Games

Back in the early 90s I would walk into a store, buy a game that came in a box with a manual, take it home and it was mine.

I bought the 1st Civilization like this. I still have it. No Internet needed.

That's the way it should be. All the online, dlc, mini boxes, group play, create online accounts.....fuck all that shit.

That's because most of them are playing F2P video games on their mobile devices.

Games are 70 and 80 dollars now. Young people can't afford them. I can't either, but I would refuse to pay that price regardless, anyway.

I guess it's the over 25s buying all those Switch 2s then?

I don’t need the 7th iteration of the same game dressed up with new graphics for the price they're charging.

In addition to other's comments, I think that we just have enough good games by now that a lot of people can find a game they enjoy enough to sink hundreds or thousands of hours into. Minecraft, Factorio, Satisfactory, Hollow Knight, Elden Ring, etc.

It's a two part answer.

One, gamers have less money to spend, along with everyone else.

Two, expensive AAA title games these days tend to be shit, from a graphics, code, community, and content standpoint. If you want good games, cheaper is usually better.

Last AAA title game I bought was Borderlands 3, and I don't see myself buying anymore in the next two years or so.

Can't afford a home, holiday and now videogames.

Funny how that happens when people don't have any money.