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  • P plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works
    26 May 2025, 10:30

    I’m pretty sure that’s exactly how they want it to be. If they were interested in selling games they wouldn’t put them day one on gamepass.

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    ampersandrew@lemmy.world
    wrote on 26 May 2025, 11:33 last edited by
    #23

    We went through this song and dance with Indiana Jones and Avowed, too. If this was a strategy that lost them money, they'd stop doing it. It turns out they're just fine with having tens of millions of subscribers that like the idea of getting access to games like these for, in plenty of cases, cheaper.

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    • Z zecg@lemmy.world
      26 May 2025, 10:22

      How nice for Microsoft, I'm sure it's a big success.

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      kushan@lemmy.world
      wrote on 26 May 2025, 11:35 last edited by
      #24

      Game pass is a big success for them as far as anyone can tell.

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      • A ampersandrew@lemmy.world
        26 May 2025, 11:33

        We went through this song and dance with Indiana Jones and Avowed, too. If this was a strategy that lost them money, they'd stop doing it. It turns out they're just fine with having tens of millions of subscribers that like the idea of getting access to games like these for, in plenty of cases, cheaper.

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        plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works
        wrote on 26 May 2025, 11:37 last edited by plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works
        #25

        They can also probably do some accounting hijinks to write off these “losses” while still profiting on it for a long long time. But this is purely speculative on my part, I’m not an accountant so I’m not sure something like that can be done.

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        • X xangadix@lemmy.world
          26 May 2025, 09:53

          I'm one of the biggest fans of the DOOM franchise, I've played all the versions since the original one in 1993.
          But I don't care if I play it now or in half a year. Or a year for that matter. Never really understood why having it first matters to anyone. I'll be here when the prices drop.

          I was stupid enough to buy Spacemarine 2, when it came out, at full price (mostly because I loved Boltgun so much) and that was a great lesson about how you should wait around a bit before actually buying a game. It would have been a fun game for 15 or even 20 euro, but it's not worth 70 euro. I Should have bought Helldivers, anyway 😓

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          hushable@lemmy.world
          wrote on 26 May 2025, 12:01 last edited by
          #26

          I'm on the same boat, I got 2016 around Eternal release date for like €10 and loved it. Then I bought Eternal just last year for a similar deal and I haven't finished the DLC yet. I am more than happy to wait for DA to go on sale.

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          • C caut_r@lemmy.world
            26 May 2025, 10:29

            I don‘t buy any digital copy of a game for over 45 bucks, doesn‘t matter what it is… I also haven‘t finished DOOM 2016 yet and haven‘t even started Eternal. Not because they‘re bad games or because I don‘t like FPSs, but because I have so much shit to play and so little time.

            Competition is fierce and asking 80 bucks when I got the predecessors for less than 5 each is just not happening. Just because games cost more to produce doesn‘t magically make customers have more money and time. It‘ll make release weeks stinkers outside of your GOTYs and makes more people wait or go back to 20+ years worth of other games that aren‘t 80 bucks.

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            kecessa@sh.itjust.works
            wrote on 26 May 2025, 12:02 last edited by
            #27

            Games cost more to produce but there's more customers than ever

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            • S simple@lemm.ee
              26 May 2025, 08:15
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              nawa@lemmy.world
              wrote on 26 May 2025, 12:03 last edited by
              #28

              Not sure about hardcore Doom fans but the game looks uninteresting to me specifically. It's like a polar opposite from Doom 2016 judging by all the videos I've seen. Don't really care about the higher price, I'd get it if I liked it but it really doesn't click for me.

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              • K kushan@lemmy.world
                26 May 2025, 11:35

                Game pass is a big success for them as far as anyone can tell.

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                zecg@lemmy.world
                wrote on 26 May 2025, 12:05 last edited by
                #29

                They'll undoubtedly retain all of the people who came to play Dreck Aegis, after all it's state of the art and highly replayable, like any Doom game.

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                • S simple@lemm.ee
                  26 May 2025, 08:15
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                  nfreak@lemmy.ml
                  wrote on 26 May 2025, 12:06 last edited by nfreak@lemmy.ml
                  #30

                  Let's see

                  • The game itself takes away a lot of pieces of the formula that made 2016 and Eternal so good
                  • $80 price tag
                  • BDS boycott
                  • Denuvo

                  I'm shocked that it's not selling, absolutely shocked.

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                  • T tiny_hedgehog@lemm.ee
                    26 May 2025, 10:10

                    *fewer than

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                    atro_city@fedia.io
                    wrote on 26 May 2025, 12:10 last edited by
                    #31

                    Pedantic about something even experts argue about. Nice

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                      eggyhead@lemmings.world
                      wrote on 26 May 2025, 12:14 last edited by eggyhead@lemmings.world
                      #32
                      1. It’s $80
                      2. It’s on Gamespass, where I assume a lot of doom fans who might have otherwise purchased are likely to be.
                      3. It’s shouldered up against Expedition 33 and Oblivion Remake, both over $20 cheaper and highly acclaimed.
                      4. It’s $80
                      5. (Edit) shitty DRM
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                      • Z zecg@lemmy.world
                        26 May 2025, 12:05

                        They'll undoubtedly retain all of the people who came to play Dreck Aegis, after all it's state of the art and highly replayable, like any Doom game.

