And that's the weird part. Console manufacturers are killing off their "pipeline" of younger gamers.
These prices will preclude a lot of kids, young adults abs folks not making 6 figure salaries from buying new titles or new consoles.
So what happens long term when PS6 releases at $700-800 with $80-90 titles in 2028?
I think it's going to be interesting to see how Switch 2 does over the next 3 years past 2025 early adopter sales as it could indicate where the winds are blowing.
Its one thing for a game to be broken in the sense that framerate isnt even etc.Broken games are released on consoles as well, this "testing" is worth shit. Oblivion remaster is crashing consoles after too many save loads and performance drops after you play it for some time.
On pc you can often actually fix developers incompetence with mods while on consoles you have to wait on patch that may come or not.
And not just that as kids have a lot of other entertainment distractions between doom scrolling, social media, streaming and so on.And they are doing this when mobile phones are already control the biggest chunk of the revenue in gaming.
Console market is bound to get smaller and smaller with new generations of gamers.
Looking into it it's more like 20e, I don't know why it's at 7e on main page but it's probably just an error.An Armored Core 6 Steam key for €7.15? That's definitely unusual, even for key sites
It is already smaller. When I'm on public tranportation I overhear kids talking about multiplayer PC games. Not many of them want a console. Console gamers are primarily 30+ or older. That being said those kids have shit taste.And they are doing this when mobile phones are already control the biggest chunk of the revenue in gaming.
Console market is bound to get smaller and smaller with new generations of gamers.
You don't know what you're talking about.No one cares about his name. If he wrote his name no one would know who that is, at least the way he wrote it, it gave him some credentials instead of just sounding like a nobody. He's doing him a favor. But actually you're right, make him sound like a nobody because fuck this guy.
And by nobody i dont literally mean nobody, especially not on this forum, be he is a nobody for 99% of gamers. In terms of name recognition at least.
That will stop being true for you at some $ amount though, as it does for everyone. Consideration of what that point is collectively is how games have arrived at the price point they have, and why they are not already $90.I'm sure that's not everyone but simply from my perspective if a game looks good to you and there's hype behind it, your gonna buy it if it's $40 or if it's $90.
Its one thing for a game to be broken in the sense that framerate isnt even etc.
Its another thing for a game to just be completely broken and unstartable at times, which has happened to me personally and not on infamous bad cases like Arkham Knight.
Also if you have to fix something via mods then you are just doing free work that your money should have paid for, this isn't something to boast about imo.
I agree, part of why they are not already 90 is because it's hard to shift the entire industry to higher price points, this is why they have taken the strategy of incremental increases. You increase by 10 and wait for everyone to equalize on that price and repeat. The industry already moved to increased pricing on game per game basis and it's DLC and annoying micro transactions etc. you often only get 2/3 of a game at launch.That will stop being true for you at some $ amount though, as it does for everyone. Consideration of what that point is collectively is how games have arrived at the price point they have, and why they are not already $90.
Dude was a huge part of the brand for many years and is just now can even get close to doing this stuff.Shu trying so hard being popular. Guy is in gaming articles doing Q&A seemingly every week.
Sure $70-80 for an all time great game is a steal, but most modern games don't hit that and are worth $30 tops. So I'd make that deal.![]()
Former PlayStation exec says "$70 or $80" games are a "steal": "As long as people choose carefully how they spend their money, I don't think they should be complaining"
I guess that's one way to look at it!tech.yahoo.com
I dunno... From my perspective, time is money. Me buying a game is a question of if it's worth my time investment. Not if it's worth what's in my wallet.
IMO the industry needs a complete strategic overhaul in how they produce and sell games. Its like the AAA model has locked itself into a cycle of spending a few hundred million that needs 20 million copies sold with post release DLC to be deemed a success, and even then we've seen teams laid off even in the wake of a commercially successful game. The way this industry operates( the AAA side specifically) is rotten to the core.Most games priced at $70/80 are not even worth half of that. Most games are straight up a waste of time. Make better games, not higher priced games. Expedition 33 is currently outgrossing Doom on Steam charts despite costing $30 less. Go back to the $50 standard and ditch those 400 dev teams and focus more on unique games. This current system has stagnated innovation and growth. Shuhei needs a reminder that Playstation became king due to its comparetively affordable offerings.
But you can get an official Steam key from Fanatical for less than 60 USD...Fuck, no. I was literally about to buy Doom The Dark Ages on Steam when I saw that they want 80€ for it, and then I was like "ehhh.. I can wait.". That 80€ is/was high enough to counter my urge to buy it.
Shu why are spouting![]()
Former PlayStation exec says "$70 or $80" games are a "steal": "As long as people choose carefully how they spend their money, I don't think they should be complaining"
I guess that's one way to look at it!tech.yahoo.com
It's 66€ over there. I wasn't aware of fanatical. While 66€ is better than fucking 80€, it's still a tad high.But you can get an official Steam key from Fanatical for less than 60 USD...
https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/doom-the-dark-ages
Are you afraid you can't refund it after 2 hours?