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.
Sounds like in Bethesda’s case it’s a vain corporate attempt to manage the games reputation. Having a mixed rating definitely hurts their sales; it gives you pause before deciding to spend $90 on a game. You’d hope that the next step for them would be to retrospect on why people are finding the game meh, but that rarely seems to happen.
“Am I out of touch? No, it’s the players who should enjoy landing on an empty planet.”
If steam were owned by anyone other than Valve (not to say they’re perfect), I’d be expecting reviews to soon go the same way that dislikes did on YouTube for similar nonsensical reasons.
I agree with the premise; fandom sucks. But does it really require a 20 minute exposé though?
I’ve seen a few links to the Indie Wiki Buddy extension page. I’m not too interested in installing a browser extension to find new wikis, but I bookmarked their listing page: getindie.wiki/listings/
Now that the industry has stabilized around 70$/€, how has your monthly spending on video games changed?
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