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                        kushan@lemmy.world
                        wrote on 26 May 2025, 12:18 last edited by
                        #33

                        It doesn't really matter if people stick around to play a single game, they'll almost certainly explore other games and stick around for the service. That's the idea I think they're going for.

                        I'd be curious to see how many CoD players stuck around.

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                        • S somethingburger@jlai.lu
                          26 May 2025, 10:19

                          Commander Keen remake when?

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                          negativenull@lemmy.world
                          wrote on 26 May 2025, 12:22 last edited by
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                          • S somethingburger@jlai.lu
                            26 May 2025, 10:19

                            Commander Keen remake when?

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                            jeebaichow@lemmy.world
                            wrote on 26 May 2025, 12:34 last edited by
                            #35

                            Commander Keen, like you've never seen him before! Now in high res 8k textured raytraced 60 fps 3D! It's a shooter! Upgrade your blaster with online upgrades! Skins! Online co-op! DLC! AI chatbot npcs! Lootboxes! Gacha eggs! Sprawling open procedurally generated world! And new for nextgen... play as Kendra Keen!

                            !!!

                            Maybe leave it be.

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                            • C caut_r@lemmy.world
                              26 May 2025, 10:29

                              I don‘t buy any digital copy of a game for over 45 bucks, doesn‘t matter what it is… I also haven‘t finished DOOM 2016 yet and haven‘t even started Eternal. Not because they‘re bad games or because I don‘t like FPSs, but because I have so much shit to play and so little time.

                              Competition is fierce and asking 80 bucks when I got the predecessors for less than 5 each is just not happening. Just because games cost more to produce doesn‘t magically make customers have more money and time. It‘ll make release weeks stinkers outside of your GOTYs and makes more people wait or go back to 20+ years worth of other games that aren‘t 80 bucks.

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                              taicrunch@sh.itjust.works
                              wrote on 26 May 2025, 12:38 last edited by
                              #36

                              $20 is the limit for me. I'm perfectly fine waiting a few years to play the game, if it still exists by that point. If it doesn't, then I'm glad I didn't waste my time.

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                              • S simple@lemm.ee
                                26 May 2025, 08:15
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                                aganim@lemmy.world
                                wrote on 26 May 2025, 12:40 last edited by
                                #37

                                Seeing how they screwed over Mick Gordon, the composer for the previous two installments, I'll vote with my wallet and skip this one. My backlog is big enough as it is anyway.

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                                • E eggyhead@lemmings.world
                                  26 May 2025, 12:14
                                  1. It’s $80
                                  2. It’s on Gamespass, where I assume a lot of doom fans who might have otherwise purchased are likely to be.
                                  3. It’s shouldered up against Expedition 33 and Oblivion Remake, both over $20 cheaper and highly acclaimed.
                                  4. It’s $80
                                  5. (Edit) shitty DRM
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                                  overload@sopuli.xyz
                                  wrote on 26 May 2025, 12:40 last edited by
                                  #38

                                  Also, it reviewed well but with some annoying caveats.

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                                  • D damarus@feddit.org
                                    26 May 2025, 08:37

                                    It's also 80€ in Europe. Everyone I talked to is waiting for the price to drop, including me.

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                                    jackod@lemmy.nz
                                    wrote on 26 May 2025, 12:51 last edited by
                                    #39

                                    $130 NZD, I don't want to guess what $80 USD games are going to "convert" too 😮‍💨

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                                    • N nfreak@lemmy.ml
                                      26 May 2025, 12:06

                                      Let's see

                                      • The game itself takes away a lot of pieces of the formula that made 2016 and Eternal so good
                                      • $80 price tag
                                      • BDS boycott
                                      • Denuvo

                                      I'm shocked that it's not selling, absolutely shocked.

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                                      landedgentry@lemmy.zip
                                      wrote on 26 May 2025, 12:52 last edited by landedgentry@lemmy.zip 6 Feb 2025, 10:28
                                      #40

                                      ::: spoiler spoiler
                                      askldjfals;jflsad;
                                      :::

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                                      • L landedgentry@lemmy.zip
                                        26 May 2025, 12:52

                                        ::: spoiler spoiler
                                        askldjfals;jflsad;
                                        :::

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                                        nfreak@lemmy.ml
                                        wrote on 26 May 2025, 12:55 last edited by
                                        #41

                                        Microsoft (and by extension id and Bethesda) are a priority target for the BDS boycotts against Israel

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                                        • L landedgentry@lemmy.zip
                                          26 May 2025, 12:52

                                          ::: spoiler spoiler
                                          askldjfals;jflsad;
                                          :::

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                                          catdogl0ver@lemmy.world
                                          wrote on 26 May 2025, 12:55 last edited by
                                          #42

                                          Google says BDS stands for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (against Isreal.)

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