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The Industry’s Rush to $80 Video Games Has Stalled — For Now (www.bloomberg.com)
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[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Publishers really are stupid. They don't get it Gamers want to give you our money. We want to open our wallet and shower publishers with money. But we want to do that for gaming experiences that at a minimum equal and surpass gaming experiences we used to get 15 years ago.

Games nowadays do not feel even equivalent to games we used to play. So we aren't giving you our money. Honestly, if there was a game that was $80, but it was so groundbreaking it was like Halo CE, or Halo 2, or Super Mario 64, or anything like that, then people would pay it.

No games now have the same impact. Therefore, they are not worth such a high cost.

[–] misk@piefed.social -2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That’s just rose tinted glasses, there are loads of unique games that are leaps and bounds above Mario 64 or Halo, even from AAA studios. Off top of my head (so probably skewed toward recent releases): Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Tears of the Kingdom, Unicorn Overlord, Helldivers 2, Alan Wake 2, Baldur’s Gate 3, Elden Ring, Returnal, Half Life: Alyx. Saying there are no impactful games is disrespectful to amazing work that’s still being done. They don’t have as much of a visible impact because new generation of gamers chose to play Fortnite and Genshin Impact instead.