Hard to say, because none of the games with that price tag so far have piqued my interest in getting them on release in the slightest. If anything, it’s surprising how pretty much all my favorite games this year (Hi-Fi Rush, Talos Principle 2, Cocoon, Jusant) were available on release for just ~30€.
I was very and am very tempted to get baulders gate 3, as all the good reviews and bg2 is one of the first pc games I remember playing with my dad. But still, I have not bought a new game at 60 in close to a decade.
Good AAA games are rare these days. If there’s something I want from them I can it buy 2nd hand or during a sale. Been having the time of my life with indie games for so long now I can’t remember the last big title I bought.
@alessandro I’ve always bought the majority of my games during sales or used from websites like eBay, so it doesn’t affect me that much. I considered buying Persona 3 Reload at launch, but I’ll wait for a sale since it’s $70 and SEGA games tend to go on sale pretty quickly.
There’s nothing coming out AAA these days that’s worth the price of admission or pre-ordering. Blizzard hasn’t made anything worth playing for years, I don’t give a shit about the yearly reskin of Call of Duty, Starfield was a try before you buy with Gamepass - it really feels there hasn’t been anything in years worth getting at full price. Even Baulder’s Gate, which I would consider worth the full price, I picked up below average price prior to official launch.
There are very few games I’ve bought at full price. Baldur’s Gate 3. Elden Ring. Dark Souls 2 and 3. Those were all worth it. Most things I’ll just wait for a sale. My friends don’t really play a lot of games, and rarely all want to play the same thing, so I don’t have that peer pressure problem.
I can’t even think of anything that exciting coming out soon.
Other than they ongoing payments for games I continue to play (hello, World of Warcraft), most of my money now goes toward games from smaller studios that aren’t so expensive. Valheim, Timberborn, and many others are well below $70, and now I get to try games from other creators while still affording the couple of big spenders I enjoy.
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.
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