>A new survey has revealed that more than half of hardcore gamers from multiple age groups no longer pay full price for video games, with just 20% of one age range saying that they'd pay full whack for a new release.https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/05/more-than-50percent-of-hardcore-gamers-dont-buy-full-priced-games-anymore-survey-finds
>>534914039Get a job, losers.
Why the fuck would anyone pay for slop? I love EU4 but i didnt pay a cent for it
>>534914039they aren’t very hardcore gamers
I pay zero dollars for games.There are plenty of games from 2012 and before that are available for free that can be played on a potato or cell phone.New games are all trash.There's no point in buying anything when something just as good or better is available for free.
>>534914039I only buy furry hentai games
>>534914039Last game I bought on launch was Dead Rising 2, leaftards ruined that franchise like they ruin everything they touch.
>>534914039Silksong and Magical Princess were both under $30Anything more than that, I pirate
>>534914039>they're gamers... but they don't actually play any games
we all have backlogs of games we bought during steam sales that we haven't got around to playing yet or don't have space for on our ssds. so unless a game is cheap, on sale, or a must play, we are unlikely to buy.
>>534914039I don't play any games released after 2010 and probably never will
>>534914173This. I've got KOTOR 1 & 2 (with the "unfuck this shit" mod) on an emulator on my phone that I still fire up for a playthrough every couple months. Think I might go make the next Revan a scout/sentinel right now.
>>534914039i was going to buy civ 7 but then i heard they put harriot tubman in the game so i'll just keep playing civ 5
>>534914356Prey (2017) was underrated, from the same guys that did Dishonored. Also, Elite Dangerous is something special if you've always wanted to be the helmsman from Star Trek and don't mind spending as much time in online forums as you do in-game.
>>534914213Mah mayne!
>>534914039>hardcorethat means you poopsock one game, of course you're not buying new ones.
https://openmw.orgThe adventure never ends
>>534914278the last time i purchased any media was 2005
>>534914121Hey man, nothing wrong with waiting for a Steam sale to buy games.
>>534914039About time
>>534914103Beyond this, why would anyone pay full price when steam holds like 10 massive sales a year. Who the fuck would pay full price knowing that the game will be 10, 15, 20, 50 or more % off in a few months.
>>534914525>Prey (2017) was underratedTragically so.Shame it didn't sell well.It's why we don't get many games like that I guess.
>>534914039This is because video game companies can't engage with fair competition thanks to Valve's monopoly and harmful lootbox economies. Customers are feeling dissatisfied with gaming because all they have is Valveslop and their tyrannical business practices. Honestly Valve should be forced to go public so that we can let the free market and competition bring back gaming to what it used to be. No more globalist companies.
>>534914311This. Not to mention roms.
>>534914688enough people pay full price to subsidize a juicy sale to boost player count. thank them for their service.
>>534914776J*w
>>534914039accelerate
i buy most games on sale. there are so many games if i want something new there is always something interesting on sale.the last game i bought right at release also had a 10% release sale but it was like a $30 game full price anyway.ive got like 15 games on my wishlist right now, im in no hurry. i grab them when they are on sale, ive got several games to play in my backlog that i got on salethis is called being smart and learning to play the long game. because of this i can afford to spend more money on fantasy dildos
$49.99 was the perfect max price and that was only if the game was a legit 8/10+. The thing is I can easily afford a $70 game right now but I don't buy it out of principle, plus its mostly slop.
Do you have a "Gavatar", a Gaming Avatar?
>>534914792Name 10 people.
If you read the article you'll see this:> It splits participants into three age ranges — 14-29, 30-44 and 46-61 (sorry, 45-year olds) — with the youngest age range most likely to go for a full-priced game.To be fair, playing video games is a hobby for young people and they're more than willing to pay the full price for it.
>>534914039because they're shitits really that simpleIf youre a lifeless loser you can carry on about all the details of why and how but its a waste of time, they arent going to listen, they're shit.
>>534915054I am my real life Gayvatar.Why not? This world treats me as evil.I will be evil; the most evil.
all my games are from the pirate bay and I'm very proud of myself
>torrent singleplayer games>trade WoW gold I got from carrying shitters for the multiplayer locked gamesimagine ever paying real money for that shit
>>534914220What exactly did we did to dead rising?Ans yes of course videogames are the bourgeoise down with them
>>534915539The community ruined wow. Turtlewow banned all services, boosting and botting and it was the best experience I had in wow in 20 years.
I buy all my PS5 games on ebay for around $20 a pop.The most i spent last year on a game was $40 for Expedition 33.
>>534914039Wait what tf people play video games I only watch people that play video games why do the people I watch play video games say they got a early copy of the game then did they actually have to buy it should I donate to them more so I can keep watching them play video games im a gamer ffs
>>534914278I play Runescape, the only game a man needs
>>534915777I watch a guy that plays that it looks hard
>>534914631Right? We're just trying to save money and wait until they actually patch/update/pump out all the DLCs.
>>534914792Thanks, paypiggies.
there's always cool stuff to play if you actually like video games, i have no issue paying for things that are worth my time. it's only AAA slop that's dying off and rightfully so
>>534914039They will for mine because it's a fair price and I'm giga based
>>534914039I'll just play one of the 200 games in my backlog while I wait for the latest shit to go on a discount.Unless it's the rare game I'm super excited about which happens about once every 3 years, I'll buy it at full price.
>>534914039>paying for gamesDenovo has been defeated, there is nothing out of reach now outside of some multiplayer games that are server side.
>>534914278/v/ in a nutshell
>>534914039Chill with the antisemitism
>>534914039Every console platform has a subscription service. The price of these services have recently gone up so I suspect more people will be opting out of them and buying games again.
>>534914039I haven't paid for a single video game since Mass Effect 3 was completely botched. Every person working in the video game industry can go fuck themselves.
>>534914039The Indiana Jones game actually looked good but there was no way I was paying that price for it.
>>534914039This is good. It means gaming addicts get to play their fucking backlog and take a break when they run out. And it means that gaming can die down, the hitchhikers can get the fuck out, and the foids who pretend to care, and then a new form of gaming can emerge based on AI technology, that will be completely different from anything we've seen, and the companies get to gatekeep content again, and the only people that get to work on them are the smart developers. That's why games were great in the beginning. You got these little pieces of "magic" from the computer, that you didn't know a computer could even do. But 3 generations later and it's just dumb developers replicating what they grew up with and doing it poorly.
>>534914039There are a shit ton of games out there. If a new game comes out, first play another discounted game then circle back later during discount. You then get an improved patched game while saving money. High IQ pro gamer move.
>>534914776>Valve Valve is the only thing keeping PC gaming nice. If it was up to assholes like Tim Sweeney, we'd have ads in our games now. Gabe is the only one setting standards in the gamers favor. Once he dies PC gaming is dead as the greedy fucks get ahold of valve and run it into the ground.
