• BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee
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          20 days ago

          what game would you consider “not pure dogshit”? seriously, what games? give me a list, because if an acclaimed franchise that was widely praised and birthed a literal genre is considered dogshit, then what isnt dogshit?

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    20 days ago

    Look, you can charge whatever you want.

    “Is your game worth $80 to average gamers dealing with (gestures broadly at state of world economy)?”

    That is the question every studio executive needs to ask themselves.

    Given the recent trends in AAA-funded projects, for the most part, that answer is “Oh, hell no.”

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      Exactly. They can charge $200 if they want to but it doesn’t mean people are going to buy at that price. The price point needs to be where people are okay paying for it and I don’t see it happening at $80. Okay, I lied a bit, I see it happening for some games but not for BL4.

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      20 days ago

      If Ubisoft can convince themselves that Skull and Bones was the first “quadruple A game” and worth $70, then I doubt most studio execs can pull their heads out their ass for long enough to properly ask themselves that. Studios have completely lost touch with what people actually want and are willing to pay.

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    21 days ago

    I didn’t even buy Borderlands 3 for $60 and there’s no way in hell I’d pay $80 for something similar. I spent the full price of Baldur’s Gate 3 for myself and two of my friends for a total of $180. Make the game worth it and you have my money. If the development cost of games has gone up then prove it and make better games.

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      20 days ago

      I thought BL3 tanked so I’m pretty surprised they think they can charge this month. Did it review poorly and still sell well??

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    20 days ago

    I haven’t bought full price games in ages. Games are always released half finished now. Wait six months to a year until it goes on sale and they actually finish the game.

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      20 days ago

      The only game I paid full price in recent years was BG3, because it’s worth it, and the people who worked in the game were worth it.

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        20 days ago

        yea, but BG3 didn’t release in a complete state. With that said, Larian has delivered on their promise and that’s really a good example of how a AA/AAA title can do early access in a good and healthy way.

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      I’ll gladly buy indies, breakout titles with huge reception (BG3, E33 etc), or games from well renowned studios that have yet to let me down. Anything else I’m fine waiting for a sale. With these $80 price tags I don’t see myself buying a AAA title again for a LONG time.

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      I honestly can’t remember the last time I paid full price for a game. Between free amazon prime games, epic games, gog, and steam demos/freebies: I hardly have time to invest in new games.

      I used to buy Madden/NBA2k every year up until 2008 or so, now I grab one every five years at $10. Includes all the bugs from the previous version.

      I have 1000s of games now and don’t have any time to play them. BG3 is the only game I’m considering spending $40 for.

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    I bought borderlands 2 the other week and it’s been a blast on my SteamDeck. Unfortunately it seems it’s one of those games that loves to connect online all the time, like it’ll kick me out of single player if it detects wifi and make me reload into… singleplayer, but online. with 0 differences.

    I probably would’ve been better off pirating it tbh.

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    There once was a game that was not free
    The head of the game was big Randy
    He joked one day with a cheery grin
    Real fans would pay the fee HUAGH

    Soon may the pirates come
    To snag some games and have their fun
    One day, when the cracks are done
    We’ll take our games and go

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    Every Corporate asshole: “Give me all your money, you don’t need to eat, sleep, or live. If you don’t, you’re not cool like me!”

    So sick of dropping asshole companies because of idiots constantly pushing this garbage. Oh well.

    “But I was trained in management school to think of people as nothing more than numbers! It’s not my fault!” - corpo piece of shit.

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      19 days ago

      Borderlands 3 was fun but like a final piece to this genre. Many guns, amusing storyline, corny humor and great world design.

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    19 days ago

    it’s incredible that pitchford is still allowed to talk. there should be a bot that auto-responds “shut the fuck up” to everything he says, tweets, or even thinks.

    hey I’ll let you price this 80 bucks if you fully refund me for the scam that was borderlands 1. fucking unfinished piece of shit, i can’t believe i played that game for multiple hours hoping it would improve beyond the first.

    and later i learned that i was completely right to quit that shit because the bullshit throwaway story of this “rpg” doesn’t even conclude properly. it literally ends like Geraldo Rivera’s fucking Al Capone vault.

    fuck you pitchford. shut the fuck up and go back to “storing porn for the purposes of researching magic tricks” or whatever. literally never speak again.

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      No, it will be on steam day one. They had to figure out a new way to shoot their sales numbers in the foot.

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    21 days ago

    Welp looks like it’s know what the next jimquisition is going to be on.