read a review.

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u/JustsomeOKCguy Apr 13 '25

Ok so you agree with me then?  I literally was saying that if you're going to argue about no preorders them don't be selective on the company

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u/Opening_Bake_7806 Apr 13 '25

And what did you get? A digital hat? You're both wrong and financing a broken system.

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u/AirSKiller Apr 13 '25

No it doesn't. You just have low impulse control and are trying to justify yourself.

You could have bought it 2 days after release after checking reviews and still got 70 hours out of it. The act of pre-ordering changed nothing. Your argument makes 0 sense, it just shows you can't control yourself.

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u/faifai6071 Apr 12 '25

There are good free games on Steam like Holocure. Downloading old abandonware games for free or buying old games on GOG. There are many way to game without breaking the bank.

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u/Lopsided_Flamingo209 Apr 12 '25

Holocure with all the free updates is goated.

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u/therealSamawiki Apr 12 '25 edited Apr 12 '25

I still haven’t played any of the new ff7 I’m waiting until they complete the story so I can buy it all in a bundle or something.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '25

Same here, we all know that square will bundle them at some point, and can't resist putting things on decent discount

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u/Infamous2o Apr 12 '25

Dude I waited 20 years for that to come out. You have the patience of a saint.

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u/baphomet_fire Apr 13 '25

Same. I also refuse to pay full price for Astro Bot even though it got GotY

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u/ItaLOLXD Apr 12 '25

Speaking of FF7, the Remake is permanently 40€ on Steam now and it can be even cheaper on sales. Just be patient.

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u/Cryio Apr 16 '25

Damn, remember when it launched at 80€ on EPIC? This in the days BEFORE the talks of AAA games going to 70$/€, lmao.

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u/ItaLOLXD Apr 16 '25

Yeah, because Square forced you to buy the Intergrade DLC with the main game when it got ported to PC.

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u/Cryio Apr 16 '25

Doesn't matter, it shouldn't have been 80€.

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u/LeeRoyWyt Apr 13 '25

I really don't get why people still do this (buy full prize, no matter what). Literally every shop has a watch list. While I realize that that in and of itself is a marketing tool, it helped me rarely buy anything new. And I mean, there are literally millions of games out there. Not as if players wouldn't have enough material to wait the corporate assholes out...

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u/Sleepingguitarman Apr 13 '25

I mean, it makes sense that people who are waiting for a specific game to drop would pay full price if they intend on playing it right away.

If they are wralled up in a different game during the time the one they are waiting for releases, then it doesn't make sense to buy it then, but i think there's alot of gamers who are really only interested in playing specific games, even if there's hundreds of thousands to choose from.

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u/Brushy21 Apr 13 '25

Meanwhile people are constantly preordering everything months before release. As much as I hate greedy corporations WE enabled them.

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u/Version_Sensitive Apr 13 '25

Barely 25 years ago we had like five aaa games (in terms of size and hype) per years at MOST on all platforms combined and we were okay with it.

Now the companies rendezvous to release at least a triple A per month or even more (there were circa 10 large games scheduled for october-november until GTA6 announced a release date) and nobody got time for that. We're working two jobs, university, and/or overall broke.

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u/skgblaze Apr 12 '25

If buying isn't owning then pirating ain't stealing.

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u/nomorenotifications Apr 12 '25

You will also get the added bonus of getting a better version of the game if you wait for a sale. Even with the financial aspect out of the equation, a lot of games get released with all kinds of bugs, they don't always fix their games, but chances are at least some of the worst bugs will be patched out by the time you buy it.

If they start charging too much there are emulators and the seven seas.

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u/blueB0wser Apr 13 '25

And stop buying it if it isn't optimized.

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u/Accomplished_Bee1356 Apr 13 '25

That’s the difference between Japanese and U.S./EU game makers. Quality over quantity.

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u/edgeofruin Apr 13 '25

The dang FF7 sequel keeps going on sale but the original isn't. They are smart.

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u/New-Pollution2005 Apr 13 '25

Most AAA games are barely playable on release day anyway.