>>534914939>$49.99 was the perfect max price50 is good, redditfag npc's will say games cost 80 in the 90's, but they always fail to mention that each game cartridge was basically a mini computer with sturdy electronics, a board, cpu's, batteries, etc. Also came with a beautiful case and booklet, my favorite is the Sega Genesis, those game cases were the best
>>534918426All the top tier leaders at Valve are already billionaires and Gabe's son is rumored to inherit Valve, there is no reason to sell out when you are already worth billions
I buy games several years after they come out for a deep discount, full price is the suckers price, GTA6 will be no different, those fags think they can charge $100, lmao, I ain't paying, and it's trash I won't even buy it on sale.
>>534918514>No reason to sell Well I hope he doesn't put some random MBA asshole in charge because he doesn't want to run it because the MBA will do the same thing.
>>534914039Modern games are unfinished upon release. I usually wait a year+ after a game comes out, when they've patched it up and there are tons of reviews to look at, my friends have played it, etc. before I even consider buying it. AND I will only BUY it if it's completely free of woke bullshit, as well as microtransactions. So I end up buying very very few games, and when I do, they're on sale. It's essentially donating my money to developers I like, since I could just pirate. If the game is woke or has microtransactions or I dislike anything about it whatsoever, I just pirate.
>>534918592>Won't be any different Wrong, by the time you buy it the bugs will be fixed and there will be more free content for you to enjoy.
>buying gamesWhat
>>534914571I played it with the multiplayer mod, it was so cash
>>534914358Based
>>534918216Pirated it several times and modded the gay shit out of it. Still better than 2, fuck that capeshit.1 is the best
>>534914571>https://openmw.org*Clif racer liked this post*
>>534914039the last money grabbing breath will be GTVI that will be a scam!hahahahahaha trannies won again!what they wanted to do to the chuderinos>"either you become a hero or live enough to become a villain" in this case>"they tried to prevent you from becoming a hero by cutting your pipe, but in the end your revolt and revenge will please the God´s and save humanity"I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SAY IT, BUT TRANNERINOS ARE REAL HEROES! AHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHATRANNIES WON!
>>534914525>>534914768It was the name. The original proposed name was Neuroshock, which made sense since it was a system shock spiritual successor down to the setting. At the last minute some dumbass exec decided to call it prey which was that native american FPS from 2007 with gravity mechanics which was also cool but undersold. So the old prey fans were pissed and poopoo'ed it and new fans didn't know wtf it was about.
>>534918846Morrowind never dies
>>534914039Why would I pay 60-70 monies for 500gb of unoptimized garbage, designed to sell me new pc components not because the gameplay mechanics are so computationally heavy but because every last nose hair needs to be rendered in 8k?Especially if it's not made but passionate people but those who only view the medium either as a job or worst case as a vehicle for their politics.
Doesnt this just mathematically make sense? H4rdc0r3 gamers are just gonna be playing their same shit over and over and looking at sales and seeing if anything else can fit into their addiction. The only people that waste money on games and shit are retarded peopel buying things for their kids
the last game i bought was pubg in 2017 and i still play it daily
literally everyone i know who plays video games plays them on Steam except for the poorest loser i know, who plays on other peoples' accounts or an old ass 360and if you ever buy anything for full price on Steam, you have gone full retard, the game WILL go on sale inside of a few months and you can save a bunch of moneythat, coupled with the fact that you don't own the software, you merely hold a license to use it, means there's zero reason to ever pay full price for such a license unless you genuinely want to support the devs. and since most devs are fags, they don't deserve my support
>Imagine paying $100 for a souls-like troonslop when you can just make your own 1,000 mod Skyrim goon list for free.
>>534914039They stopped making shit to get excited for, so I stopped paying full price on day one to play trash.Plenty of good old games in my backlog to play on discount.I picked up Stelaris a few weeks ago on sale and am loving it Also, go play Outer Wilds.I fucking love that game.
>>534914039I never pay full price for vidya
>>534914311This, I have more games than I will ever play.Its not that everything new is shit, but I have the luxury to wait for a while to see if a game is worth playing before I buy it.Last game I played full price for was Expedition 33 and I would fucking do it twice more.That game is excellent and I dont even really care for the gameplay style.
>>534914039Gamers gamed themselves into poverty. More news at 11.
>>534914039I pirate everything.I also refuse to tip, vote or eat pussy.
>>534914776I've never paid for a loot box and never will.I know immediately that any game that has that shit is just a casino with extra steps and I fucking hate gambling.
>>534914039I only buy games I like, so it sounds like a (you) (dev/publisher) problem.
>>534914776Players steer the market with their wallets.Gaben himself said something like that.
Modern AAA games are overpriced and undercooked ie Starfield
>>534920358Based
>>534914039>payi-is that what normies have been doing all along?>>534914103>but i didn't pay a cent for itin minecraft...
>>534914173>There's no point in buying anything when something just as good or better is available for free.based.you shouldn't need 200gigs of memory and 64gigs of ram to run a game, unless that game is doing some shady shit in the background (spyware)i just dont trust it, i'll be sticking with my cc:da, dwarf fortress, minecraft, command & conquer and retro emulators, and i dont even have a shitty computer.if game devs didn't want to lose "gamers", they should've appealed to the "i dont like shitty games, only good games" audience.
>>534914039I had two weeks off and wanted to buy some games to play.i went to gamestop, and they had no disks.wait-- no disks? yes. no disks.I went on amazon to buy the disks. sorry, normal tier disk version is not availble.wait-- no disks? yes. no disks.you have to either buy the double price version or get the download onlylmao. fuck this shit. I'll just play minecraft againkiked themselve out of my money
>>534914039I would buy full price games if there was anything worth buying.
>>534914039CHANGE THE PRICE BACK DOWN TO £45 ON RELEASE INSTEAD OF 70YOU ONLY RECENTLY CHANGED THIS MAYBE A YEAR AGOGO BACK TO £45 GAMES AND DOUBLE YOUR SALES YOU RETARDS!
>>534914039>pay $70 (soon to be 80 when gta6 releases)>wait 3 months and the game is already 50% off>wait 1 year and it's 80% offThere's decades of great games, no urgency to buy slop.
>>534914039I wait for the 100% discount. I.e. when it's cracked.
>>534914039Even when I forgo the high-seas discount and buy to support the devs I won't pay full price.
>>534914039>steam: a game on your wishlist is on sale!>it's a remaster of a game that came out in 2004>$80 down from $120mgs snake eater btw
Last game I bought at full price was cyberpunk 2077 and that was because the hype was too extreme. Same thing will happen with GTAVI. Otherwise there's just nothing out there.
new video games don't add any new mechanics or gameplay, they just make the graphics slightly better but require top of the line hardware to run properly
There are so many games coming out at any given time that it's impossible to keep up. Why would I rush around buying everything at full price?
>>534921649yeah anon, i'm sure empress never ever puts shady shit in their cracked roms
>>534918879glad someone remembers the navs
>>534914039Which one? The first copies out? The extended version with chapter 2? The Directors cut? The GoTY version with slightly updated graphics and bug fixes?
The last full price game i bought was settlers 2 for the Amiga, lol
>>534914039Maybe they should quit inserting gays and people of color into everything. Or even better yet just let the character you choose be optional regardless of loadout like it used to be.Also remove balancingIts pretty fucking simple. Quit shoving things down peoples throats and let games be skill based.
