I will admit, I’ve only ever paid that amount for three games ever. Voices of the Void, EOD Tarkov and the Founders edition of Soulframe, and the only reason I did that was to support the devs.
Making $100 a baseline cost for a brand new game, where the AAA companies have decided “oh you can do patches to fix bugs in the first couple of weeks without losing too much money.” Is the standard (which came first, the chicken or the egg?) is absolutely ludicrous.
I remember when Gran Turismo 4 was an expensive game because it was 40. But that worked right out of the box; you pay for it, put the CD in and bam. Fully working game. That you own. Forever.
I will admit, I’ve only ever paid that amount for three games ever. Voices of the Void, EOD Tarkov and the Founders edition of Soulframe, and the only reason I did that was to support the devs.
Making $100 a baseline cost for a brand new game, where the AAA companies have decided “oh you can do patches to fix bugs in the first couple of weeks without losing too much money.” Is the standard (which came first, the chicken or the egg?) is absolutely ludicrous.
I remember when Gran Turismo 4 was an expensive game because it was 40. But that worked right out of the box; you pay for it, put the CD in and bam. Fully working game. That you own. Forever.