I've never spent more than $20 on a game π like ever π CEOs be crazy.
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No thanks.
Okβ¦β¦ then do borderlands 1. Thatβs fine.
Is anyone really excited for borderlands anymore? Feel like 2 of the last 3 were pretty mid.
1 - good
2 - good
everything else - meh
I'll enjoy buying it in 5 years during a Steam sale.
There's an overabundance of games out there. I can wait.
Have any large developers ever made small high quality games? Or is that just not sustainable? I suppose the games would have to be repayable.
But is it any good? Just because the budget is higher doesn't mean it's good. I didn't like the story and writing of 3 but the rest of the game I enjoyed. I'm kinda expecting the same, hopefully. Every AAA release somehow gets worse every year tho
I could look past the story and enjoy the gameplay. But the game itself still sucked and was very empty. A few months after launch they did an event where each week a different planet had a lot event and you could target items. 3 of the planets only had one or two areas to even farm decent numbers. Most of the game is empty.
Combine that with my own personal issue with Gearbox removing the official forums, (which had years of builds and information going back to BL1) and a certain YouTuber stealing content and using modded weapons and then denying it. I have no interest in BL4.
The old gearbox is dead. Even watching the video it just looks like reused skills. Oh look another character that puts enemies into floating balls, how original.
"Initial sales fall short of predictions"
At this point i appreciate the heads up from all the studios. Makes not buying the games much easier if you don't even get on the hype train.
I feel like we keep seeing this headline. "AAA studio says current prices can't support current budgets"
I almost never buy games at $60. I buy everything on sale, and there are constantly sales and way more games than I can play. They can charge whatever they want, I personally will be paying less.
Will the market bear $80 games? Maybe. I feel like a better strategy would be to reign in scope and budget and sell games at prices most people can afford. But who knows?
Yeah, and half the time I prefer the games that were originally $20-$40 MSRP that I bought 50% off.
Yeah, I joke with my friends that game quality is inversely correlated with install size. 100GB+ open world or multiplayer game? Probably mid. 50MB indie game? Probably stays installed for the next 10 years.
I've been buying $80 for years thanks to being Canadian!
Now it'll be $110!
So $89.99 then.
Special edition with a 6" plastic Temu tat figurine and 1000 FREE BorderBucks will be $249.99.
I've paid money like that when I could see the effort and love thwt went into the game. I kinda saw that in BL2, but nothing in the series since comes even close.
Sure, it might be $80,why not? Also I might skip it. Or wait for sensible sale like $5 in a bundle. Backlog keeps expanding anyway and I doubt this will be even worth half the rrlease asking price...
If it might be 80$, it might be the only borderlands game I don't buy.
Don't get it twisted, I'll still play it. But I sure as shit won't be buying it.
I bought Borderlands for like $30.
I bought BL2 for $20.
I got BL3 for free. (Which in kinda glad. The story was so ass.)
Then I got Tiny Tina's for like $5 from a bundle.
Borderlands series hasn't earned the $80 price tag.
Nintendo really is the Apple of gaming.
They'll probably start it at $80 and be prepared to drop it down if sales are lower than expected. So gamers can tell them that the $80 price point is not ok by being patient and holding off on the purchase.
They'll still have plenty of people buy it for that shit price if only because they'll give it free to a bunch of streamers and fomo will get the viewers.
BL3 was generic and forgettable. BL4 anything more than 40$ is easily forgettable. Don't these guys know most gamers have backlogs at this point? No one has the money for this shit.
My wishlist is long and at least one game on it gets a deep discount every week. I'm busy playing games between 2β¬-20β¬.
There hasn't been a major release that would justify paying 50β¬ and more for years.
Baldurs Gate 3 was the last game I got at full price and didn't regret.
The more I think about it, maybe it's for the whales of PC gaming.
Let the streamers, YouTubers and FOMO folks pay a premium to do all the bug testing.
Then release a polished version for half the price.
A person like me with a massive backlog is absolutely going to wait until this hits less than $20 anyways.
Iβd be willing to pay that. But honestly, Iβll probably wait until itβs on sale.
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