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I don't really look into the purchase habits of other people. So after 10 years of having my own income and being well-settled now, I still have yet to purchase a game for full price. I've never paid $60 for a PS4/Xbone game, $40 for a 3DS game, $40-60 for a Switch game, you get the idea. As a matter of fact, I never spend more than $15 for a game nowadays. Even Pokemon and Fire Emblem games eventually go on clearance at Target and I can grab them for $12 each. However, I recently learned that there are many early adopters for video games and that companies make the bulk of their money from rubes that will shell out $60 for whatever Triple-C Hollywood production they send out.
So do people really pay several times more for a game just to be able to play it sooner? Mind, I'm talking specifically about games that don't have heavy multiplayer. I can sort of understand that people won't wait to play the latest Cowadooty, Madden, and Halo game because multiplayer is big there. I mean, I won't ever do that. But it's at least understandable. But why spend $60 on Devil May Cry 5 and Assassin's Creed: Whatever Word We Flip To In The Dictionary Next? This is why I don't understand digital only gamers. Digital only won't get you any $5 and $10 games. They'll be full price for most of their life with an occasional 10-20% off for 10-20% of their games catalogue. No thanks. |
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TheWorId posted...
I don't really look into the purchase habits of other people. So after 10 years of having my own income and being well-settled now, I still have yet to purchase a game for full price. I've never paid $60 for a PS4/Xbone game, $40 for a 3DS game, $40-60 for a Switch game, you get the idea. As a matter of fact, I never spend more than $15 for a game nowadays. Even Pokemon and Fire Emblem games eventually go on clearance at Target and I can grab them for $12 each. However, I recently learned that there are many early adopters for video games and that companies make the bulk of their money from rubes that will shell out $60 for whatever Triple-C Hollywood production they send out. Should have left all this out. You obviously have no clue what you're talking about.
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How does this dude get newer games for $15 or less??!
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THEaircobra posted...
TheWorId posted...I don't really look into the purchase habits of other people. So after 10 years of having my own income and being well-settled now, I still have yet to purchase a game for full price. I've never paid $60 for a PS4/Xbone game, $40 for a 3DS game, $40-60 for a Switch game, you get the idea. As a matter of fact, I never spend more than $15 for a game nowadays. Even Pokemon and Fire Emblem games eventually go on clearance at Target and I can grab them for $12 each. However, I recently learned that there are many early adopters for video games and that companies make the bulk of their money from rubes that will shell out $60 for whatever Triple-C Hollywood production they send out. I’ve bought a ton of digital games on PSN for 5-20 dollars. |
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TheWorId posted...
This is why I don't understand digital only gamers. Digital only won't get you any $5 and $10 games. They'll be full price for most of their life with an occasional 10-20% off for 10-20% of their games catalogue. No thanks. Which is why Tomb Raider Anniversary, Legend, and Underworld were on sale for $2 each last week, right? Or why I can get GwG titles at a 100% discount, right? Or why my digital copy of AC Unity was less than $3, right? Or why I can, on a weekly basis, buy digital PC games for pennies, right? Or why I can buy digital One titles on a regular basis for $5-$10, when they are still sold physically at full price, right? |
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i buy 2 AAA games a year at 60 bucks and i do HOURS of research before i make that decision. this year, it was Far Cry 5, which ended up being my GOTY. next is gonna be Hitman 2, which ill most likely buy on disc so i can trade it in later because i have doubts. im not buying a 60$ game digitally unless i KNOW its a game im putting 100+ hours into. outside of that, i buy alot of cheap indie games, Outer Wilds, The VideoKid, Hello Neighbor, Tokyo 42, Late Shift, etc. LOVEEEE cheap indie games with really solid fun gameplay and my credit card loves them too.
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I wouldn't own a thousand digital games across pc xbox and ps4 if they weren't less than 10 dollars. No exaggeration, literally over a thousand. Half to wait a while sure. but they are usually games that I buy because they are 5 dollars. not because they were must plays.
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if I want the game why wouldn't I?
$60 isn't exactly gonna break the bank I spend far more than that on a night out with friends
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Rereading the original post makes me think this is more of a troll post/bait. But wanted to answer it somewhat seriously.
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BigOW posted...
Very rare for me to buy a game at full price these days
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TheWorId posted...
