Jun 12, 2025·2 replies
player characterwell i disagree
there are many games that justify it almost on artistic value alone. not to mention the hours, and potentially years, of entertainment. Throw in the large variety of skills involved and the nature of the economy and then you get games having a higher price range. Games should be priced at what they're worth considering those factors
“Art” most games that come out in a year suck
Jun 12, 2025·8 repliesPFLP optimisticman“Art” most games that come out in a year suck
I can't name many games I'd consider "great" since 2015
- Jun 12, 2025
The video game market is hurting itself tbh most kids play free to play games and the adults aren’t gonna waste their time on 90% of triple A games
Jun 12, 2025·3 replies
EverythingYou'll drop $100+ for a concert. I want everything as cheap as possible but this convo is never consistent with other artforms.
$100 experience seeing your favorite artist live surrounded by other fans isn’t quite the same as buying a copy of video game to sit in front of your screen for a few hours. I don’t see a $100 value anywhere for a video game
- Jun 12, 2025Cherrywine1
Gaming has been inflation proof for decades until finally the industry tested out $70. Gamers ate it up no questions asked. $80. Gamers will eat it up no questions asked (and even defend it!). Let’s see how far this goes..
I've personally always believed games should be priced higher. I always felt like I was getting peak for bargain (when playing peak ofc). When I actually got into development that belief was only reinforced
- Jun 12, 2025
the economy needs improvement (general statement), valuable pieces of entertainment with work put into it don't need to be cheaper
- Jun 12, 2025
The Big Elotegames go on sale so fast now to warrant paying full price in general
I still do it though
Picking up GTA VI remastered for $50 during the 70% off sale 5 years from now
- Jun 12, 2025·1 replyPFLP optimisticman
“Art” most games that come out in a year suck
what do you mean when you say most games lol
because there are 1000s of games released in a year
- Jun 12, 2025Cherrywine1
$100 experience seeing your favorite artist live surrounded by other fans isn’t quite the same as buying a copy of video game to sit in front of your screen for a few hours. I don’t see a $100 value anywhere for a video game
that's just preference of entertainment lol
Jun 12, 2025
Prezgoldeneye for Nintendo 64 cost $69.99 in the year of our lord 1997.
u really think $80 is that bad in 2025?nobody ever engages with this
Jun 12, 2025i can't remember the last time i paid full price for a game on release
might have been cyberpunk actually
- Jun 12, 2025·1 reply
Saturday@DonkeyKong I love you so much, DK, but $80 is where I draw the line...
they already announced DKB is gonna be $70...
Jun 12, 2025
YA ICEMAN ACEEngineering Management!
I did operations. you securing the bag, geez
- Jun 12, 2025·1 replyplayer character
what do you mean when you say most games lol
because there are 1000s of games released in a year
Bruh gtfoh u know most people wouldnt pay full price for 99% of the games that come out in a year. People f with the big franchises like GOW and GTA. Theres a reason the rest go on sale or get included with playstation plus
Jun 12, 2025first discussion thread in gaming with 12 + pages IN
- Jun 12, 2025PFLP optimisticman
Bruh gtfoh u know most people wouldnt pay full price for 99% of the games that come out in a year. People f with the big franchises like GOW and GTA. Theres a reason the rest go on sale or get included with playstation plus
that's why I asked what you meant by most games
Jun 12, 2025
Q3DGaming is a luxury sadly
crakc 🪑Jun 12, 2025·1 replyJust torrent that s*** lol
Look how quickly we got fleshed out, fully functional emulation of blockbuster singleplayers like BOTW and TOTK. If you have a pc there’s no excuse to still moan about the price of games
Jun 12, 2025·3 repliesCherrywine1You need your ass whooped. At some point you have to develop a backbone. $70 was already much, $80 for the base game is outrageous.
At this rate, we’ll have $100 games by the end of 2026
GTA 6 will cost $100 and you will buy
Sybau
- crakc 🪑Jun 12, 2025Luca
GTA 6 will cost $100 and you will buy
Sybau
Pc port will be cracked and seeded by 10k people within days of it dropping
You just gotta wait
Which I understand sucks
But still - Jun 12, 2025·1 replycrakc
Just torrent that s*** lol
Look how quickly we got fleshed out, fully functional emulation of blockbuster singleplayers like BOTW and TOTK. If you have a pc there’s no excuse to still moan about the price of gamesyeah f*** the artists
- Jun 12, 2025·2 replies
pirate everything
- crakc 🪑Jun 12, 2025player character
yeah f*** the artists
Game is gonna make actual billions from just the online alone who gives a flying f*** bruh
- crakc 🪑Jun 12, 2025player character
pirate everything