I haven’t purchased games on release day for a LONG time, unless it’s a game I just simply cannot wait. Everything else is on Steam for 75-90% off.
There’s really no point. Nearly every game launches these days completely broken. They have a ton of DLC or “special” editions for $150 CAD, and overall it’s a shit experience.
Buy that shit for 75% off, complete edition, and full of bug fixes (or mods that fix everything).
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.
I’ve never bought a $70 game and probably never will. $60 was too much for me. I think this is the point where I continue to just step out of the mainstream gaming field.
MONTHLY spending?! If you’re having to budget for monthly video game spending, you and I are very different. Do they have you on the hook with micro transactions or something?
Given how the quality of new releases and zero new games being worth the price, I have not bought a new release in over 10 years, maybe 12 years. I can’t justify the price vs. what companies have been putting out.
Recently, if it’s through Steam, I haven’t bought hardly anything. And the last things I’ve bought were either under $20 or on sale for under that price. Otherwise, the most expensive game I’ve bought in the last year was Pokemon Violet. Otherwise I have bought some used old games from a nearby shop for a cheap enough price.
Though I do have plans to buy some indie games on my Steam list, some of which I first pirated and played, when I have the money because I’d much rather my money be going towards those indie devs than [insert soulless multi-million dollar company #3859].
I just realized that I have bought 2 games at full price in the past decade., Elite Dangergous, and BG3.
I did back Wasteland 2 on Kickstarter in late 2013, but I think it was like $20.
Hasn’t changed a bit. I NEVER buy games new with maybe two exceptions being Fallout and Metal Gear, but even then I found good deals on them so I still didn’t pay full price. Every single game that looks like I might want it goes on my isthereanydeal waitlist and I don’t buy it until it’s at least 50% off.
Of which only Warhammer and BG3 were bought on launch, are the only games I’ve bought since 2016. So roughly 1 game per year, and mostly on discount. Launch price could be 200 USD for all I care, I don’t have time for trying out new games all the time.
There are so many old classics to be played, and too many mtx ridden, unoptimised Unreal Engine AAA games being published for new games to be enticing.
My backlog is still triple digit (Though it has gone down noticeably over the year.) so I only really buy on the summer and winter sales unless something really catches my fancy.
For the last few years it has been in < 5€ / month territory for me.
This is due to many AAA games not doing it for me in the first place and others being broken and unccompleted at release. And then I just wait a few years and pick them up in a sale - and it works out great every time.
Case and point - Cyberpunk. I still haven’t bought it but I hear its actually good now. I’ll wait a bit still until they CDPR really finished it.
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I haven’t purchased games on release day for a LONG time, unless it’s a game I just simply cannot wait. Everything else is on Steam for 75-90% off.
There’s really no point. Nearly every game launches these days completely broken. They have a ton of DLC or “special” editions for $150 CAD, and overall it’s a shit experience.
Buy that shit for 75% off, complete edition, and full of bug fixes (or mods that fix everything).
I installed Wabbajack and coughed up the $5 or whatever for Premium Nexus Mods access.
Turns out you can turn your old games into new games.
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.
I’ve never bought a $70 game and probably never will. $60 was too much for me. I think this is the point where I continue to just step out of the mainstream gaming field.
#oldergamers #gamingbacklog #patientgamers #steamsales
MONTHLY spending?! If you’re having to budget for monthly video game spending, you and I are very different. Do they have you on the hook with micro transactions or something?
I but maybe 1 new game a year. Maybe every two years.
I keep the other games I want on a list along with their ATL, and pick them up on sale when I’m feeling like spending
Given how the quality of new releases and zero new games being worth the price, I have not bought a new release in over 10 years, maybe 12 years. I can’t justify the price vs. what companies have been putting out.
Recently, if it’s through Steam, I haven’t bought hardly anything. And the last things I’ve bought were either under $20 or on sale for under that price. Otherwise, the most expensive game I’ve bought in the last year was Pokemon Violet. Otherwise I have bought some used old games from a nearby shop for a cheap enough price.
Though I do have plans to buy some indie games on my Steam list, some of which I first pirated and played, when I have the money because I’d much rather my money be going towards those indie devs than [insert soulless multi-million dollar company #3859].
I just realized that I have bought 2 games at full price in the past decade., Elite Dangergous, and BG3. I did back Wasteland 2 on Kickstarter in late 2013, but I think it was like $20.
I have bought less games but it is more due to lack of quality of games if anything.
Hasn’t changed a bit. I NEVER buy games new with maybe two exceptions being Fallout and Metal Gear, but even then I found good deals on them so I still didn’t pay full price. Every single game that looks like I might want it goes on my isthereanydeal waitlist and I don’t buy it until it’s at least 50% off.
Of which only Warhammer and BG3 were bought on launch, are the only games I’ve bought since 2016. So roughly 1 game per year, and mostly on discount. Launch price could be 200 USD for all I care, I don’t have time for trying out new games all the time.
There are so many old classics to be played, and too many mtx ridden, unoptimised Unreal Engine AAA games being published for new games to be enticing.
The only games i bought were goat simulator 3 for my son. Baldurs gate 3 and battlebits.
But I have skipped on Diablo 4, price played a factor.
My backlog is still triple digit (Though it has gone down noticeably over the year.) so I only really buy on the summer and winter sales unless something really catches my fancy.
For the last few years it has been in < 5€ / month territory for me.
This is due to many AAA games not doing it for me in the first place and others being broken and unccompleted at release. And then I just wait a few years and pick them up in a sale - and it works out great every time.
Case and point - Cyberpunk. I still haven’t bought it but I hear its actually good now. I’ll wait a bit still until they CDPR really finished it.