Starfield is still $70 (base). It's $46 on sale. One of the most panned games of 2023 is STILL $70 FUCKING DOLLARS! How the hell?
Patient Gamers
A gaming community free from the hype and oversaturation of current releases, catering to gamers who wait at least 12 months after release to play a game. Whether it's price, waiting for bugs/issues to be patched, DLC to be released, don't meet the system requirements, or just haven't had the time to keep up with the latest releases.
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Corporate lust for money, my dude
I'm not patient because of cost, I'm patient because new releases are buggy, and they're usually stable by the time their price drops. They're basically rewarding my patience...
Oh i am definitely patient for the lower price. I can't afford 70-80 euros for this shit.
bought hades 2 straight up without reviews and knowing it's gonna be wonky early access, just because the dev has a history of honest and inspired banger games. 😎👍
keep in mind that most profiteering rats pile onto the biggest cash cow games. indie scene is better than ever these days
It's not the cost. I've not pirated anything since Steam and GOG came along. It's just that games nowadays want you to be online all the time, force you to open accounts you don't want, try to sell you in game items (that's a brilliant idea to get money from certain types of people, a bit like religion, do congratulations to whoever came up with that).
I want games to be single player playable, offline, start to finish. I'll buy expansion packs if the game is worth it. It's it too much to ask?
- What will you do ?
- Piracy.
I'm waiting for piracy. DRM hackers go brrrrrr
Or even buying it on instant gaming
In before someone tries to guilt trip you for that because "developers aren't getting money from stolen keys" and the developer isn't an indie developer but a studio owned by Microsoft or EA...
"AAA Developers aren't getting money from real keys either, what's your point?"