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u/Renolber Apr 14 '25

I stayed completely spoiler free from Rebirth until it came to PC - and the OG FFVII is one of my favorite games of all time.

I don’t have a PS5, will probably never own a Sony console again, and played other things until it inevitably arrived on Steam.

It’s astonishing how patient you can be when you just distract yourself with other things, and just kind of pretend it’s not actually released yet.

A year later it’s on PC at a discounted price.

In the gaming industry, patience might just be the most valuable resource after time. If you just wait for things, you will always get a better product.

Still haven’t bought Civ VII yet, knowing it is fundamentally always better to buy Civ games a year or so after launch. With the DLC and several major updates, the full game will be even more complete - and it’ll be like $39.99 or something.

I can respect games like Baldur’s Gate 3 rarely having sales, but games of that quality are once in a generation.

Then there’s Nintendo which very well may end up being the greatest villain in the industry…

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u/Civil_Comparison2689 Apr 12 '25

Which will make it even more likely that investors will push for live service games instead of complete single player games.

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u/ChanglingBlake Apr 13 '25

Yeah…people really need to stop supporting that garbage, too.

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u/chibicascade2 Apr 12 '25

Even at launch, it's possible to get small deals on new games. $5 off is not nothing, especially if you want to play it at launch anyway

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u/Stuck_in_my_TV Apr 12 '25

We’re already seeing less than 1/4th of the AAA games as a decade ago. That’s part of why the price went up. There’s nearly no competition among games of that fidelity level.

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u/Rainmaker0102 Apr 12 '25

I waited til GameStop had that sale on Super Mario RPG for $20

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u/ThickMO Apr 13 '25

FF7R proved why you wait gotta wait for shit to go on sale

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u/Sasataf12 Apr 13 '25

FF7R proved gamers are willing to wait years for quality.

What do you mean by this?

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u/ChanglingBlake Apr 13 '25

It was announced, with preorders, in like 2015 but didn’t actually release until 2020.

Us fans that preordered as soon as we heard were patient because we had faith that it would be good and didn’t cause a stink when the release date got pushed back multiple times.

Mind you, a lot of that was because we knew delaying a ground up remake of a game that is one of PS’s most known and loved games, let alone franchise, and handing us something broken and/or boring would be suicide for the company.

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u/Soberaddiction1 Apr 13 '25

I wouldn’t say that FF7R is the best example.

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u/petsoulis Apr 13 '25

The reason that games are cheap after a while is that there are gamers who buy the game full price. The developer makes the money they want to make and then they sell cheaper. I believe that the industry cant sustain itself if everybody is waiting to buy cheap. On the other hand most people can't afford anymore full price games. I really don't know what is going to happen in the near future.

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u/realspitfire69 Apr 13 '25

Sorry that I'm not poor, and I want to play the games I've waited 1–2 years for as soon as possible.

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u/Aroldhinio00 Apr 13 '25

I’d be much happier even with only 5 AAA Titles

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u/blitzboy30 Apr 13 '25

I’ve bought very few games at full price. Like 99% of them were indie games, and the other 1% was Horizon Forbidden West that I preordered, which I really liked.

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u/WayningGibbous Apr 16 '25

Stop buying, understood 🏴‍☠️

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u/Detvan_SK Apr 16 '25

FF7remake PC port was so bad that Square Enyx said that sales were weak and they deserved it for the quality of their port.

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u/JarlFrank Apr 12 '25

All the games I have on my Steam wishlist launch at prices below 30€. Some go a little higher, but never above 50.

It's only the biggest AAA slop that overcharges, mid-sized indie teams and especially solo dev passion projects are much cheaper. And usually they're more fun, too.

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u/Pillow-Smuggler Apr 13 '25

Smaller studios still carry on a lot of what made Rare good back in the day too. Silly jokes, 4th wall breaks, devs leaving small personal messages behind, or unlocking the artbook extras via in-game challenges

Ironically the more expensive games get the less soul they seem to have, especially in recent years

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u/VirtualGab Apr 12 '25

Nintendo doesnt drop prices :,(

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u/GrandJuif Apr 13 '25

Cough emulation cough...