>>534914039Game devs aren't releasing full games anymore either, if you don't wait for the GOTY edition + tip you're missing out on something.Personally I'm fine with old games that don't pull this faggotry, to say nothing of how gay mainstream games got after the 00s.
Games have been feeling like chores to me for years, so I just do actual chores instead and make my brain feel good. Instead of feeling the dread on wasting 3 hours on bing bing wahoo.
>>534914039>parrotedconfirm hit
>>534914173Funny that minecraft used to be a benchmark for "bloated and runs like shit", and now it's one of those games they put super-shaders on and 10,000 render distance because if you play modern "games" minecraft is now low-spec.
>>534921185I pay for shit I think deserve it. A lot of people bust their asses working on them, so it stands to reason to pay for it if the product is good. You can tell when shit is half-assed or the devs genuinely don't care to make a solid game.That being said, I'm still only going to buy it when it goes on sale. Dipshits looking to get their food from the trough on day one for that sweet and succulent FotM serotonin hit deserve to get scalped for all they're worth, especially with games you know are going to be phased out in the next year because of yearly releases.Honestly believe that the people with no self-control are the same dipshits screaming about how other people are just "poor" for not gobbling up this tripe.
>>534914039You can get most "full price" games for free. That said, name a "full price" game that isn't dogshit or 5+ years old. You can't, and if a game is dogshit or 5+ years old, it's not worth "full price".
>>534914039People are still playing woke nigger games?That shit isn't even worth pirating.
>>534922090Minecraft is still bloated and runs like shit; but the community remade the renderer from scratch years ago and it runs extremely well today.Something like 10x performance gain vs vanilla even with all those uber HD RTX shaders.
Mega Man Legacy Collection 1 and 2 are $15 eachThat's $30 for some of the best old school games ever made and could feasibly last many, many years if I choose to do some self-imposed "git gud challenges," like beating each game with the default weapon or beating each boss without taking damageI could also emulate all these games for $0
>>534914581>flopsChuds win
the crash is only for massive AAA studios, which is kinda good. AA and established indie are pretty safe
>>534914525>Prey (2017) was underratedwas it?it looked so god damned boringlike it was the last of it's kindan extremely watered down version
>>534914768T-There's still hope..!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxYff8pNvos
>>534914039why do gaymers think what they do matters for anything at all? it doesn't matter for Nvidia hw (you already get scraps) or computer hw generally or the economy. It's a niche market of fucking insignificant nerds whose dicks are terminally dry
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>>534914039>spike game priceswhile they are historically shit.Ya that is what happens.
>>534915457>piratebayI'm surprised you still haven't gotten a virus. That place is quite literally the worst place to torrent anything nowadays. You know there are much better places to get games or other torrents?>>534914525KCD 1 and 2, Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal were also pretty good.For some reason, apparently KCD2 went through some sort of controversy when it came out, idk why. Its one of my top 5 favourite games.>>534914878They will be infinitely kept afloat by braindead normalfaggot consoomers and Blackrock money. Look at COD, that franchise should've died years ago if not for the brainwashed niggercattle that keep buying their games every year. My only hope is that with AI and other tools, games can be made easier so more indie, small studios can make better games.
It's simple>Modern aaa games are broken on release, also they announce seasons pass BEFORE the release, your 80 euros game is more like 130 if you want to really play it>Old games doesn't dispawn, I already had enought games to fill my whole life on my computer when I was 9 and discovered emulation>Games doesn't get better, games from 15 years ago still look fine and yet modern games ask for 10 times more power for something not 10 times better
>>534914039>modern AAA games have graphics that lose to games made decade ago while running like shit, stories are fucking worthless slop, gameplay loop is uninspired, and even the tits and assess are 404>and they want 80€ + microtransactions + always online + tip for itI don't even pay full price for indie games
>>534918611I'm too jaded, man. I don't know much about his son, does he share his father's philosophy? I've seen so many good companies ruined by the faggot that inherited it.>>534918638I pirated S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 but uninstalled it because it was pretty bad upon launch. I'm gonna pirate it again once all the DLCs are released, most bugs have been fixed, and someone makes a mod to remove all women and niggers and women from the game.
>>534914039I'll buy it if it's like 85%+ off, no problem, because that's what it's worth to me.
>>534920358extremely based. I will play my pirated FNV for the 100th time before I buy a new game.>>534920860I know TESVI will be absolutely ruined, but even then I will use every curse word in the english, and other language against Todd and the game devs>>534921869>Last game I bought at full price was cyberpunk 2077 and that was because the hype was too extremeHow did that work out
>>534923065>I pirated S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2Waste of bandwidth, they got rid of Alife so why even bother? Alife was what made sdalger.
>>534923384Didn't the fix it and put it back in? To their credit, the devs seem to be slowly fixing the game, which is more than most others do. If it gets the No Man's Sky treatment, I'd be happy to pirate it later.
>>534923413what is bangaldesh like? are you safe?
>>534914039Total AAA death. I will only pay for indie or AA games. Hidden gems, like Age of Decadence.
>>534923413i just read that it still sucks and AI is a jokewhy not just replay the original games?seems much more funthe new game seems to be crusty asshole
>>534923485I live in one of the better areas, so its safe. Unfortunately things are becoming worse and worse in the rest of the country. Murders, extortion, kidnapping etc. are increasing by a lot, the government does not handle any of it because the police and politicians also get a cut from the criminals. I hate this country so fucking much man, we had a revolution in 2024 to get rid of our corrupt dictator, and then the people decided to vote in another corrupt soon-to-be dictator.
>>534923606>get rid of our corrupt dictator, and then the people decided to vote in another corrupt soon-to-be dictatorMany such cases
>>534923566Yeah, I'm gonna replay the original games. I also haven't tried out any mods, so I should download those too. I got filtered in Anomaly by the first pseudodog.
>>534923606Sorry to hear that. And thank you for your answer. Are you a native Bangladeshi? I'm just wondering because I want to know what the Bangladesh average person thinks about their ancient culture - do people talk about it much and find inspiration - or are most people ignorant to that and just simply consume and talk about pop culture shit? Thank you.
>>534914039I haven't spent money on games in over 15 years. I think the last purchase I ever made was a 30 day PLEX for Eve Online in 2011. I've exclusively played free games or pirated shit since then.
>>534923683Yeah, I'm native. Our culture has become more and more diluted, and there's a bit of controversy. You see, our country is conservative and majority muslim. But, our culture has a lot of Hindu influences. It used to not be a problem before, because in most Islamic countries, Islamic cultures also mix with the local culture.But, in more recent years, conservative boomers, jobless retards and leftist faggots are now fighting over it. Most people don't really care.
>>534923783Interesting. Thank you for your response I appreciate it. I hope you have continued safety.
>>534923719I used to buy video games in my childhood, except I later found out that the CDs I bought were pirated themselves, and I could just torrent them myself.
>>534922964CoD is literal USMIL propaganda, it'll never die because it's about the only thing selling the youth on signing up to die for israel
>>534923990I think they've made the propaganda more overt recently. Like check for example, in the MW 2019 they've blamed the Highway of Death on the Russians, while irl it was a US war crime. But, back during BO1, they used to atleast be more nuanced.Heck, atleast back then the propaganda slop was fun to play. Who's gonna want to join the military after fighting dollar store Icon of Sin?