So after 10 years of having my own income and being well-settled now, I still have yet to purchase a game for full price Whoopdeefuckindoo. TheWorId posted... As a matter of fact, I never spend more than $15 for a game nowadays. Even Pokemon and Fire Emblem games eventually go on clearance at Target and I can grab them for $12 each I call bullshit. TheWorId posted... So do people really pay several times more for a game just to be able to play it sooner? Yes. Why do you own a current gen console at all? Why not wait until next gen so they’re cheaper? Fuckin rube. TheWorld posted... can sort of understand that people won't wait to play the latest Cowadooty, Madden, and Halo game because multiplayer is big there. I mean, I won't ever do that. We are already very aware you are not a social person from your past here. TheWorId posted... This is why I don't understand digital only gamers. Digital only won't get you any $5 and $10 games. They'll be full price for most of their life with an occasional 10-20% off for 10-20% of their games catalogue. No thanks. Like someone mentioned above, you should have left this part out. You have no idea what you’re going on about. So what’s the point of this thread? To act all superior or to actually ask if anyone at all pays full price for a product? Both are pretty fucking stupid man.
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This shill has constant meltdowns, gets warned, gets his alt banned, and is confused by people who have money spending full price on games digitally.
That sums this up.
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No, absolutely no one does, fucking idiot.
How's my posting?
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There's too many good games about these days to need to pay full price... I'm always stuck with a back log of games so by the time I get around to buying something it's invariably on sale.
Only thing I would pay full price for would be a multiplayer me and all my friends were planning to get on together (last was Monster Hunter: World).
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Very rarely I will pay full price, and typically when it’s a multiplayer game that all my friends are buying so that we can all play together, or something I am super-hyped about and dont want to wait (like Fallout 4 was for me when it launched).
$20 is usually my sweetspot on games.
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I have yet to spend 60 let alone on release day. I get most my games on digital at 30 or less. That said TCs really gunna hit the fan when he finds out people spend 90 or more some times. Or that people choose to spend they're money on cosmetics in mmos
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Sure do, I like to spend money on new games first and foremost, and respect/fund the content creators.
Just in the same way that I spend a little bit extra to get nice chocolate, or pay for a nice bottle of single malt whisky, the people that lovingly created their content deserve to get paid for their creations that I'll equally enjoy.
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HornedLion posted...
Why not buy a game you want and like at $60? Can’t belive I’m agreeing with laylow but damn this so hard.
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THEaircobra posted...
TheWorId posted...I don't really look into the purchase habits of other people. So after 10 years of having my own income and being well-settled now, I still have yet to purchase a game for full price. I've never paid $60 for a PS4/Xbone game, $40 for a 3DS game, $40-60 for a Switch game, you get the idea. As a matter of fact, I never spend more than $15 for a game nowadays. Even Pokemon and Fire Emblem games eventually go on clearance at Target and I can grab them for $12 each. However, I recently learned that there are many early adopters for video games and that companies make the bulk of their money from rubes that will shell out $60 for whatever Triple-C Hollywood production they send out. Yeah, I can't even count how many AAA digital games I've purchased for about $5 to $10 during the many many sales we see each year.
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TheWorId posted...
I don't really look into the purchase habits of other people. So after 10 years of having my own income and being well-settled now, I still have yet to purchase a game for full price. People actually read beyond this part and responded to the OP, who was never heard from again.. |
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THEaircobra posted...TheWorId posted...show hidden quote(s) Yeah no idea why he put that part in. I mean I can name a few off the top of my head that are constantly dirt cheap. Deus ex being one. That game is on sale for $10 digitally what seems like every other week lol |
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I have a rather large backlog of games so I rarely buy them right when they release. But if the game goes on sale for what I find to be an acceptable price I will snatch it up. I had a hard time not buying to many games during the Ultimate Sale, only managed to buy 4 games.
I did however recently preorder Fallout 76, mostly because I have prime and the prime preorder discount is going away. I am also planning on buying RDR2 day one so I can play with my brother in law.
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AltiarLio posted...
HornedLion posted...Why not buy a game you want and like at $60? Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
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SonyPonyTony posted...
This shill has constant meltdowns, gets warned, gets his alt banned, and is confused by people who have money spending full price on games digitally. I can't imagine being a PS4 only owner and paying full price for games with inferior graphics. That has to sting
"I can confidently say that graphics matter, because I played through Killzone: Shadow Fall"-Shuhei Yoshida
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TheWorId posted...
