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[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 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.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 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.