Subj : The Disney+ price hike ha
To   : Arelor
From : Accession
Date : Sat Oct 11 2025 06:40:50

Hey Arelor!

On Fri, 10 Oct 2025 20:27:08 -0500, you wrote:

 > Big game publishers can choke on my dick for all I care. I rarely buy a
 > game these days, and when I do it is always indie titles on sale.

I guess I somewhat agree, but if I want a game, I'm going to get it. I used to pre-order, but now I wait until the first sale where they knock off about 20 bucks. But, kind of like you, I don't buy games nearly as often as I used to. I do still enjoy the Resident Evil series, some of the Tom Clancy games, and might grab Battlefield 6 whenever they have a sale on it. I won't pay full price for it, though (this coincides with me not caring to have the latest and greatest GPUs, also - as I don't need it and it would be a waste of money in my case - getting a GTX5090 to play the shit out of Minecraft and Fortnite is hilarious, but some people will do it).

 > There are many games out there. Too many. Offer is enormous, it dwarfes
 > demand. No reason at all to spend big money on gaming, specially if you
 > don't get to buy the game but you only license it. It is not justifiable
 > to pay 90 bucks to play the current iteration of Super Mario Kart when
 > quality indie precision racers are bellow the 20 USD mark BEFORE
 > discounts.

The 90-100 dollar price tags they put on games these days is usually just the game itself, that includes some sort of season pass and maybe some extra gear. Absolutely not worth it, IMO, especially if you know you're not going to play the game throughout the entire "season" or year or whatever that pass is good for.

 > The sort of stuff I consider buying always makes it out of Steam. It is
 > the stuff that sucks or wants to abuse your good will that refuses to be
 > anywhere else. No big loss. Again, offer is so big that becoming hostage
 > to Steam is a conscious decision which is easily avoidable. People only
 > does because they don't think much about it.

PUBG and maybe even Counter Strike are great examples of not ripping people off and providing a quality game that peaked higher than any other game when it comes to player base. I believe they were released at $40, and stayed that way. Both games are 10+ years old now, still popular and going strong.

When COD had 3+ active developing companies of the game, it was a bit better because each company had 3 years (they rotated) to create a new game. Now, I think it's only one or two that rehash the same shit every year.

Regards,
Nick

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