I dipped out when games jumped to $60 CAD sometime back in the XBox 360 era iirc. (For context, games are $80-90 CAD now.) Since then, I’ve bought maybe 4 or 5 AAA games total.
That era was also when indie games exploded onto the scene. These indie games were/are better than most AAA titles, and way more affordable, so it just made sense to pivot.
I wouldn’t say it has. I don’t buy too much these days anyways as I already have a backlog, and there’s so much out there that I tend to buy things on sale that have been out for a while.
I’m willing to buy a higher-priced game or DLC on release, but it better be damned good. I’ll wait a bit before buying to at least ensure that it’s playable on day one.
I’m underutilizing my rig tbh. I’ve been playing primarily Factorio for the past few years. My monthly game spending is low. Tempted to get a steam deck for mobile Factorio with mods, though.
Just started playing Starsector. My rig isn’t some obnoxious beast…but like Starsector doesn’t even have a recommended cpu. You only need like 1gb of ram and a gfx card from over a decade ago.
I bought a couple of newly released games that I would have bought if they were $60 or $80, but other than that, I have been getting my gaming on with cheaper games that are worth the price, like Talos Principle 2 ($30, and worth every penny), as well as older games, like Outer Wilds, Inscryption, Stray, Hades, Spiritfarer.
EDIT: I will add that every game that I have purchased for the full $70 has been worth it. Starfield, Hogwarts (family never played more than 2 hours each), Last of Us Part 1 (haven’t finished), TOTK (haven’t started it yet).
Given that AAA games have become very samey, I have found myself drawn to more interesting titles from a plethora of other devs. These titles also have the nice advantage of almost never costing anywhere near $70 on release, not that I tend to buy them on release, I just add them to my wish-list while I buy something cheap that came out earlier.
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