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Players Have Too Many Options to Spend $80 on a Video Game (www.bloomberg.com)
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[–] notannpc@lemmy.world 14 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

What AAA title is worth $80? The most time I spend gaming is in a 10 year old shooter, and an indie survival game. Both of which I bought for <$20.

[–] Texas_Hangover@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

KCD2 Is pretty damn amazing.

[–] piyuv@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago

One you can spend at least 40 enjoyable hours on, I’d say

[–] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I'd say GTA VI would likely earn that for me. I'll probably spend over 80 hours on that.

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

There's plenty of jrpgs half that price point with twice the length though. Heck, even the previous GTAs have at least that length for a cheaper price, and are occasionally even cheaper now. Be patient and you'll likely even get the game given away for free.

[–] lorty@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Length =/= quality. JRPGs specially love their bloat.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 41 minutes ago

So much grinding...

[–] mostNONheinous@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Why even suggest a different genre when the man said he will enjoy it?

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 1 points 24 minutes ago

I'm trying to point out that i don't think that the length of a game shouldn't really be indicative of the price. I have no issue with him enjoying the game or buying it.

[–] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

I'm lucky enough to own literally thousands of games. Most of which I get at a deep discount. Games like GTA and Red Dead are usually an exception where I'll play on day one. Even though Rockstar tends to milk a title long after a release, the attention to detail is worth the price to me. I'll still check reviews first however.