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‘If it’s the only place to play Mario, you buy it’: Former PlayStation boss reacts to $80 Nintendo games (www.videogameschronicle.com)

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[-] quack@lemmy.zip 18 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

And he’s right. Switch 2 and its $80 games will not only sell like hot cakes, it will set the standard for AAA publishers going forward. I fully expect to see $100 base games as standard before the end of the next generational cycle, and they’ll still have microtransactions and endless special editions.

[-] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 17 points 4 weeks ago

And I'll continue to not buy them and support indie developers instead.

[-] quack@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 weeks ago

Me too. I’ve put more hours into Balatro and Tape To Tape than I care to admit…

[-] unconfirmedsourcesDOTgov@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 4 weeks ago

Tape to tape? Oh that's new to me... Thanks friend

[-] quack@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 weeks ago

If you enjoy hockey and roguelites, it’s the game for you.

[-] unconfirmedsourcesDOTgov@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

Update: it's a great game. I'm not even a huge hockey fan, but it sucked me right in.

[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 1 points 4 weeks ago

Dammit. I really didn't need another addicting game

[-] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

Lmao rougelite hockey. Eventually there will be a rougelite for everything 😂

[-] quack@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I’ll admit that I wasn’t sure about it at first and it was kind of an impulse buy, but I was hooked after my first couple of runs. Great game for the Steam Deck too.

[-] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 0 points 4 weeks ago

Sure. Unless you have a gaming friend group that gets interested in some new multiplayer game. Then you either buy it so you can play with them, or you don't play with them. If this continues for multiple games, you will slowly grow distant from your friend group.

[-] Rooty@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Idgaf about online multiplayer, only local and singleplayer.

[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 1 points 4 weeks ago

If the only thing keeping them as friends is playing all the latest ass-expensive games with them, they're not worth having as friends.

[-] Verito@lemm.ee 1 points 4 weeks ago

That ought to be fine... it's like saying your friends aren't really your friends unless you play [x y or z]... In which case, I'm moving on to play what I enjoy.

[-] Netrunner@programming.dev 1 points 4 weeks ago

Most groups like this have anchor games everyone goes back to after the 3 hours playing the new game is done. You can still be friends with them.

[-] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

Yup. Gamers, PC, console, mobile, all want their circus to escape reality, regardless of the cost short or long term.

I mean I keep hoping that gamers would have an epiphany and push back on these anti-consumer practices but I've seen nothing in the past twenty years, only desperate games defending being gouged.