• sunzu@kbin.run
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    5 months ago

    Players could like stop paying for it… such an easy, low cost solution…

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      5 months ago

      That is my current solution. Currently enjoying Factorio, which had the perfect monetization scheme: you buy the game and enjoy it.

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        5 months ago

        Factorio also interestingly, never goes on sale, Wube said that the value of the game is what it is and that’s that.

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          This only works because it’s like $30. If this was a $60-70 game, I don’t think it goes over well with the public. Nintendo is the only one that seems to get away with that

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            I think that’s exactly the point though. “We didn’t mark it up to mark it down, the price is just the price”. As a chronic patient gamer part of me hates that (I love finding older classics for like $10) but I don’t mind shelling out for a good game. The biggest expense is my time, and if a bunch of years later the price hasn’t moved it’s probably worth my time.

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      I got starfield for free with my video card, and I still feel ripped off and wish I could refund lol.

      But yeah, I’m not dropping a single goddamn penny on Starfield. It feels like a game that was made for the xbox 360 or something, with all the loading screens and shit.

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      5 months ago

      You get baited into accepting the quest and playing the first mission. Then you have to pay to continue.

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      That’s my route. Mods run on pirate skyrim just as well as legal and the best missions in Bethesda games aren’t made by Bethesda.

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        5 months ago

        Yeah a lot of these entertainment companies forget that they need to earn my business with high quality product AND services, otherwise I will take matters into my own hands.

        This aint like housing and work, where they can just fuck you as if they are your prison guards. We got options baby!