>>534923639nice...i replayed a few years agohaven't played games at all other than flight simfeel like i should replay some old gamesnew games don't interest me whatsoever
>>534924121I used to only play games from 2012 and earlier. Only in the past year or so, am I trying out some of the newer games(by which I mean 2016-2017 mostly).I seem to have a problem where I'd rather replay the same game a millionth time than try out a new one or a new mod. Same with books.
This has nothing to due with politics...However, like it has been mentioned a few times already. Steam has created an over abundance and opened the flood gates to free market price competition; to point where most AAA Titles will go on 10% sale within 2 months. You don't even need to wait for Season sales. Publishers on doing steep discounts regularly through their own sales. They have revealed the reality, MOST GAME ARE NOT WORTH $60 - $70. Also, way too much flavor of the month clones exist that are cheaper and occupy the goyim enough. Most people who invest money into this shit aren't even true fans of the hobby. Look at the achievement percentages for quality games. 90% will get passed the 1st level/quest/mission. ~20% compete the game. That's so depressing.
>>534918426Problem is, it doesn't matter if you bought the game. If it stays in the launcher, whether its Origin or Steam, it belongs to the company and they can ban or seize them whenever they want.Sure, Valve stays winning because Gabe is around but there's no guarantee after he is gone. The only way you can be sure that you truly own a game is if you have the physical disk, or an offline copy on your own hard drive.
>>534914039Socialism is life on hardcore mode.
>>534914039Not buying overpriced games when you're barely able to eat? Who would have guessed this would have happened?!
>>534924803Central banking turns all industries into rent seeking economies. Basically the only way to compete is to get heaps of fake money, then try make a cash cow products... Loot boxes, IAP, subscriptions, DLC, etc. It's not a game anymore, it's SaaS. On top of it, shareholders are Jews who are closest to the printing machine and they request every character is made into a tranny, a nigger, a strong feminist or subverted white male, or combination of each. I just wanted to play video games.
>>534914039Ignore the poorfags itt. Streaming culture and e-sports ruined gaming. Everything is pandered towards them now. There’s no point playing it yourself. Everything is marketing. There’s no sense of mystery. Some coroprate shilled “influencer” will beat the game the day it came out magiclly anyways. That’s why Dark Souls got popular 10 years ago remember? but people forgot that lesson already. There’s absolutely no point buying games on release date for non streamer gamers. Also the sense of community is gone. There’s only handful of video game communities left and all are full of game company employees shilling or derailing shit. They should just find new female customers instead of how to comebat piracy. Even if they can block piracy, they won buy those games and just find new hobby
>>534914549Wew
>>534925046I can't even afford the RAM to play games, much less buying actual games to play in person. Gaming is about watching full gameplay no commentary in YouTube.
>>534922488All money is worthless once you're a jew who owns banks
>>534914776> Valve's monopoly The hedge fund asshole has been spotted.You motherfuckers turn everything into shit because of the percentage of potential lost profits.Steam provides the best customer-oriented gaming platform that replaces piracy with its convenience.If someone give power to bastards like you, piracy will increase by 1,000% within a year, because you'll turn Steam into the same shit that Spotify is.
>>534925164>Gaming is about watching full gameplay no commentary in YouTube.Based and it fulfills the experience well enough.
>>534924803But companies are caring less and less about the average consumer. They're now targeting the higher income brackets. NVIDIA only makes a fraction of their revenue from gamers, most of their money comes from enterprise customers who pay gorillions.And look at the ASUS RTX 5090 card, which is $5000 for absolutely no reason at all. In fact, all NVIDIA cards are hugely overpriced yet goycattle consoomers have them sold out within a day.>>534924998But everything thats going on in the gaming industry is because of Jewish capitalism??
>>534914776Ew this post is just awfulFind another site to sully, you evil coward
>>534925213>If someone give power to bastards like you, piracy will increase by 1,000% within a yearI used to think that too, but most normies are braindead retards who prefer convenience at any cost. Look how much worse cable TV and streaming shows have become. Piracy is obviously the superior choice, yet people still pay out the ass for their convenience.>>534925259I used to do that, but it doesn't hit anymore. And some of the people that play games are absolutely rage-inducing. I used to think that only people who are pros at games can be successful in Youtube. Yet, when I watched RadBrad play, I wanted to strangle him. MKiceandfire and Shirrako are still pretty good though.
>>534925259Naw mate, if your watching someone play video games past the age of 20. Something is wrong. You're missing out on life. No joke Don't let the jews destory you like that.
>>534925398Gaming becomes about finding the right streamer. It's still a game of skill in some way.
>>534914039OH WOW WHO COULD POSSIBLE HAVE SEEN THIS COMING!???!?
>>534925417>Something is wrong.Oh we're way past that
>>534925285Hardware is different. The topic was games. If I didn't have a PC, I would definitely be grabbing a pre-owned PS5.
>>534925526Even in video games its the same. COD and FIFA games are literally the same games released every year and every year they make millions of dollars.When GTA VI releases for $100, the consoomers will still make it the best seling game of the year.
>>5349252855090s get bought up by the gorillions by chinks abroad and taken back to china "for personal use" and sold
>>534923990>>534924052Advanced Warfare back in 2014 was when the series went to shit and I lost interest.
>>534925477Nah, maybe some people are into watching streams, but I prefer playing it only my own. I only watch gameplay videos if some game piques my curiosity but not enough to sink hours into it.
>>534923065Wait what... there are niggers in stalker 2?????I have that game on my to buy list, removed it now. Thank you for the info. Death to woke!
>>534925597You only need to go on social media to see my point. Everyone loves shitting and complaining about overpriced hardware but still buys it. As I said previously, normalfags are brainwashed niggercattle. Their complaining and whining doesn't mean anything when they still shell out money.>>534925743For me it was Ghosts. I did somewhat enjoy the Ghosts campaign, but I knew it was the beginning of the end.
>>534925571gta6 is going to be $70... But FIFA is for the 3rd worlders, that all the joy they have in this world. Young and Old,that like the only game they own in the house hold. COD is for the children. That's all the console kids have to look forward to.
>>534925811Even worse, women too.I am hoping someone is based enough to make a mod to remove them from the game, otherwise I'm not touching it.
>>534914039Maybe it's because everything coming out today is gay soulless trash starring an ugly black lesbian girlboss?
>>534914039What's the surprise? New games suck.
>>534925571>When GTA VI releases for $100, the consoomers will still make it the best seling game of the year.Yeah but it's end up affecting their decisions to purchase other games. It's only going to be a couple of AAA titles that actually break even every year. You make bad product you're fucked going forward as fewer consumers have tolerance for shit.
>>534925954>Yeah but it's ended up affecting their decisions to purchase other games.
>>534924895never been in the steamapps folder in your life, have you?
>>534925824I never understood the hate for Ghost. It was a small step down but I still enjoyed the gameplay. And the Extinction game mode with the aliens wasn't as good as zombies but still a cool change of pace and better than survival from MW3. Advanced Warfare is when they started fucking around with the exoskeletons and it stopped feeling like COD.
