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$80 for Borderlands 4 too costly? Randy Pitchford says, "If you're a real fan, you'll find a way to make it happen"

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    I don't condone this, but we already had $60 games 10 years ago. If you simply add inflation you'd be at $81 today. That doesn't even take into account that modern games also have larger budgets compared to back then.

    Video games really are a cheap hobby comparatively speaking. I still wait for sales of course 🙂

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      I can make it happen during a Steam summer sale 4 years later. Borderlands 3 wasn't that great when you compare it to 1 and 2. I can wait.

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        You can still (for the moment) be patient with Nintendo games if you're OK buying second hand

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        I solved that by moving to pc and forgetting about Nintendo's existence.

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          Suck my cock pitchford. Hope the game bombs as bad as the movie fuckwad.

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            Stop buying Gearbox slop. Jesus fucking christ people. Why are they still getting a free pass for being objectively shitty developers?

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            • vlyn@lemmy.zipV [email protected]

              I don't condone this, but we already had $60 games 10 years ago. If you simply add inflation you'd be at $81 today. That doesn't even take into account that modern games also have larger budgets compared to back then.

              Video games really are a cheap hobby comparatively speaking. I still wait for sales of course 🙂

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              Games have been surprisingly inflation resistant. I paid $70 for Playstation games in the 90s.

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                I guess me and my several thousand borderlands hours are not a real fan then? The games weren't worth $80 even when they came with goodies. They're not worth $80 without the goodies. I'll just wait for a sale.

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                  Real fans "Find a Way" Yarr.

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                    You'd think he'd be better media trained by now. But no, here goes the foot in the mouth.

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                      Borderlands 3 was the first game I didnt even bother finishing, just super boring lol

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                        Borderlands isn't that good, Randy. Is anyone that much of a fan of a genetic shooter who's only distinguishing feature was the art style and the number of guns? (which I found got tiresome pretty quickly.) I played and enjoyed the first one, but from what I've played of 2 and the Pre-sequel, it was just more of the same so I haven't bothered since.

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                          Stop buying Gearbox slop. Jesus fucking christ people. Why are they still getting a free pass for being objectively shitty developers?

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                          Tbh, most AAA games are ass nowadays

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                            I don't condone this, but we already had $60 games 10 years ago. If you simply add inflation you'd be at $81 today. That doesn't even take into account that modern games also have larger budgets compared to back then.

                            Video games really are a cheap hobby comparatively speaking. I still wait for sales of course 🙂

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                            Games have also gotten massively cheaper due to distribute due to digital downloads being the most common, and they're making way more sales due to gaming having a much larger audience.

                            The main reason these games have ridiculously inflated budgets are because execs are pushing for more management, which in turn push for oversized teams making design-by-committee out of fear of making something people don't like. The gamin industry doesn't get to make excuses anymore. Them being unable to reign in their development budgets aren't our problem. They need to figure out how to offer games at a lower price, because they're going to run out of customers willing to pay otherwise

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                              You can still (for the moment) be patient with Nintendo games if you're OK buying second hand

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                              Or just pirate and emulate Nintendo games. They're such scumbags that they make piracy morally correct

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                                Aw, he’s telling people to pirate it. What a thoughtful guy.

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                                  Yeah, the way to make it happen is adding it to my wishlist and waiting for the price to drop to at least $40.

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                                    I guess me and my several thousand borderlands hours are not a real fan then? The games weren't worth $80 even when they came with goodies. They're not worth $80 without the goodies. I'll just wait for a sale.

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                                    I'll just leave this skull and bones flag right here FOR NO REAL REASON!!!

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                                      I don't condone this, but we already had $60 games 10 years ago. If you simply add inflation you'd be at $81 today. That doesn't even take into account that modern games also have larger budgets compared to back then.

                                      Video games really are a cheap hobby comparatively speaking. I still wait for sales of course 🙂

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                                      That doesn't even take into account that modern games also have larger budgets compared to back then.

                                      It also doesn't take into account how much more they make even at the lower price points

                                      If game companies want more money for their games they can start by cutting the worthless CEOs, not raising prices

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                                        Too much games to play on the market to justify the urgency to buy it at release for 80 bucks. they now compete with free to play, gamepass, Indy games, piracy, and tons of past games with lower cost.

                                        The fomo of newly released games is low when most games are released in shitty state and need 1/2 months of patches/fixes and that's not even taking in consideration that the best experience is when all the dlcs are released and make the game finally complete.

                                        The AAA industry is fucked. In a world where quality games are released each weeks they are often but even the best way to have fun with our limited time, like tepid Ubisoft games...

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                                        Honestly, in my opinion, there's too many games to justify buying it at all. I enjoyed one and two when I was a kid, and there wasn't competition for the genre. Three I think was free on Epic or something, so I played and it was fine, but not great. I don't expect much from four, and there's companies I'd actually like to support instead.

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                                          Yeah, I'll fucking pirate it LMAO

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