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Video games spending by young Americans is dropping sharply, report suggests
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This post did not contain any content.Somewhere out there is an article by someone who walked around a games conference and came away from the experience *horrified* that so much of the content he was seeing was from small indie studios who weren’t in a position to hire wastes of oxygen like himself, and was furiously nail-biting about what this would do to the state of the industry. Related news is the authors of Dave the Diver having to explain that they are in no way an independent studio, and they do not deserve the award they just received for “best independent blah blah,” because “indie” has at this point simply become completely synonymous with “original and good.”
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This post did not contain any content.Because they feel frustrated that they cant keep playing the games they paid with their hard-earned cash due to publishers destroying them. !skg@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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*Looks at:* *1. AAA games costing 100€+ between base game and season pass. 2. Online services on consoles constantly raising prices 3. Consoles that, over the time cost more instead of less. 4. Wages frozen in time for years 5. Rest of unrelated to videogames stuff but that drain people's wages.* I WONDER WHY YOUNG PEOPLE SPEND LESS IN VIDEOGAMES...I'm a pretty conservative game purchaser. I've never paid over $40 for a game (including games on sale) because there are so, so many amazing indie games on Steam that charge so little for many hours of fun. When I see a AAA game come out, I know it's going to be profit-driven, uninspired, and rushed because it exists solely for the purpose of making money for a large corp. For that reason (among others), I avoid them altogether because I know my dollar goes way further going toward an independent developer who makes games for passion (and only _sometimes_ for money). The passion always shines through in their work, unlike passionless AAA games.
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For me, its the long term viability of older games vs new ones. I can play older games on their original console or pc and they don't have always onoine functions that break the game when the server shuts down. Hell, I am having a great time re-playing nfsu2 on my og xbox. I don't find it any less fun than most wanted or some of the newer ones when I only have 30 minutes to play.Survivorship of older games is a really good indicator that they’ll continue to be available in the future. Like you said, too many modern games are online only and turn to expensive nothingness when the servers are shut down.
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This post did not contain any content.I'm just done with Capitalism in general. I got 1000 games, 200 of which are GOG offline installers. Those are burned onto M-Disc storage for the apocalypse. Cancelled all TV streaming, no buying games or books even. Nothing but food and bills now as I wait for it all to collapse.
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*Looks at:* *1. AAA games costing 100€+ between base game and season pass. 2. Online services on consoles constantly raising prices 3. Consoles that, over the time cost more instead of less. 4. Wages frozen in time for years 5. Rest of unrelated to videogames stuff but that drain people's wages.* I WONDER WHY YOUNG PEOPLE SPEND LESS IN VIDEOGAMES...Also, with the speed that games have been coming out the last 20 years, there’s always something on sale to play
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Also competition, and I'm not actually talking about indie games, although that's helping. Competition with older games. Why in the world would someone pay $80 for a mediocre new game when they could replay a classic hit that they haven't played in few years? When was the last time you played the witcher 3, or the mass effect trilogy? Would you rather replay one of those, or pay $80 for the new assassin's creed?
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Also competition, and I'm not actually talking about indie games, although that's helping. Competition with older games. Why in the world would someone pay $80 for a mediocre new game when they could replay a classic hit that they haven't played in few years? When was the last time you played the witcher 3, or the mass effect trilogy? Would you rather replay one of those, or pay $80 for the new assassin's creed?Especially when most games that've come out this year run like shit, and a new graphics card is nearly a rent payment
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I'm just done with Capitalism in general. I got 1000 games, 200 of which are GOG offline installers. Those are burned onto M-Disc storage for the apocalypse. Cancelled all TV streaming, no buying games or books even. Nothing but food and bills now as I wait for it all to collapse.>M-Disc woah woah woah, Mr. Namedrop. What is this, now? 100GB RW Blu-rays? $57 for a pack of 6? $57 for 600GB $100 for a 4TB WD Red >the hard drive won't last as long That implies it's powered. Would it last as long as cold storage? ...this is so offtopic, but I must know.
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*Looks at:* *1. AAA games costing 100€+ between base game and season pass. 2. Online services on consoles constantly raising prices 3. Consoles that, over the time cost more instead of less. 4. Wages frozen in time for years 5. Rest of unrelated to videogames stuff but that drain people's wages.* I WONDER WHY YOUNG PEOPLE SPEND LESS IN VIDEOGAMES...Free games like fortnite
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>M-Disc woah woah woah, Mr. Namedrop. What is this, now? 100GB RW Blu-rays? $57 for a pack of 6? $57 for 600GB $100 for a 4TB WD Red >the hard drive won't last as long That implies it's powered. Would it last as long as cold storage? ...this is so offtopic, but I must know.
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I'm sure it has nothing to do with shitty half baked $70 gamesAs a rule, I never buy games on release. From everything I hear, you pay twice the price to get an unfinished game in most cases. I put them on my wishlist, keep an eye on the reviews and depending on those I decide how much of a discount it will require for me to actually buy the game. Usually I end up getting them at least a year later and/or at least at 50% off.
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Make a timeline comparing the rising cost of games, rising unemployment, addition of tariffs on exports from Japan and this. Notice a pattern?Tariffs would likely have very tiny influence on this statistic since most video game spending nowadays is digital, and digital products are protected from tariffs since tariffs are only attached to physical goods.
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As a rule, I never buy games on release. From everything I hear, you pay twice the price to get an unfinished game in most cases. I put them on my wishlist, keep an eye on the reviews and depending on those I decide how much of a discount it will require for me to actually buy the game. Usually I end up getting them at least a year later and/or at least at 50% off.
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>M-Disc woah woah woah, Mr. Namedrop. What is this, now? 100GB RW Blu-rays? $57 for a pack of 6? $57 for 600GB $100 for a 4TB WD Red >the hard drive won't last as long That implies it's powered. Would it last as long as cold storage? ...this is so offtopic, but I must know.