>>534914039Nah, there won't be a crash yet.Just wait for GTA6 to come out and it ends up being the biggest piece of buggy overhyped shit ever, THEN the entire industry will crash back into 1983. No fucking game needs over $2 BILLION in budget.
>>534926000Yes, but thats only if you keep the game downloaded. What if its uninstalled and in your library only?>>534925954People these days have no self-control. They'll finance their game purchases on Klarna and take out loans to buy games. And the AAA titles that break even are the bad ones. While much better games don't sell well because they go under the radar as they don't have brand loyalty or millions in marketing budget.>>534926035I could list out the many faults Ghosts had(which desu wasn't nearly as bad as what came later) but I will only point out that it was the first COD game to have female soldiers since COD2.
>>534925398You can take the information you gather from any work of fiction and customize in your mind's eye. Use the world and its assets to play the game as you perceive it in your mind. That's what I like doing, to explore the idea of something, whether it be entertainment or something more serious.>>534925417>if you're doing things you enjoy past the ages of 20 you''re fucking up and you need to be a slave like me to "win" (trademark) life>i-i am not a jew>i say jew bad see :)lolYou're also implying I cannot live a full life and also enjoy playing games, or watching games, or engaging with imaginative pursuits. That's a falsehood.Some of us are multifaceted, and I find it sad you can only enjoy being what you're told to be.Even if you are something more, you're a twisted up bitter husk that tries hard to drag others down to suffer with him.Fuck you and everything you're about, honestly.You could consider changing that. It's your choice though, obviously. It always is,a s is my choice my own.
>>534926187>People these days have no self-control. They'll finance their game purchases on KlarnaThey don't, we've already seen this in real life with the margins on AAA developers collapsing. Literally the subject of this thread, it's an already observed phenomenon.
I just feel like you're all a bunch of casuals when you say no good games come out anymore. Mouse PI Invincible VS Shinobi: Art Of Vengeance Toxic Commando Pragmata Expedition 33ReplacedAll these games are great and came out in the last 6+ months. Most of you are just old curmudgeons that can't let go of the past. There are definitely plenty of shitty DEI sloptrash games out there but there's also still new games worth playing if you're a real gamer.
>>534914039>Increase piece from ideal>Why don't people buy games any longer?Corpos love to shoot themselves in the foot.
>>534926342I know American education is joke at times, but can you read the OP? Only 1 of those games is 'full price;.
>>534925285>And look at the ASUS RTX 5090 card, which is $5000 for absolutely no reason at allthe 5090 is not for fucking gaming. It's for rendering and LLM use if you exist in the smalltime professional no-man's land inbetween hobbyist and big time professional use. Any higher use requirements and you'd just buy one of those dedicated AI/rendering workstation cards that MSRP for $10,000+. The entire reason they're so expensive is because people figured out if you buy 2 or 3 of them and gang them up in a rendering rig you can do shit that competes with the $20k dedicated pro grade cards, so obviously the price had to rise given how few of those cores pass QC. Even the 4080/5080 is overkill for 99% of enthusiast gamers who don't play unoptimized niche simulators. And this is coming from someone who plays unoptimized niche simulators.
>>534914039>no longer pay full price for video games, with just 20% of one age range saying that they'd pay full whack for a new release.I wonder if this has anything to do with games prices increasing.A new game used to be £40 here Re9 at launch was £60Mario kart world at launch was £75Why wouldnt I just wait for a sale at that point, what video game is actually worth £75?
>>534926696>Why wouldnt I just wait for a sale at that point, what video game is actually worth £75?Basically none of them, and they refuse to admit it. Like you'd probably make more by selling a AAA game at £40, fuck you'd probably make even more than that at £20. It's a popular hobby, it's a mass market. But consumers aren't that retarded, make it cheaper and you reach way more people.Lethal Company has grossed over $100 million USD.
>>534926277I meant watching someone else play games is bad. A speedrun event or just watching a speedrun isn't bad. But if you are legit tuning in to watch a streamer several times a week something is wrong. Return to nature. Go chop wood Go bird watching. I play vidya in 4-6 hours sessions minimum, but I also enjoy raising my ducks. I tune into AGDQ anually, but I also go snorkeling. You gotta balance it out. The statement, "You can't live life on a computer" is true.
why buy games when Ankersgame is free
low quality slop games >>534914039don't deserve rewards. NORMIE
>>534926342I'm grabbing pragmata 1st sale. Kinda pricey for a jusytcampaign game. No?
>>534926872Anno 1800 was pretty damn good, the DLC gave lots of warning for how Anno 117 was going to be.
The games I tend to like are usually free-to-play, Also I have been burned paying full-price for games I don't actually end up enjoying, so I am extra thrifty and choosy about game purchases.
>oh boy, i can't wait to buy BG3 on a sale>"sale" is 15% of a 70 dollar full price three years after releaseSimply epic.
>>534927198anon...you buy BG3 to support larian, not to play the game. BG3 doesn't have any drm or anticheat at all. You can copy your friend's install folder to a thumbdrive, dump it to your hdd and spool up a multiplayer session and play together.
>>534922964>For some reason, apparently KCD2 went through some sort of controversy when it came out, idk why.Such a mystery.
why do you think video games are so expensive now? its so they can be discounted to the normal priceif you can afford to offer sales, youre overpriced to begin with
>>534927198>thisThere are a few games that don't go on significant sale. i.e Elden ring, Balders Gate 3, and Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth. People ways bitching about Dark Souls remastered never being more than 50% off in the steam forums. Althought, those games have well over 100 hours of playtime. sigh.... It's still a bummer.
>>534914039Anyone buying goyslop is a fag regardless
>>534914039Pay?
Ultima Online Outlands for free.Did buy Project Zomboid and Humanitz because I love zombie apocalypse fantasy of all the shit of this planet being rotting.
>>534914213How? Seriously, geting some real copies is just not posible in lots of cases.
>>534927388I've actually tried pirating the gog version because those are just install and play games, only to be greeted with a larian launcher after it was installed. I didn't really feel like downloading another 150 gb version of the game so i just gave up and wanted to buy the game and get it over with.
>>534917960>DenuvoYou must really have faith in the guy who provides the files if you are willing to trust him with the hypervisor exploit
>>534914278>>they're gamers... but they don't actually play my fag coded gamesFixed
>>534925824i bought a 5090 for 3500 after the first round of major price hikes because I was building a PC anyway. i had a $2800 one that was identical in my cart for a couple of days, but it sold out and new listings went up a few hundred dollars higher. I pulled the trigger and they've only gone up since.
>>534927466That's just inflation, I don't know why people see groceries or gas going up by 40% and think that's normal but vidya being 10$ more every 6 or 7 years is intolerable jewish subversion.60$ in the PS3 era is something like 90$ now.Now the aggressive economic systems with lootboxes and season passes and gacha mechanics are complete bullshit but for singleplayer games with the occasional DLC the prices still make sense.
>>534928203>That's just inflationWhich doesn't apply to digital goods. If you need more profits you need to reach more people, charging more literally never works across all media.