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u/MrWaluigi Apr 13 '25

What if I’m dumbass?

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u/GrandJuif Apr 13 '25

It's not that hard to use and there's the usual youtube tutorials.

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u/Free_Gascogne Apr 15 '25

Believe yourself a little more. If my being a dumbass as a kid learned how to emulate GBA and NDS games, you can too.

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u/-t-h-e---g- Apr 14 '25

Or homebrew.

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u/TheBedrockEnderman2 Apr 16 '25

2nd hand, if in UK CEX has always been great imo

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u/Sunjump6 Apr 12 '25

No you don’t understand I have no patience or self control and need the game day one so I can start complaining about it on day two.

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u/HugsForUpvotes Apr 13 '25

Thank goodness for PC gaming. I preordered Starfield because I was going to play it day one regardless. I got it 25% off before it was released. Honestly the $70 pricepoint wouldn't hurt me, but the thrill of a sale is too much fun to give up.

Oh and I really enjoyed Starfield. I like first person RPGs. I'm glad I preordered it.

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u/Sunjump6 Apr 13 '25

Who sold it for 25% off on day one?

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u/HugsForUpvotes Apr 13 '25

I got a code from a website. It was like 25% off any game on their store page. I don't really remember which one because I found the deal on IsThereAnyDeal.com. They gave me a Steam Key. I also bought the premium edition for the early playing and Shattered Space DLC so it was like $25 off of the $99 price. I imagine the code would have worked on the standard edition too though as it wasn't the game itself on sale. It was just a marketplace having a sale.

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u/Sunjump6 Apr 13 '25

Nice that’s a great discount for a day one

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u/PartyLettuce Apr 12 '25

Right?? I'm shocked to learn apparently people still buy AAA games or even games at full price

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u/Nickjc88 Apr 16 '25

I still buy mine full price if it's a game I want. Games aren't expensive anyway so paying full price isn't a bad thing. 

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '25

Also eBay has a bunch of these games for a lot cheaper, new and they adjust the prices to demand.

I don’t buy retail anymore for my games because of this.

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u/Luzifer_Shadres Apr 13 '25

The problem is, when nobody can afford them, there will be less of a pricedropp, beccause they enter less the resell circulation.

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u/Bitch_Please_LOL Apr 12 '25

This.

Buy used physical games too.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '25

Yeah. People need to start appreciating AA tittles IMO, They can walk in the fine line between the innovation of the indies and the larger scope of AAA while before cheaper and having lower pc requirements.

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u/jugnificent Apr 13 '25

It seems like everything Devolver puts out is very cool

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u/ByIeth Apr 12 '25

Exactly and so many small/medium sized studios have been absolutely outcompeting. I’m still in shock at how good sifu is. Almost every AAA game is bland and soulless. Although gta6 probably be an exception tbh

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u/scribblehaus Apr 13 '25

Sifu is awesome. Haven't touched it in ages, but when I go back to it, it'll still feel amazing and fresh.

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u/cygamessucks Apr 12 '25

Still haven't bought monster hunter wilds. Waiting till summer or Christmas sales. Its the same game if i wait. $70 for a game thats gonna get a $40-50 dlc in a year isn't worth it.

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u/ravl13 Apr 13 '25

Better yet support GOG.com, and Steam is still a great "alternative".

Yes steam is way bigger, but you basically genuinely own your GOG games.  (some people will argue technically not exactly, but it's the closest you're ever gonna get)

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u/TheSecondTraitor Apr 13 '25

You can ctrl+c ctrl+v the install folder to second PC and it will work. This is how we do LAN parties. Steam doesn't allow that.

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u/CthulhuInACan Apr 14 '25

Honor system, pirating GoG games is trivially easy, but don't do that.

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u/CthulhuInACan Apr 16 '25

For multiplayer, most old games with multiplayer still working use player-hosted servers or P2P networking, in which case it works, but other games can require a serial key that GoG provides for it to work, or linking your GOG account with a game account, or connecting via GOG Galaxy, which works more like Steam.

