One way to get out of the video-game industry funk is to recognize that players aren’t spending $70 on most games

  • BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 day ago

    The $60/$70 price tag on video games from major makers is an entry fee, it doesn’t get you the full game anymore. You have to pay for luxury editions, expansions, microtransactions of some sort, battle pass. It’s cheaper to start a tabletop miniature army than play video games now.

    • Fizz@lemmy.nz
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      11 hours ago

      Is it? What game requires any of that? Even the most microtransation heavy games lile NBA 2k and Fifa are perfectly playable without micro transactions. You’ll still get a top team you’ll still get 100s of hours out of it.

    • sploosh@lemmy.world
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      10 hours ago

      Paying for an expansion to a game you like doesn’t seem like it belongs that list. DLC from the Souls games (Bloodborne included) adds a ton to its respective base games.