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"Gamers push back." Just like they pushed back against $70 and $80 games by lining up around the block to buy a Switch 2 so they could buy $70 and $80 games to play on it. Like Rockstar will make a mint selling $100 copies of GTA6.
Push back but won't boycott. Tread on me harder daddy.
This is the song of the world, a ton of angry voices but then the vast majority of them still buy (in both meanings) the thing. People want to be mad but never inconvenienced. They'll spend so many hours being angry both internally and externally but then still use their vote, be it a political or wallet one, for that specific thing they're angry about. "I'm mad this costs so much, that it's so bad, that it doesn't align with my views but there's no way in hell I'll miss out on it".
Fucking cowards.
I suppose if any game is worth $100 it'll probably be a game from Rockstar. Personally I'm waiting for reviews since there's literally no point pre-ordering.
Yeah if they aren't ready we would see GTA 6 flop hard. Personally I'm not getting it until pc release, and even then we'll see if I have to buy on their shitty launcher.
I hate Nintendo as much as the next guy, but I'm pretty sure they were the last to adopt $70 games. Then you had Mario Kart World at 80, which is indeed dumb. Not as dumb as shitty yearly sports titles being $70.
And it'll STILL be $80 20 years from now.
Nah, not all of us. When switch 2 came out (and because I wanted a hand held) I looked at it, poked at in the shop and decided to buy a DS instead. $80 vs $650. If I'd been feeling more generous, I would have gotten a Retroid pocket 5 or something. I didn't need it.
The switch 2 is shiny, but it didn't fill any niche for me that one of my other rigs couldn't do (Wii, Wii u, $100 emulation box I built).
"Bigger, better, faster" is a mug's game. It cannot be won and it's the lynchpin of capitalism. The way to win is to not play.
Gaming is a luxury good. If the big players are going to go full retard, let them. Let it all burn while you find greener pastures.
This goes for all tech (and luxury goods), IMHO. Do more with less.
Reject the status ladder → identify the actual function → satisfy it with the smallest tool that works → enjoy the absurdity.