Random video game news... renewed!

[kanisatha]

On 1/10/2025 at 6:13 PM, melkathi said:

Conspiracy theory time:

They set release price at $70 to drive people into subscribing to Gamepass.

In which case they'll be getting neither from me. I also will hold off to get it cheaper later.

Nowadays I find myself willing to pay full price only for games I like from small indie developers.

[kanisatha]

8 hours ago, LadyCrimson said:

I'm no longer really their target audience I suppose.    Edit: nor any AAA's target audience, basically

Sadly, I've come to this same conclusion myself with respect to the big/AAA studios.

[Sven_]

On 1/12/2025 at 7:33 AM, LadyCrimson said:

Avowed may be some fun but I never even finished Outer Worlds/didn't play Pillars2, so (for me) I'd wait until it's $40-50 or something. If I remember at that point. It gives me a sense so far, of colorful mediocrity (sorry, Obsidian). At least for my tastes. To be fair, I'm no longer really their target audience I suppose.    Edit: nor any AAA's target audience, basically

Blockbuster gaming doesn't really seem to have a target audience -- which is part of the problem. It's "one size fits all", which is why I'm glad that there's been a resurgence of more specialized games more lately. Stalker 2, Kingdom Come, From Soft -- even Larian didn't bend over and suddenly did an entirelly different game just because they balooned their budget. They're all doingn fine as well. Better than most "one size fits all" product.

Often times though, these blockbusters literally aren't worth it (at least when approached with the rational parts of your brain...). You pay a higher price for the product itself in advance. Then you need better hardware to be able to at all run it. Then that hardware consumes a lot more power, as the latest tech is always the most taxing -- not that people living on cheap electricity in say the US would care about that specifically, but surely about the heat produced during Summer. Either way: I'm still enjoying Indy for instance. Do I regret buying it? No! But do I have a superior experience with it than with say, Drova? Desperados 3? Aliens: Dark Descent? Nah. 


tl;dr: Then what are you always upgrading your machine for? Showing off the new gadgets to the missus? My house, my car, my GeForce RTX.  




PS: 22 days to Bohemia. It seems Berlin's going nuts already. 

 

Edited yesterday at 11:46 AM by Sven_

[Wormerine]

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