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Video games spending by young Americans is dropping sharply, report suggests (www.gamesindustry.biz)
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[–] [email protected] 84 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I'm sure it has nothing to do with shitty half baked $70 games

[–] [email protected] 36 points 5 days ago (1 children)

and the microtransactions inside them. and the underwhelming day 1 dlc.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago

with no new ideas and safe bets only.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago (2 children)
  • overpriced games
  • fully-priced games with microtransactions and day 1 DLCs.
  • overpriced hardware
  • games released broken, fixed later
  • Invasive DRM
  • Always-online requirements
  • annoying ads/microtransactions
  • invasive telemetry
  • third party launchers
  • third party accounts
  • Publishers intentionally misleading reviewers
  • False/misleading marketing from GPU OEMs

What else am I missing?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago
  • Games locked behind exclusivity deals begging/forcing to install multiple launchers to play different games
  • Major game-dev doesnt innovate and have forgot how to be imaginative.
  • Games as services is priority cause it brings money to corpos

Thankfully, indie-dev is epic right this moment! Lot's of lesser known but very fun games coming out.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Not fixed later, fixed maybe.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

As a rule, I never buy games on release. From everything I hear, you pay twice the price to get an unfinished game in most cases.

I put them on my wishlist, keep an eye on the reviews and depending on those I decide how much of a discount it will require for me to actually buy the game. Usually I end up getting them at least a year later and/or at least at 50% off.