I don't really look into the purchase habits of other people. So after 10 years of having my own income and being well-settled now, I still have yet to purchase a game for full price. I've never paid $60 for a PS4/Xbone game, $40 for a 3DS game, $40-60 for a Switch game, you get the idea. As a matter of fact, I never spend more than $15 for a game nowadays. Even Pokemon and Fire Emblem games eventually go on clearance at Target and I can grab them for $12 each. However, I recently learned that there are many early adopters for video games and that companies make the bulk of their money from rubes that will shell out $60 for whatever Triple-C Hollywood production they send out. People do it so they can play a game right away. That’s all there is to it. I mean the same questions could really be asked about anything that drops drastically in price if you wait a few months right? Pretty much any consumer product will drop in price if you wait long enough. If you don’t want to wait, you pay a premium. If you’re willing to wait you save money.
You look EXTREMELY immature when you announce that you're about to ignore someone. No one cares, including the person about to be ignored. Just FYI.
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Winternova posted...AltiarLio posted...
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Can’t belive I’m agreeing with laylow but damn this so hard.
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Lmao! then they pretend and complain about loot boxes and micros on Xbox exclusive games"I can confidently say that graphics matter, because I played through Killzone: Shadow Fall"-Shuhei YoshidaDolemiteXP posted...Because $60 isn't an issue to me?
Well I mean, even if it IS, you spend your money on the things that mean a lot to you, right? Your disposable income is yours to use as you please, isn't it?
One of the things that worries me is how little people really care about the things they invest in. I'm sorry to say but it's especially prevalent in the USA, but the UK is starting to go that consumer-bonkers way where you'd rather have MORE STUFF than enjoy the stuff you have, and really loving those things. Like, there's a weird dissonance between the creation and innate value in a thing, and how much you can get it for.
That's why, when I buy a game, I look at who made it, how much heart went into it, and reward the people that made it accordingly. With other consumed/enjoyed-and-recalled/"experiential purchases" - anything from going out for a meal to watching a film - people tend to forget how many people were involved in actually MAKING all that. "Twenty pounds for a steak dinner?! SCREW THAT!", you'll hear someone say, forgetting the cost of raw materials, the kitchen staff's pay, the kitchen staff's training, the upkeep of the restaurant, the ambience.
People should be rewarded for creating a thing you had, enjoyed, bought and experienced.XB1/XB360/Wii U: TotoMimo PS4: Gooey_Toto/SigmaLongshot
A decade working in AAA game development? Time certainly flies.I will never understand the mentality behind this type of question unless it's coming from a child or very young adult. I spend more money to play a round of golf (4 hours), attend an NHL game(2.5 hours), or take the family out to eat (1 to 1.5 hours). A new game will provide at a minimum 10 hours of entertainment and up to 100s of hours of entertainment."drive drive on down the field, men of the scarlet and grey"caliguy1971 posted...How does this dude get newer games for $15 or less??!
Yes, tell us your secrets! *bowsab2c4 posted...It's been so many years I can't remember the last time I paid full price for a game.
Same here. The last new release I bought was Fallout 4, but i used Best Buy GCU so it wasn't full price. I'm really not sure when I last paid full price for a game. Possibly Knights of the Old Republic on Xbox.ZDT_Leader posted...Why do people wait til the game is 20 or below to play games?
Preference. That’s all it is. If the person has the money to spend it.. who are you to judge how a person spends their money?
Everyone wants to think they're making the smart decision; personal validation over acknowledging it's just a preference.Yes, I do spend $60 on new games, if it is a game I want. It is discretionary income that I use for fun, and there are plenty of other fun things that I do that cost more than that, that only last for a few hours.
Yes digital prices are outrageous for games that are a year or two old, most of the time they are still sitting at full price, but the trick with buying digital games, other than the occasional day 1 release you want, is to be patient, and wait for sales. Then you get some killer deals.Growing up trolls lived under bridges, now they live in their Mom's basement.Honestly, there are VERY few games that I find to be important enough to purchase on day one or at full price.
I think the last game I paid full price for, was FOR HONOR, on PS4 the day it released. Since then, I have purchased a few games as gifts that were full price, but they were not for my own consumption.
For the most part, I am fine with being a month behind other people. I got Destiny 2 for $30 brand new, 3 weeks after launch. And that has been the only NEWISH game I have paid for near its release.
Everything else I have bought in the last year, was either on DEEP discount because it was considered a flop, or released at a discounted price, Like Spintires.
