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[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I love the constant onslaught of articles that are like “people aren’t spending money anymore!!!” Open your damn eyes. We all got smart and refuse to pay $80 (which is now the new forced norm for “AAA” garbage) and are replaying oldies and indies. Hell, I revamped my 3DS and have dumped a ton of games onto it. I can even play some of them online with people again via Pretendo.

Like all of the reasons are so obvious why people aren’t dumping money into this industry anymore. Capitalists fucked it all up and put profit over fun. We’re not all dipshits that fall for the constant micro transactions and grifts.

I legit don’t give a single shit about any of the new “AAA” games coming out. Give me a call when they’re in the bargain bin years from now.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

We can't justify the price. The end. That's it.

I was super interested in the Dune game, then they decided to not participate in the stream sale. Okay. Too bad. Life goes on. Get fucked, greedy devs.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 week ago

greedy devs

Publishers, mostly.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i think the impact of all the free games shows too

i removed a bunch of shit from my wishlist because it was free on epic amazon or gog at some point. my heroic games launcher library keeps growing and i dont see the point of buying games when i have this huge backlog of things i actually want to play. notable exceptions to the no buy are extreme high quality outliers like baldurs gate and cyberpunk(dlc) and niche indie games i want to support. those i buy on steam (or gog)

at the same time i hope i only cost epic and amazon money

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Yep, I know a lot of people who would balk at buying games but have no qualms dropping more than 100$ per month on gacha games.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Mayhaps the former young Americans are now aging into, uh… being not young Americans? Mayhaps said former young Americans also don’t have children because this entire county’s culture is all about feeding all the money to 1%ers yacht purchases?

I honestly don’t trust any “adult” who’s my age that doesn’t play viddy games, like what are you into for entertainment? A lamp?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

the people around 25-35 that dont play vidya are either into extreme sports outside all the time (adrenaline junkie) or are fat fucks who watch every show on the planet with 100 bucks a month in subscriptions (sedated paypig)

oh and the other option is exhausted parents whose only wish would be uninterrupted sleep

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Show me the Lämp, brother

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Wing noises intensify.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

When new games are approaching $100 and you know you can wait a month or two for it to drop $40 it's an easy decision

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

60-80 for the base half-finished game plus 30+ for DLC, console extras

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I know I'd rather wait a month than spend $40+ extra for the privilege of being an unpaid beta tester

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Might as well wait for them to finish the game and release it as a game of the year edition, whatever that means anymore

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

kinda stupid that it isnt called complete edition

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

I rarely buy new AAA games. Mostly indie titles and heavily-discounted AAA games.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I echo this a developer with a top app on the Meta Quest. My USA sales have fallen off a cliff, while other regions like Asia and Europe have increased a little.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 week ago (1 children)

~~Video games~~ spending by young Americans is dropping

FTFY

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That include fortnite skins?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

how big is fortnite still, i feel like it has it wow phase, 2016ish and it kinda dropped off.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Or roblox money. They seem to be doing fine

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ok but doesn’t every tracking company pretend they don’t track kids’ habits? The whole industry is built on fraud.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

This should be the real story

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Charging 70 dollars USD for barely 40 USD of content and everyone knows. The only people I know intent on buying all the latest stuff are people into steamer culture, aka trying to be a streamer or interact with them and follow their trends.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

its half assed, like a something switch console game of nintendo has been doing since 2020, which turned me away from the console altogether, i stuck to pc , but not high end games. my bro bought a brand new switch when they were selling new variations but he has barely played since.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

The day of the backlog has come! Portable PC enjoyers rejoice!

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Every game or movie that comes out now is a reboot/remake. Why would I buy that? I already bought that.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

Idk I only spent $25 this steam summer sale on 3 games, I think it was ok

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Single data point: my young, working, well off gaming part of my family is just out of energy. It's easier to watch a YouTube video instead of TV or gaming, before then falling asleep to wake up for work. Seems like much of their circle is similar.

As for myself, I'm going through a, uh, icky phase of life and am not really motivated to play unless it's coop.

...Maybe others are struggling similarly?


Also, the games we do look at tend to be from indie to mid-size studios, with BG3 and KCD2 being the only recent exceptions.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

BG3 is still from a mid-size studio, Larian is not AAA, they are AA. They are just really fucking good at what they do and are able to pump out AAA quality cause they focus on their strengths, which is making CRPGs, instead of trying to chase trends.

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