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Bethesda Is Charging $7 For A New Starfield Mission, And Players Are Upset (www.gamespot.com)

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[-] sunzu@kbin.run 96 points 5 months ago

Players could like stop paying for it... such an easy, low cost solution...

[-] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 69 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

That is my current solution. Currently enjoying Factorio, which had the perfect monetization scheme: you buy the game and enjoy it.

[-] Takumidesh@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Factorio also interestingly, never goes on sale, Wube said that the value of the game is what it is and that's that.

[-] Marcumas@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

This only works because it's like $30. If this was a $60-70 game, I don't think it goes over well with the public. Nintendo is the only one that seems to get away with that

[-] batmaniam@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I think that's exactly the point though. "We didn't mark it up to mark it down, the price is just the price". As a chronic patient gamer part of me hates that (I love finding older classics for like $10) but I don't mind shelling out for a good game. The biggest expense is my time, and if a bunch of years later the price hasn't moved it's probably worth my time.

[-] SaltySalamander@fedia.io -1 points 5 months ago

$35, actually.

[-] Case@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 5 months ago

Not to mention, it is entirely possible to get home from work, play, and then realize you are now late for work.

Its just engaging on a level that most modern game's can't hope to achieve.

Hell, I've installed a game (old), then installed mods, then resolved all the mod issues, then launch it to realize I don't actually want to play it.

Factorio? Mods are easy, and vanilla is enough to keep someone occupied and happy if they lack internet or something.

Its light weight too, it costs me virtually nothing to install it on anything that can run it.

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago

I got starfield for free with my video card, and I still feel ripped off and wish I could refund lol.

But yeah, I'm not dropping a single goddamn penny on Starfield. It feels like a game that was made for the xbox 360 or something, with all the loading screens and shit.

[-] vxx@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago

You get baited into accepting the quest and playing the first mission. Then you have to pay to continue.

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

WTF! That shit shouldn't be legal.

[-] Visstix@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I wouldn't even play it if they paid me $7,-

[-] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

That's my route. Mods run on pirate skyrim just as well as legal and the best missions in Bethesda games aren't made by Bethesda.

[-] sunzu@kbin.run 7 points 5 months ago

Yeah a lot of these entertainment companies forget that they need to earn my business with high quality product AND services, otherwise I will take matters into my own hands.

This aint like housing and work, where they can just fuck you as if they are your prison guards. We got options baby!