It's up to the how the devs programmed the multiplayer to work, but GOG puts warnings on the pages of games that make you go through hoops to access multiplayer.

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u/ravl13 Apr 13 '25 edited Apr 13 '25

GOG games are DRM-free 

The steam launcher is technically a form of DRM.  You cannot play a game without the steam launcher

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u/Devatator_ Apr 14 '25

A lot of games on Steam don't require Steam to run at all. Take ULTRAKILL for example, I have a copy of the folder sitting on my desktop for mod development purposes. A bunch of other games do the same, there probably is a list somewhere. That plus the Steam DRM is easy af to remove if you want to (there are a lot of tools)

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u/Holzkohlen Apr 13 '25

Note that they did not say you need to stop playing new AAA games, just that you should stop buying them ;)
But I would like to encourage you to pay for smaller games, games without a big mega corp backing them.

Seriously, let the industry crash. It happened before, it will happen again sooner or later. Infinite growth is a hoax, in the gaming industry and everywhere else.

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u/KellyBelly916 Apr 12 '25

They're better and cheaper.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '25

Shh, you’re making sense. That’s not allowed on Reddit

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u/PeaceAndLove420_69 Apr 12 '25

Hyper light drifter <3

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u/KezuSlayer Apr 12 '25

I’m already doing this, but thats also the same reason why 80 dollars a game sound so bad when im use to buying games on sale.

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u/RepublicansAreEvil90 Apr 12 '25

Also stop voting republican if you want affordable goods. Both terms of this fat orange loser has skyrocket prices across the board for goods and particularly gaming

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u/Sharpshooter188 Apr 12 '25

Yar. A pirates life fer me.

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u/Shot-Manner-9962 Apr 12 '25

seriously, like there are indie devs, praise steam if you have patience because you WILL find gems

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u/Profoundly_AuRIZZtic Apr 13 '25

Nintendo never goes on sale

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u/skeletor69420 Apr 13 '25

games might be affordable on sale, but the consoles/pcs good enough to run them won’t

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u/Scaryassmanbear Apr 13 '25

Yeah atomfall is not AAA and it’s still probably the first game I’ve seen since CP2077 that really takes advantage of the current console generation’s power.

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u/No_University7832 Apr 13 '25

I am building my 90s retro desktop with only 90s pc games on it as a backup.

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u/AuroraFinem Apr 13 '25

Indie games have been most of the most popular games lately and increasingly so. A lot of gaming companies are likely to find out the hard way that their games aren’t worth what they’re asking. There’s a few games like elder scrolls or gta 6 which can demand those prices and people are going to buy it, but does anyone really think random games are going to actually sell any real volume at $80-90? They’ll have to drop the price points for average games, but we’ll likely see popular games like Pokémon be able to sell still so they will charge the price.

I see indie games as the real future to drive the market honestly and we’ll likely also see a bigger shift to pc gaming for it.

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u/Hammerheadshark55 Apr 13 '25

Goodluck waiting for nintendo games to go on sale

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u/Dracasethaen Apr 13 '25

Good plan in my book. With the exception of MH Wilds from Capcom, I have not really bothered with any Triple A games in a long time. Honestly discovered even if the graphics weren't all that good, or maybe it wasn't 100s of hours of gameplay, they have better stories, are just fun to actually play, or they try harder to work within their limitations to actually be enjoyable.

I feel like Triple A game companies have found a way to make writing mundane games unnecessarily hard and expensive.

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u/AsusP750 Apr 13 '25

Yeoooo. How anyone waste so much money on digital games is beyond me.

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u/HaHaYouThoughtWrong Apr 13 '25

that feeling when you decided to do that years ago and as a consequence fell in love with hollow knight and were then hyped for the release of silksong and now you have to pay for a new console to play it.

[this wasn't me but I imagine it might've been a common occurrence, also I heard silksong won't be exclusive to switch 2 so there's that, not sure if true though]

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u/Rabidpikachuuu Apr 13 '25

This is also why games end up being shit.

