• thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    33
    ·
    3 months ago

    Provide me with a complete experience out-of-the-box as an end-user (you know how it should be done, developers - it’s the way things were before the PS3/XBox 360 era), don’t try to nickel & dime me with ‘micro-transactions’ or ‘battle passes’, or scam me with multiple ‘expansions’ every year… and then, and only then, we can talk.

    $60 USD in 2000 is worth about $110 now; so there’s room to negotiate - but it needs to be in good faith, and I don’t trust publishers to do so currently.

    • lemmyng@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      18
      ·
      3 months ago

      It also has to be fully functional offline. I don’t want to be locked out because someone’s login server is down.

    • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      19
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      3 months ago

      That’s where I am at. Want more money? Release a full complete game. BG3 honestly I could pay 100 for and feel content. RDR2 same deal. Those are complete games, and are worth it.

      This Ubisoft trash coming out? 20. Tops.

      • thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        5
        ·
        3 months ago

        Indies are honestly the only thing keeping me in this hobby; well that and retro collecting…

        A game like Vampire Survivors has given me hundreds of hours of entertainment and value for a fraction of the cost of a single “AAA” game - even factoring in the handful of expansion packs he’s released.

        • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          5
          ·
          3 months ago

          The major publishers declared strategy and top down games dead, but factorio and other small indie games gmhave kept me on for thousands of hours

      • glimse@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        3 months ago

        I’ve never regretted buying a game full price less than BG3. My baseless rule of thumb for value is that $1 should get you an hour of fun and I’ve got like 400 hours in that game

      • thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        edit-2
        3 months ago

        Corporations are beholden to their shareholders, yes - but the issue is more down to the fact that we seem to have forgotten that shareholders have the intellect of a toddler… give them free reign and they’ll eat pure sugar for dinner and then complain about a tummy ache.

        The line can still go up by delivering quality experiences (as mentioned elsewhere: BG3, RDR2 & hopefully GTA6); by taking care of your stakeholders (which includes employees and customers), it results in higher long-term returns for everyone.

        But again, shareholders are toddlers and the current system is giving them free reign.

        • Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          3 months ago

          The line can still go up by delivering quality experiences (as mentioned elsewhere: BG3, RDR2 & hopefully GTA6); by taking care of your stakeholders (which includes employees and customers), it results in higher long-term returns for everyone.

          Hilarious. Now pay $30 mo for our add free version of this game.