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  • MoreZombies@lemm.eetoGames@lemmy.world•Can't Afford A Nintendo Switch 2? Buy A Switch 1, Nintendo Says - Insider GamingEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    I appreciate this and agree 100%, but there are a LOT of factors besides just having the thing that make it harder than “just stop consuming”.

    If you are someone who typically only plays games with friends, it can very much be a case of “Buy or miss out”. I have a group of friends who will probably buy GTA VI and play hundreds of hours of multiplayer together. I know I will not be rewarding Rockstar for their inevitably shitty choices and behaviour with this game (Fuck them for what they did with GTA VI, greedy assholes), and I know this means just…not playing with my friends. I’m okay with that as a thirty something adult, but for others they won’t be able to “just not”.

    Then you have all the FOMO stuff - I refused to buy Diablo 4 on launch in protest of prices and Blizzard, etc. But it was VERY hard for me, being aware I was missing out on an exper

    Limited time items, exclusive events, etc, can all play a factor for those who’s brains are tickled in just the right way.

    I wish it were simply a case of patience and frugality.

  • MoreZombies@lemm.eetoGames@lemmy.world•Nintendo boss Doug Bowser explains the $80 price for ‘Mario Kart World’ - The Washington PostEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Those companies are usually being closed down optionally by their owning corporations, they aren’t going out of business. Sunset Overdrive’s company was shuttered despite their success, for example.

    If we’re also going by games 20 to 30 years ago, $50 was the whole game, without stuff being chopped out for day one DLC, or micro transactions, or battle passes.

    If we’re upping the price - do we need monthly $30 battle passes? Do we need $20 micro transactions?

    When these games are pulling so much MONTHLY in revenue, how can we then turn around and say games aren’t profitable and the price needs to go up?

    Also, wasnt buying digital meant to save me money? What happened to that?

  • MoreZombies@lemm.eetomemes@lemmy.world•The Google Lock-in DilemmaEnglish
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    15 days ago

    I hear you - there’s been some things I’ve had to give up as a result of degoogling, including access to multiple paid games and services.

    It’s also what has stopped me completely deleting my Facebook account - I have VR purchases tied to it.

    In the end I just have to keep reminding myself that there WILL be alternatives, and in the cases where there aren’t, I made do without these things once.