Comment on Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases
BilSabab@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I kinda gave up buying new stuff because of all the editions bullshit. Complete, Deluxe, Gold, Ultimate, Season Pass, Whatever The Fuck Else Special Director’s Cut - yeah, yo ho ho ho your capitalist ass straight to the fire sell.
Yeah, it dawned on me a few years ago that games are being sold in an unfinished state just so they can sell us the rest later.
If you’re still naive enough to spend money on things you can be getting for free (just to make someone else richer), at least wait until what you’re buying is complete.
yeah, i don’t mind DLC being sold separately, especially when it’s a full-fledged expansion like a good old add-on - not just an extra mission and stuff - proper 5-10 extra hours. But when you get this impossible to follow selection of options - it annoys the hell out of me and i switch to something that has only one package and doesn’t require market analysis skills to figure out the best version to buy. Or just yo ho ho fuck’em all instead because that’s what happens.
I definitely see much of AAA gaming as greedy, but when I’ve dipped into it this never seemed like an accurate take. The shit they’re selling for Ultimate Editions is normally teensy and inconsequential, like a golden gun or something. They’re selling to sons of Dubai warlords that just have Fuck You money to spend. I’ve never regretted getting a standard edition, except when I buy Deluxe off an indie game where I just want to support them (For reference, Expedition 33 had a Deluxe Edition)
Retro_unlimited@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Same here, game on sale for $3, but then I see it had $200 in DLC to play the complete game. Major turn off.
BilSabab@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
hitman 3 is fucking ridiculous. it’s a great game, I love it, but for the love of God just release it in one piece and kill the online mode
sunbytes@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Literally just had that same thing with Icarus while I was looking at the winter sale. I went to reviews to find the catch for the game and people were saying the base game is pretty just a big demo.