>>534926834>watching someone else play games is badOpinions man.>A speedrun event or just watching a speedrun isn't badMoar opinions??!>But if you are legit tuningAh, because comedy is wrong, but talking (typiing) like a literal retard is a-okay?You have no room to talk. Your opinions and your life are your own, but they do not define reality, and they certainly don't define me either, anon.>Return to nature>implying I cannot enjoy nature and laugh at modern talk radio (streams)You listed some things I enjoy, but again, I may do more than one thing I enjoy in the span of a day or a week.> I also enjoy raising my ducks> I also go snorkelingThat's nice. Sorry for being so cruel. You're not bad, just you seem to be trying to claim I am and am not several things based on the fact I like watching games and imagining things/having fun. It doesn't work like that, but you know what? You're pretty cool actually.>You gotta balance it out.Agreed, but then again sometimes it's good to go all in too, like an extended camping trip or hike. Sometimes fun, much like training and difficult endeavors, is best brought to the extreme.>The statement, "You can't live life on a computer" is true.That would depend on who you are in relationship to that claim. It's certainly not absolute. A crippled man with nothing else left, could he live his life on the computer for the most part? What about the avid reader or information junkie? People like that could and often do "live" online, and they don't regret it either. As a general truth as applied to most people, I agree with your statement, however, extreme and otherwise incapable people exist. Only pointing that out. The fact there are exceptions to almost nearly any rule.Have a good night, and goodbye for now.
>>534928203Because they are still asleep to the fact their political class hate them and want them dead.The increased cost of living is imagined to be an act of God instead of the consequence of energy and migration policies - so the goyim accept it and don't think too hard. On the other hand, $10 more on a video game is imagined to be heckin corporate greed because reasons - so that's what they get mad at.They are programmed this way on purpose.
>Vote with your walletIt's absolute GARBAGE that has been released for the most part for too long now.Classic case of "fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me"Unless you're a loser, you don't pre-order shit unless you want to lose your money.Wait and see reviews and game content and thoughts from the losers, making videos.WAY too many times, they hate it and it's shit and are gonna go down the refund path.Well I just saved, whatever it cost and don't need to do that.Developers are more focused that their queens have all they need to be comfy in the office then actually produce anything worth the price-tag..
>>534914776>Honestly Valve should be forced to go public so that we can let the free market and competition bring back gaming to what it used to be.>No more globalist companies.how do you believe valve will change after going public? and in what way will that help bring gaming back to what it used to be?
>>534928203inflation isnt real you massive retardhow can fiat currency, something specifically implemented because it has NO intrinsic and use value suddenly become devalued? against what? nothing? we are not even "betting" against economies anymore, all of three fiat currencies ARE the entire world economy "inflation" is one massive scam and youre falling for it
>>534914549zamn.....
>>534914039I've been playing the same 4-5 games for the last couple years. Maybe if they made good games more peopl would be willing to buy them at full price.
>>534914776>Honestly Valve should be forced to go publicHow's the weather in Tel Aviv Rabbi Lugenstein?
>>534914776
>>534914213Are there any that aren't just visual novels?
>>534914039Hard core gamer don't read web or magazines.. they knew what they wanted
>>534914525Elite Dangerous felt repetitive, so I dropped it after around 250 hours. Also it doesn't work without internet
>>534922964>I'm surprised you still haven't gotten a virus.if you download from purple skulls is safe. Even greens are ok
>>534914879Real. There's no point to buy game after release, just wait a year - it won't be worse but it will be cheaper
>>534914039>buying gamesAll games are completely free, why would you pay for them?
>>534929553For real. Magazine readership must have dropped to less than 20% of what it used to be before the internet, if even that much.
>>534928058bad deadcalculate how many games could you buy for $3500 and you could run those games reasonably not maxed out on a card that is $500
>>534914039Oh fuckOh shitWho would've thought???Cha, is this faggot OP for real??
>>534914039>screenies of advertising from 20 years ago.Holy fucking uncle.
>>534914776Nah, if it wasn't for steam how would gaming companies even sell their shit? Iy isn't the90's where you buy games at kmart anymore.And people don't like going to new websites anymore. Games are just dying.
>>534914039I pay for those who deserve it. I save a lot of money.
I have to really, really like a game to feel tempted to buy it at full retail price. Else I can just wait for a sale. These days waiting is also a good idea in general because hardly anyone releases a working, complete game anymore. You need at least a year for the critical patches and updates for content that should've been in the base game. Anymore, publishers believe they can push unfinished games onto the market and then sell you the missing content and bug fixes as a "roadmap" for "new content". The worst example of this is Cyberpunk 2077 which not only was unfinished, it was hastily slapped together and didn't even work on a lot of consoles. The entire first year of the game's existence was nothing but critical bug fixes and major balance changes since they didn't actually play-test the game thoroughly and released it with tons of imbalanced, exploitable mechanics. Which was actually very fun to play, but clearly not what they intended since it got thoroughly overhauled in the first year of patches, which is stuff that was already slated but just didn't get done before release.I just don't see a reason to be an unpaid bugtester for these games. I'm willing to wait until the full release is done, which is usually 1 year or more after it's "released".
>>534914039>Wahhhhh why is nobody buying our $80 trashGet fucked
>>534914039the article is wrongvidya isnt going anywhere. in fact its literally bigger than ever by a factor.what IS going the way of the dodo is the overwrought AAA studios with 400 person teams across 3 continents, producing some shit-ass tumblr-coded wokeslop.that shit is over. it only loses money nowthe thing that wont go anywhere is smaller and indie studios. they have much less overhead, and teams that are often 10-20x smaller, so their games often end up being much more coherent as a product. not always a "better" product, mind you, but certainly almost always a more coherent "vision". and, unlike $80 AAAslop, youre looking at a literal fraction of that price. so even if the game isnt great, youre not gonna feel nearly so "burned" at the end of it allvidyas just not supposed to be made by these giant studios with teams numbering in the hundreds, some of which dont even share a common language. in theory you CAN do it, but it takes a hell of a director, and thats clearly in short supply rn.vidya is supposed to be made by like 5-10 sweaty dudes who are all already on the same page
>>534930197I have Cyberpunk in my library and I still haven't found the time to play it>>534930133games are doing fine
>>534930113It's Age of Mythology: Retold. It's a remaster.I was looking forward to it initially but the price was $50 USD, the god portrait's were bad AI art (like bad, extra multiple discontinuous fingers) and the voice acting was absolutely terrible. I understand the first mod to be most downloaded was restoring the voicelines and god portraits.
>>534914776Kike spotted
>>534914039Rockstar wants $60 for vice city, a game made a quarter century ago. Fuck these kikes, let the industry burn.
>>534927463Thats not how it was. some people make mountains out of nothingburgers.
>>534918879Surely it would have been Psychoshock? There's even a (very OP) powerup with that name.
>>534914776>Valve should be forced to go publicWhat do consumers gain from that?
>>534914776> mfw Steam is nationalized to prevent the gamer uprising
>>534922571It was good, extremely well put together. My only complaint is that the difficulty curve flattens too soon, but even then it remains fun with well designed levels.
I went to miku expo in Boston last night with my kid and I brought a 3ds to entertain myself and I got 6 streetpasses from other middle aged males. One girl that claimed she was Japanese but it was in china town so I doubt there was any Japanese people. I didn't even know what street pass was, I just got this device from a friend and installed homebrew with nes and sega games.Point is, people are holding onto older shit longer.
