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[PCGamer] Helldivers 2 is the least I've felt pressured to spend money on a game in years, so of course I'm buying everything in the store (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 8 months ago by bozo@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago

we are living in an age where paying more money to a game for full content after buying it is "refreshing"

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 8 points 8 months ago

I think this is just what happens when an art gets big and becomes an industry. Film buffs don't get (too) wound up at every new formulaic action movie, soulless remake, or low-brow comedy (and all the money-grabbing tie-ins that come with them); maybe we should all just chill out and stop worrying about the mass-market blockbusters when there's still a wealth of great stuff to play.

[-] Goronmon@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I think this is just what happens when an art gets big and becomes an industry.

Video games have been an "industry" for decades though.

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 3 points 8 months ago

Yeah but it's become way more mainstream with the rise of mobile gaming (because suddenly half the population of the world is a potential customer)

[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Maybe you are right but it is a bit like when search engines are flooded with crap: super annoying. I would any day prefer fewer options of mid to high quality stuff to whatever this is.