>it took 20 years for $70 games to become the standard
>only 5 years later $80 is the new standard

is the trump thing

>imblying i'm boughting new games

$0 has been the standard for a while

Its gonna get worse. Line must always go up and after 40 years the game industry finally stopped growing after the covid bump. This means existing users must pay more so that line keeps going up

I remember when $50 was the standard for brand new, would usually drop after about 2 weeks. People accepting paying even more for lower quality games is appalling to me.

But of course, much like this anon
>>712471314
I don't pay for them at all

>>712470996 (OP)
I just purchased a game on release day for $50.

>>712470996 (OP)
>80 dollars
>200gb in size
>day 1 patch required
>DRM
>A fuck ton of DLC
>Battle pass
I'm tired... It's just consumer exploitation all the way down...

>>712470996 (OP)
Thanks shittendo!

>>712471314
And this is why games are $80.

>>712471314
Based.

>>712472384
Hopefully they raise it to $90 so I can continue to not buy them

>>712471956
I’m surprised people seemingly have time for so many battle passes
I’m a wage slave so there’s that, but still I feel like I can only really play 1 battle pass game
Part of the reason I still haven’t tried Diablo 4

>>712470996 (OP)
Please understand we hire 200 women and ethnic minorities who need a job, we need that money ;_;

Save the money for ammo.

>>712472529
I agree. I'm also a wagie and I can afford one battle pass game at a time because they all assume you'll only play that one game for the rest of forever.
>Play the patch, not the game!
I really really dislike this mentality. I want to play a video game, not a manipulative slot machine.

I've never paid more than $40 for a game, and the average I pay is between $5 and $10.