You gotta support the industry otherwise there's no industry. Nintendo going back to $50 for new Switch 2 games, a price point not seen since the WiiU era, is back for a reason.
>>534930553This. Unless it's a smaller studio and the game is $20(torchlight 2) I am pirating your software and there isn't a damn thing you can do about it.
>>534930858Meanwhile the price is getting INCREASED in Japan. You're a dumb faggot and the real breakroom anon was never this fucking stupid. Joeschmoe has better takes than you.
>>534914039Yeah, hardly any of them are worth playing. They are usually at least one of several things if not multiple.>the exact same thing released last year for $70, anything new could've/should've been a $20 DLC>rushed & buggy/incomplete>pretty but shallow, little to no replay value>filled to bursting with fag propagandaThere are tons of small studios/indie devs who still know how to make really fun games, they're priced about half or less as these major studio releases. Turns out, people who want to play vidya, want to have fun.
>>534930950>Meanwhile the price is getting INCREASED in JapanThey had a cheaper hardware price for a year. Nothing lasts forever. I am the sole owner, head writer, and lead performer of the Breakroom character. My takes are great. Order up.
>>534914039Death Stranding 2 is the only full-price game I have paid for in the last six years
Heres your game. That will be 50 bucks you dumb goy.
>>534931127>That will be 50 bucks*$80
>>534914039Only morons pay full price for vidya
>>534914039I've been mostly pirating games since the mid 90s so I'm ahead of the curve by about 30 years
>>534918426You are aware of the fact that gayben evilly won't allow devs to put their games on steam if they sell the games for a lower price elsewhere, right? So that means that the studios literally aren't allowed to release their games cheaper on epic, if they want to also release them on steam. Evil gayben won't allow it.
>>534931274You gotta get the app.
>>534931460No problem just sell your game yourself like LoL or World of Tanks.
>>534931545You gotta an hero
>>534932106For what purpose? You cel sagas would be lost without me.
>>534914776More like:>We let a disgusting suicide girl whore ruin our image because we wanted sex soo badlyAnd it one Dev's case:>Literally ruin your franchise with the most Cop Out story and ending, ALL BECAUSE YOU TRIED TO IMPRESS THE FAKE FEMINIST WHO DOESN'T EVEN LIKE YOU AND ENDS UP MARRYING HERSELF
>>534914039full price is $39, $49 for some exceptional games.now they sell crap at $69they deserve to be pirated
>>534917960> Denuvo has been defeated> Gives computer AIDS to save $50
Kind of odd, the last 2 years have been very good for Triple A, I've bought most new releases for full price
>>534932601>Gives computer AIDS to save $50Nobody's used hamachi in over a decade anon.
>>534921326Memory and ram are the same thing. You mean storage.
>>534930322>I have Cyberpunk in my library and I still haven't found the time to play itIt's not worth it. Worst soulslike since Skyrim. It's literally impossible to lose.
>>534914039Well if the "regular" price is 60 and they go on sale for 30, why the fuck would I pay 60? I'm not even a zoomer (GenX) but I use price monitoring tools for anything I collect and I ONLY buy games on sale. Why would I pay more?
>>534914039I paid full price for Crimson Desert. I don't feel cheated really but ngl would have rather have paid $40-50 for itI did not pay full price for the new $70 Ninja Gaiden. I didn't even buy it on sale. Not every game will be able to rep that $70 price tag
>>534914311most of my video game conversations irl involve one person asking if the other has played X, and then answering no but X is in their library
>>534914039BasedFuck AAADeath to ESG
>>534918514I hope they troon him and he troons Steam.
I wonder why GCJ and WEF/soft genocide white people types hate steam so much
>>534914173There are less than 10 games from after 2012 that are worth playing.
>>534922177And it still runs like shit.
>>534914213Based.Support your local furry ethno state.
>>534914039New games are so shit that now I'm into books and barely any game has a better story than the Nibelungenlied
>>534914039Depends. If I can get something for £50 on release day and it's from a company I want to support, then I'll buy it.£60, can't remember the last game I bought for that much. I bought Stellar Blade, Black Myth Wukong and Crimson Desert for maximum £50 from Amazon. Now I'm back to PC gaming and don't have a DVD drive I'll have to look for deals in new places.
>>534927626It so hard burning a cd?>Buy jewel case >Print the cover >Burn a cdBtw you can buy physical copy of you look hard enough.
I quit gaming and sold my gaming PC.How long will you cope and play games from 15 years ago and hold out hope developers will somehow relapse to common sense? gaming is for troons now.See synthetic Man on YouTube, that's your entire gaming future, playing shitty games and raging about it.
>>534914121Most Western games push trannies and niggers. That's not very hardcore either. It's a pretty much guaranteed way to make me ignore your games.
>>534914039THE ALIENS ARE TASTY! EAT THEM!!!BREAK OPEN THEIR BONES! DRINK THEIR MARROW! THEIR BRAINS ARE DELICIOUS! EAT THEM! EAT THEM!! EEEEEEAT THEEEEEEEM!!!Also, their flesh makes women young again and restores their ability to reproduce. Whatever. That's not important, THEY ARE TASTY!
>>534914039I only pay for certain games I like. Otherwise, Pirate Bay that shit. Civilization series (until after 5), I pre-paid knowing I wouild love the game.Crimson Desert - I bought outright at full price, only because i was bored of everything else, desperately needed a new game, and knew I would put enough hours into to make it worth the purchase. I compare games to dinners. How many hours of enjoyment from a game will I get vs a meal with my wife?
>>534931127I fucking hate modern AAAAAAA slop.I wish a slow and painful death for them.
>>534930677Nothing. An IPO just allows wall street to jack-in to the revenue stream and start extracting money from the gamer cash spigot. Until they inevitably suck it all dry. All those unproductive FIRE sector workers won't pay for themselves anon.
>>534933288Crfimson Desert - people complain it's "whitewashed". Perfection... no darkies, no gays, no trannies, the women are designed to be aesthetically pleasing, AND ther game makes fun of jews!!! Best game ever.
>>534914121Only 100% HARDCORE gaymers pay full price of 100+ dollars for current thing shooter filled with fags and niggers.
>>534930322>I have Cyberpunk in my library and I still haven't found the time to play itYou may like it, or hate it. I enjoyed it at first, got bored after a while, and gave it up as the open world is dead. RDR2 has killed most other games for me in terms of immersive open world. Even Crimson Desert pales in comparison.
>>534914581Capitalism at its finest.
>>534930910>I am pirating your software and there isn't a damn thing you can do about it.How much do youy trust the new Denuvo Hypervisor hacks?
>>534914039The only games I play are remakes of games from the 90's and sometimes Kerbal space program.There's just so much shit out there, who has the time to risk playing anything new when, as a functional adult, I only have like 4 hours per week to play
Skate is free.
>>534929596>Elite Dangerous felt repetitive,The grind is real. Hoever, it's also game that is what you make of it. Meaning, it's a lot more fun when you work in a squad or group, and do fun stuff like low-gravity buggy races, or PVP combat. But yeah, I can see how it's repetitive as shit. But then again, so is Truck Driver simulator, and people love that shit.