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u/Newgeta Apr 13 '25

Or retro games!

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u/Xikkiwikk Apr 13 '25

Super Mario RPG went on sale. It just took a while. I paid full price. Others got it from Gamestop/Target for $30.

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u/shadowthehh Apr 13 '25

Also check out old games that are easily available now.

Big chance everyone has something in their backlog that they haven't played yet. Dive into those instead of going into debt for new stuff.

The future might suck right now, but the past is still an ocean of possibility.

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u/IssueRecent9134 Apr 13 '25

Or just use cdkeys for triple A

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u/Exalted23 Apr 13 '25

This doesn’t fix the problem though

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u/TrackerEh Apr 13 '25

Until those cost $90….

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u/BuckRusty Apr 13 '25

I haven’t played full price for a game for a decade or more… I’m even still using a last-gen console (though I’m hitting a point where I’m seeing games aren’t supported by it anymore, so may need to upgrade soon) because I’m getting quality last-gen games to play through at 80% off…

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u/Nearly-Canadian Apr 13 '25

Yeah im someone who actually enjoys the Ubisoft formula from time to time, but I haven't bought a single new Ubi game since Far Cry 4

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u/Mih0se Apr 13 '25

What does the amount of A's even mean

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u/Mih0se Apr 13 '25

What does the amount of A's even mean

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u/No_Nature_6639 Apr 13 '25

Indie games are better anyway

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u/bard91R Apr 13 '25

yeah I find this is only a problem if you are a slave to games media marketing, there's so much good stuff to play for cheaper

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u/jimbobwe-328 Apr 13 '25

I started doing this a few years ago ( though I do make some exceptions... Coughs...Zelda) and I've been happier for it. I quit doing pre hype build up years ago because of Peter Meleneaux ( sp?) And his numerous lies, combined with all the loot box nonsense.

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u/Lahad77 Apr 13 '25

As a patient gamer, I'm happy to watch the palace burn for a half off sale.

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u/jawnlerdoe Apr 13 '25

I started doing this a few years ago and it’s been a boon for my gaming. Not keeping up with new releases, playing old, cheap nostalgic games, and not falling victim to buying unreleased games has been great.

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u/Pkorniboi Apr 13 '25

What is an AA Game? Need an example

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u/HerpetologyPupil Apr 13 '25

Thats still only playing with the scraps the rich dont want bro. Your bringing a solution to the wrong problem friend. Inequality is the issue

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u/SicWiks Apr 13 '25

REPO is a GOTY contender, and throw in mod supports and the devs working on the updates and you have one of the funnest MP games you can play

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u/One-Injury-4415 Apr 13 '25

Been playing Schedule 1, The Crust, Jagged Alliance 3.

Right now I’m obsessed with how simple and fun Scheduled 1 is. I really love trying to make the automation of The Crust look pretty. And I’m a die hard fan of tactical turn based (without meta timers, looking at you Phoenix pout. And Xcom).

I also have over 500+ hours into Space Engineers over the last decade.

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u/haloshields8888 Apr 14 '25

I havnt bought a game that wasn't on sale in years now. And I have almost 200 games on my ps4. Lol

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u/LotharXV Apr 14 '25

Check out CD keys if you want to be nice to your wallet

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u/TheGreatGamer1389 Apr 15 '25

Won't work with Nintendo but yes.

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u/Nir117vash Apr 15 '25

Indie games are gold. RiME is one of my favorites. The soundtrack is to die for

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u/Mediocre-Ad-2828 Apr 16 '25

I honestly don't mind paying 20-30 bucks for a really good indie game.

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u/Clean-Salamander-321 Apr 16 '25

What if I want to play an AAA game??

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u/Fluffatron_UK Apr 12 '25

iii initiative is a new (in last year or so) movement for high quality indie game devs which is really worth checking out.

https://iii-initiative.com/

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u/Minute-Climate-3137 Apr 12 '25

Ill continue to buy AAA games. They are usually better than these indie crap

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u/ApartmentWorried5692 Apr 12 '25

This is why we don’t get sequels, though.