Comment on Gen Z Is Cutting Back On Video Game Purchases

AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• C4551E@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Don’t forget to delete last year’s version from all your customers’ hard drives!

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  • AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You don’t have to, we can do it for you. Look: we just removed the game from your account so you can purchase the new one without regrets!

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• The_Helmet_Stays_On@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  A collectors edition that doesn’t include the game either.

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  • AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It’s for your own good. This way you can purchase the game separately and we keep the collector edition reasonable price tag.

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  • frongt@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    But it does have a moldy nylon bag!

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    • EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I knew there was a reason I kept this photo around.

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    • finitebanjo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      And all the advertising will show the game next to a canvas bag.

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      • nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Someone downvoted because they don’t want to remember Bethesda’s shenanigans?

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• Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  90€ + 50€ • DLC? Isn’t that too little for the poor record-profit industry titans with budgets in the billions and nonsensical brand loyalty all over the world?

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  • AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    We need to keep the games affordable so they can spend some money in the microtransaction hell that is our store and that is basically mandatory if you want tr keep up the pace with the other games in the pvp mode of the game (the only one available, because we removed local modes since we believe that playing with friends doesn’t make you want to spend on lootboxes is not as fun as playing with randos

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  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    originally i was going to get the first swsh in the generation plus a switch at the time, no thank you, based on how the game came out and what the company, gamefreak said will happen to the future games. 300-400$ switch, +60+15 dlc+ nintendo related services, and storage.(im underestimating some of the costs)

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• NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Collectors editions don’t even include physical items anymore. At least you got something cool to keep. Now it’s some worthless download your item once and never again.

  I still have those cheap night vision goggles from one of the Call of Duty editions. They’re subpar quality but still pretty cool.

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• LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  This criticism is genuinely like 10-13 years out of date, gramps.

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  • AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    And yet here we are, with games more expensive than 10 years ago and people spending less than 10 years ago. Seems strange, right?

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    • Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      At least 10 years ago there were some interesting AAA games, even with those problems. Now they they charge that shit for remasters and rehashes.

      Hasn’t been a non indie game I was excited about in years.

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    • LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Yes, but today’s industry problems are way different than collector’s editions with that, of anything that feels quaint enough to peak my curiousity

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