I did buy all of my favorite game series, I own Every Forza game currently available for the Xbox One, though I had no real reason to make the jump on day one, since I had the old game to pass the time.
Destiny 2, is likely the only expansion I plan on purchasing, though I will not likely be able to afford this on its launch day. I have other games, and a job (hopefully a new one this week) and other things to worry about, besides being the first kid in my neighborhood to beat the newest game... I'm 40.
The excitement levels in game releases are basically a dull mumble, in comparison to something like FFVII, where if you didn't have it, all your nerd friends would laugh at you for not knowing where to get a Golden Chocobo... Honestly, I had no idea why they were making fun of me, they were the ones fixated on information about a mythical creature in a video game... I found it rather Ironic.
I don't buy sports games... so there is that. I haven't bought a COD game or Battlefield game in probably 5 years, and if I wanted to play BFV, I can get it for $10, and its now an ENHANCED game, and would likely entertain me for 4-5 hours.
There ARE a few games that I would like to own on Launch, Earth Defense Force 6 comes to mind. I just want to get it early enough to talk my friends into getting into the series, so they finally play something other than Destiny... though I think that ship has sailed.If what I said doesn't makes sense... it's because you don't want it to make sense.TsC_PoLiTiKz posted...Yup, sometimes. Why would I wait until a game's community is potentially dead to save $20-$40?
Bingo.GT: Rafficus III | http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lp6lrnL8em1qgmo67o1_500.png |The Amazing Spider-Man of GameFaqsAltiarLio posted...HornedLion posted...
Why not buy a game you want and like at $60?
You rather wait months for a $15 or $30 price drop?
I drop $15 on skins in Fortnite on a whim.
Can’t belive I’m agreeing with laylow but damn this so hard.
If it makes you feel any better it’s all part of some moronic childish act. I mean I know having your wife leave you for another man is a really rough situation to go through but Jesus, the poor guy needs to get some help already.Rafficus_III posted...TsC_PoLiTiKz posted...
Yup, sometimes. Why would I wait until a game's community is potentially dead to save $20-$40?
Bingo.
Single playerHornedLion posted...Why not buy a game you want and like at $60?
You rather wait months for a $15 or $30 price drop?
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SigmaLongshot posted...Sure do, I like to spend money on new games first and foremost, and respect/fund the content creators.
the people that lovingly created their content deserve to get paid for their creations that I'll equally enjoy.
thisIf when base games go to 80 90 100, you'll still be saying "This"HentaiMan posted...If when base games go to 80 90 100, you'll still be saying "This"
Yes.
Base game are already at $80 in Canada, sometime $85 (base version) or more.
Still buying lots of games on sale (digital) too at low price (games i should play someday)....
but paying full price when the developer deserve it is ok.Dis is not de wey, being poor is not de wey, show me de wey...
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https://imgur.com/AUYtAmyHentaiMan posted...If when base games go to 80 90 100, you'll still be saying "This"
$60 in 2018 dollars is historically cheap pricing for video games.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMKUUUvjjzo
I'm not a grammar Nazi. I'm just alt-write. BOOM! Lawyered.This is a hobby, a cheap one if you compare it to other hobbies. I buy a lot of games on sales, some of them I am not even planning to play them ever, they were cheap, and who knows one day I might give it a try.
Now, with that said, if I want to play a game, spending $60-100 to buy it is not going to cause a major disruption on my finances. I want to play the game, I am not dwelling on how much it cost. Also I am 99% digital. Not planning on selling any of them ever, and if Microsoft goes bankrupt and I lose access to all of them, I'll find something new to do with my spare time. None of these should be rocket science.Dont forget to preorder and pay for season passes even before content is shown. Black op 4 gotyI could write an essay about this topic...
I never buy games full price anymore. Im talking about the demographic of people that work minimum wage for a living, maybe you work part time while going to school (college) or maybe you have a full time job with a degree and make a livable decent living wage. I dont think this applies for students who are still going to grade school who are lucky enough to have mom and dad, uncle, aunt etc. purchase the games for them without thinking twice at full price.
I dont purchase my games at full price. I always have used either Amazons 20% off pre orders or Best buys GC 20% off games. Digital ONLY when there are deep, deep sales. I prefer most of my games physical. Games now are notorious for going on sale or having price drops super quick. Sometimes as little as a month. Every one should also know by now that games released in September-October, around 70-90% of the time get a severe black Friday sale.
