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[–] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Great games are cheaper than ever. If you buy into those only trying to extract as much money from you as possible, that's on you

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

hear hear. best games i play are significantly cheaper than 60 bucks, and are compete packages.

[–] TheTechNerd@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Their games should be free at this point

[–] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I'm so glad I haven't bought an EA game since Battlefield 1942.

[–] Donebrach@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (15 children)

I’m not at all defending advertisements because, like every single person on earth, I hate them. However, the constant complaint that ~games are expensive~ is more and more becoming absolutely out of touch. Considering how complex modern games are from a software standpoint, they are fucking cheap as hell. $60 for (generally speaking) 40+ hours of entertainment is a goddamn bargain, not to mention they’ve mostly been priced the same for the better part of two decades. Y’all realize actual people make these things right? People who need to be paid for the work they do? Of all the absolute shit that happens behind the scenes and in plain daylight in the gaming industry, I think we can find better things to bitch about than the price of games.

[–] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

that would be fair if these companies weren't incredibly profitable, only increasing that profit, and only using that profit to pay the executive and shareholders.

it's just greed. they don't need the money.

[–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

I think we can find better things to bitch about than the price of games.

I'm sure you're right about that. But this topic isn't about games being too expensive. It's about ads being forced on people with no compensation. (Many people don't want ads under any circumstances, while some people say they would accept ads if they get financially compensated.)

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