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Bethesda Is Charging $7 For A New Starfield Mission, And Players Are Upset (www.gamespot.com)
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[–] 96 points 2 years ago (5 children)

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

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  • [–] 69 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    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

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years 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!

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