Now that Amazons and Best buys pre order bonus are going away, I wonder how many people will now flat out just stop purchasing games on release day. I know I am. Maybe developers and publishers will actually release quality games with more CONTENT to justify the $60.00 purchase.
I understand the other side of this argument "oh, but games have remained this price forever" keep thinking that...when we have the "regular game" for $60, the "Deluxe edition" for $80 and the "complete package" for $100.
Gamers won the battle against loot boxes, maybe the next battle should be to start producing quality COMPLETE games for ONE SINGLE PRICE and more gamers would be willing to buy it for $60. I wonder how many people, now that we dont have the 20% off anymore, will still be purchasing games at full price on release day?Free phone game ideology, wall grind, pay to win, loot box system has no place in a paid console game...oh and **** Black ops 4.TheWorId posted...I don't really look into the purchase habits of other people. So after 10 years of having my own income and being well-settled now, I still have yet to purchase a game for full price. I've never paid $60 for a PS4/Xbone game, $40 for a 3DS game, $40-60 for a Switch game, you get the idea. As a matter of fact, I never spend more than $15 for a game nowadays. Even Pokemon and Fire Emblem games eventually go on clearance at Target and I can grab them for $12 each. However, I recently learned that there are many early adopters for video games and that companies make the bulk of their money from rubes that will shell out $60 for whatever Triple-C Hollywood production they send out.
So do people really pay several times more for a game just to be able to play it sooner? Mind, I'm talking specifically about games that don't have heavy multiplayer. I can sort of understand that people won't wait to play the latest Cowadooty, Madden, and Halo game because multiplayer is big there. I mean, I won't ever do that. But it's at least understandable. But why spend $60 on Devil May Cry 5 and Assassin's Creed: Whatever Word We Flip To In The Dictionary Next?
This is why I don't understand digital only gamers. Digital only won't get you any $5 and $10 games. They'll be full price for most of their life with an occasional 10-20% off for 10-20% of their games catalogue. No thanks.
Because i have a ton of money and it needs to go somewhere. I also dont understand why people get so worked up over how others live there lives. Its almost as if nowadays if you dont believe like other people you are garbage.Gt: Death By Karmasonicteam2k1 posted...a buddy of mines went to pick up Borderlands: The Handsome Collection digitally and it was $60. On amazon you can get it new for $21 and $13 used. I like the convenience of digital but the pricing.ugh. I rather have physical myself tho
It regularly goes on sale for 19.80 or so digitally.Maverickneo posted...I could write an essay about this topic...
I never buy games full price anymore. Im talking about the demographic of people that work minimum wage for a living, maybe you work part time while going to school (college) or maybe you have a full time job with a degree and make a livable decent living wage. I dont think this applies for students who are still going to grade school who are lucky enough to have mom and dad, uncle, aunt etc. purchase the games for them without thinking twice at full price.
I dont purchase my games at full price. I always have used either Amazons 20% off pre orders or Best buys GC 20% off games. Digital ONLY when there are deep, deep sales. I prefer most of my games physical. Games now are notorious for going on sale or having price drops super quick. Sometimes as little as a month. Every one should also know by now that games released in September-October, around 70-90% of the time get a severe black Friday sale.
Now that Amazons and Best buys pre order bonus are going away, I wonder how many people will now flat out just stop purchasing games on release day. I know I am. Maybe developers and publishers will actually release quality games with more CONTENT to justify the $60.00 purchase.
I understand the other side of this argument "oh, but games have remained this price forever" keep thinking that...when we have the "regular game" for $60, the "Deluxe edition"for $80 and the "complete package" for $100.
Gamers won the battle against loot boxes, maybe the next battle should be to start producing quality COMPLETE games for ONE SINGLE PRICE and more gamers would be willing to buy it for $60. I wonder how many people, now that we dont have the 20% off anymore, will still be purchasing games at full price on release day?
You won no battle and games have more content than ever to justify the price, if you don’t want to pay for added optional content you can pay the standard price games have always been (cheaper than most snes games too)
You’re little idealist view of gaming is funny, very very self entitled you’ve proven to be.GT & Steam: Tyron3L1o. PSN: TyroneLio.
I enjoy video games and shoes, mainly shoes.I did allot when I was younger. Its pretty rare now. Maybe one or two $60 purchases a year now.The rest I get on sales. I don't really miss that as much as I thought I would. I tend to spend more time with games I enjoy most instead of dropping what ever it is im playing for the next AAA release all the time.
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