>>534914581Burning billions of dollars just to Devs humiliating themselves for free.Kek
>>534933830>Kerbal space program.My man. I still play this a few hours a week. (It's a time-sink anyway).
>>534914039>games are 80$ + tip>doesn't even account for the inevitable DLCGee I fucking wonder why
>>534933644Wrong. I spend more than 5000€ a month on video games and I barely play more than an hour. Most of the games in my library I've never touched. It's not about playing them anyway, it's all about the marketing hype. Sometimes, when I see an ethical game that supports the emancipation of women or other protected groups, I buy 1000 copies just to support the cause. I've inherited a small realestate management company with 17 apartment blocks from my father, so money is not really an issue. He was a bluepilled MAGA boomer, deserves no respect.
>>534933982It's a good game, I just struggle to come up with any designs that are "out there". All my rockets, rovers, and probes are exactly the same. It's a Skyrim stealth archer problem
>>534933688I heard RDR2 is about race positivity and gay romances? Never touched it.
>>534914121You lost tranny
>>534934070>buys optional DLC"omg DLC is so expensive :,((((("
>>534914278I play multiple hours a day. I have not bought a 40-60€ game in more than 6 months, and probably at least a year before that.
>>534933981Atlyss is such peak goonslop.
>>534934128Very true. However, mods help with lots of extra fun parts. I typically challenge myself to buiding non-space vehicles like helicopters and using a lot of the military mods because that allows radar and automated systems.... and there is a MULTIPLAYER mod to fly with or battle others (if using weapon mods).I also challenge myself to stuff like, building a single rocket to deploy multiple satellites in patterns, or trying to build ICBM's that are accurate.
>>534914776how did all these niggers fall for your bait?
>>534914776Gr8 b8 m8 8/8
Unless all the slop, the faggots, the women and the niggers are removed and the enablers of this cancer are nailed to crosses not a single cent will be spend.I have enough good old games to outlast the whole industry if necessary.
>>534914039Never pay more than $20 for a game.
>>534914039>game launches broken>by the time the game is fixed, it's on saleAnd that's assuming it's not deliberately bad
>>534929596Elite can be fun until you realize it's full of shit like>time required to make 1 billion via combat and bounty hunting>1000 hours of sweating>time required to make 1 billion via mining>literally 10 hours or less starting from nothing and facing no challenge duringI did core mining to become a billionaire effortlessly after spending hundreds of hours doing combat and misc stuff to get only to the fer de lance, bought every ship I wanted, and dropped the game forever.
>>534934137Race positivity... yes.Gay romances? Well...you can get drugged and raped by a hillbilly and then extract revenge, but I think everyone is straight. Aside from the racially woke hints along the story.... the game is insanely detailed. You can accumuilate hundreds of hours just hunting, exploring, interacting with NPC (the most in-depth interaction in a game, still...[without mods]). As a casual gamer, I love to jump in RDR2 for an hour or so just to ride the house, hunt animals, and murder a few NPC's. I mean shit, you can tie them up and feed them to alligators!!!
>>534914776People like you should be killed.
>>534934487The earler you realize there is no end game to rush to, the earlier the grind doesn't seem, so bad.
The Industry is due for another big crash. There are so many amazing old games out there you can buy for cheap, why would anybody but the biggest slop consuming goymer buy the newest tranny-infested SJW fest AAA title and pay $80? Everyone else waits until a Steam sale and gets a better game from 5 years ago for $20-30. I have such a metric shit ton of old games to play through, I don't see myself ever buying something new (except Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 I want that... which I will likely be able to get on sale in the summer for like $30.)
>>534934549You're right, but the progression only doing combat felt like a world of tanks free to play level hellgrind, and mining being so effortlessly better for progression with no risk or difficulty felt like a slap across the face. It made me feel like I'd wasted my time. If I knew from the start I could at least have focused on combat for its own sake, tried out different ships and loadouts etc. without being a poorfag locked to one meta ship and loadout.
>>534934491It's not even on GOG. Probably not that great.
>>534914103Thank you goldberg
VGE just released his video on Better Than Dead which came out today in early access. I might pick it up.https://youtu.be/hbLhHTlYgtI
>>534914776Thank you for your opinion Tim Sweeney.
>>534934724Mining can get dangerous in some systems. Pirates!But I hear ya, it takes a certain mentality to like the game. I played for a long time and then lost interest when I moved to Flight Simulator and started learning real jets. (Still too timid to move to DCS).
>>534934077>I spend more than 5000€ a month on video games and I barely play more than an hourYou joking but there huge amount of people like this.Gamers will literally pay studios for product they will never or barely use and then they will bitch about horrible state of modern video games.
>>534914173Based I recently got my first vidya upgrade in years - a single HDMI cable to stream my laptop to my TV for playing emulated games like they were always meant to be played. You guys don't know how much I've been enjoying playing PS1 games properly on a television. My first console was a GameCube and I never owned even a PS2 so I have so many games to try it's insane. Currently playing RE1 and Silent Hill 1
>>534934730It's only the 4th best selling game, ever.
>>534935249Rockstar fags really believe this lmao
>>534934922Why do kids talk like fags nowadays?
>>534935286I mean, it's a measurable meteric of how many copies it's sold, and how many people play it. I'm actually not a big fan of GTA and such. I miss their older games like The Warriors, or ManHunt. But if you grew up watching westersn, RDR and RDR2 are pure art.
>>534934491Rockstar is a bunch of judeo-commies anyway. Why are their heroes always criminals?And as for the one game where you're not a criminal:>The city of dreams, where Hollywood will shape the thoughts and desires of the entire planet.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90gv5KtNZ4wWhat is that if not a Jewish dogwhistle? How you guys can just completely ignore all the commie tropes and stories that fill the gaming industry to the brim and then reduce it to "but dem dere be no gays, so dey is fine whyte people fosho", bloody niggerific.
>>534935424Put me down for Tetris, Pacman, Snake, and Minecraft as easy beats.
>>534935424Also RDR1 fucking sucks
>>534935332>kidsVGE is at least in his 40s.
>>534935746"Best selling" you iliteratye fucktard.Snake was never 'sold' it came on phones. Minecraft is included in these metrics as it's modern enough to havbe been tracked since inception.Tetris.... have you actually ever paid for tetris?Pacman, same thing.... units sold, not quarters taken.
>>534935795Doesn't change the fact that the young one's all speak with this weird inflection of raising their tone at the end of a sentence like a question, when it's not. They all talk like this autist youtuber from the past that had that inflection...and a whole generation copied his style...when he was a retard.
>>534936331Zoomers care so much more about steam sales than they do every other way to measure a thing's popularity and cultural impact hahaha
>>534914776Ebin games shill spotted
>>534933929>But then again, so is Truck Driver simulator, and people love that shit.That's what made elite dangerous fun for me. I just played space trucker, which forced me to travel to many different places, get a ship with longer range to open up more jobs, and explore different systems and planets in-between for money and just for entertainment. If you don't focus on the grind and have an ongoing motivation you can achieve, it's more fun. I wish its devs had started getting their shit together sooner, instead of just ignoring people for most of its lifetime.
