MikaNekoDevine t1_iugh9ul wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:22 AM

Reply to comment by shadesofwolves in Why all the 70$ price tags now? by Valgonav

We are talking a 30year difference, a huge advancement in tech. Yet we are paying this for so little to what this tech is capable off. Take a look at RDR2. What we are getting is a rehash of same games different skin, higher price AND it still includes micro transactions. So no 70$ does NOT justify the cost of what we get in a lot of triple A games, and yes there are exceptions.

shadesofwolves t1_iughq8u wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:26 AM

You don't think RDR2 is worth $70..?

MikaNekoDevine t1_iugjp7t wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:45 AM

No it is , and guess what it isn’t 70$. We are paying more for less, with the added “benefit” of just renting the game and not owning it like before. Elden Ring is another example of a game that is worth 70$ but also isn’t. The games worth that price are so little, increase in price means increase in quality and less monetisation.

shadesofwolves t1_iuglitd wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:03 AM

What do you mean we're paying more for less?

The game content has increased drastically and the prices have stayed the same for decades?

MikaNekoDevine t1_iugmnli wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:15 AM

Why go far, take the latest COD it’s a fun game it is COD. But from what i heard so far one game mode, sub par campaign, kd ratio is gone, and best part battle passes. While on the other side of the coin, we got Horizon Forbidden West, which is imo worth the 70$ price. Yes we were paying the same or more in the 90s but things were still new. Now we nearly perfected it but guess what greed getting in the way. Now take on D2 in which is free but expansions aren’t and we lose old content or they become paywalled. Games are much more than 70$ nowadays, and the excuse it is only cosmetics means we also lost the ability to unlock that stuff while playing. What we are getting is nothing more than pretty graphics over games.

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thewalkindude t1_iujenp6 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 7:52 PM

If a game isn't worth 70 dollars to you, no one is making you buy it at 70 dollars. The new CoD isn't worth 70 to me, so I'm not buying it. And why shouldn't free to play games like Destiny 2 charge you for major expansions? They have to make money somehow.

MikaNekoDevine t1_iuji4a1 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 8:15 PM

I’m not saying they shouldn’t, it’s the locking of old content behind those paywalls. Plus, I’m against the defending of the price increase, it was long over due yes, but it came in the worst way possible.

thewalkindude t1_iujjf5x wrote on October 31, 2022 at 8:24 PM

I'm mostly talking hypothetical, that there probably will be games out that are worth 70. I think most of the ones that are 70 right now are rip-offs, and are ridden with microtransactions like you said. I'm not as against DLC as a lot of people on here, because I think a lot of it is quite good. I'm definitely against things like 20 dollar skins though.