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Bethesda being the forefront of practical pricing for video games was NOT on my 2025 bingo card... (hexbear.net)
submitted 2 months ago by NoahFuel@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net
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they redid all the assetes (it's not just a simple upscale), has all the orginal DLC. Not just Shivering Isles and Knights of the Nine, but also all the smaller home dlc too.

they're also not spammed the second you leave the tutorial. and are a part of the world now, and NPCs have rumors discussing them

They also gifted the game to everyone working on Skyblivion instead of sending them a C&D like Nintendo did to the people who worked on AM2R

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[–] Bruja@hexbear.net 72 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Bethesda, owned by Microsoft, is named under BDS.
https://bdsmovement.net/microsoft#take_action
pirate-jamminporky-point

[–] markinov@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 months ago

Pirate it

[–] grazing7264@hexbear.net 33 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fitgirl release is imminent if not active already

[–] take_five_moments@hexbear.net 33 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

https://fitgirl-repacks.site/the-elder-scrolls-iv-oblivion-remastered/

resist the urge to buy skybilvon for the 1000th time, resist todd howard

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago

I'm largely baffled by people buying it. Like, this strategy of selling people largely the same thing works???

[–] SootySootySoot@hexbear.net 28 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Hexbear being obsessed with the quality of this remaster was not on my 2025 bingo card. Nor was the idea that anyone here would actually argue that AAA video game pricing was 'the forefront of practical'.

Be gay, do piracy.

[–] absurdity_of_it_all@lemmy.ml 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't think some games costing $80 makes $50 for a 20 yr old game any less atrocious. Plus, they added new asdons just to increase that more. So even calling it a $50 game is incorrect. Bethesda/Microsoft is still a shit company. Nothing has changed.

All I'm seeing is how easily people get used to being scammed because there are so many youtubers and influencers play the role of manufacturing consent by calling it a "good deal".

And do not bring in developers getting paid enough. The issue is never the price for something this high selling. It's always the hierarchy and wealth distribution in the company. Even if the game cost $100 those people aren't gonna see much of it. A $20 game when so many people (in the hundreds of thousands or even millions) buy it can still pay the developers enough if they were actually paid their share.

[–] FortifiedAttack@hexbear.net 20 points 2 months ago

Yeah but you can get the original Oblivion for $15 or $5 on sale, and other than graphics (that make most people's machines chug) you're not really missing out on much.

[–] space_comrade@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I have no idea why people are so pumped up over this, it's a 20 year old mediocre game re-released with better graphics. Oblivion wasn't even that amazing when it first came out.

[–] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

There's not too many immersive open-world RPGs around

[–] TheVelvetGentleman@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

It's a decent enough game with a lot of nostalgia attached to it. It looks nice, and it's free. What's not to get?

[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Pretty sure the Yakuza Remastered collection was $50 for three games originally and now can of course be bought for much less. Sega proven superior once again kiryu-approaching

[–] Hestia@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The remaster is what's getting me back into pirating. (I'm a broke bitch but I do love me treats)

[–] peppersky@hexbear.net 14 points 2 months ago

I wouldn't take Oblivion if they paid me.

Also if this is all we fucking talk about on this comm it's gonna get blocked like what is this "my treats to expensive" shit over and over again

[–] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net

[–] ShareThatBread@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

TotK had DLC?

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

Breath of the wild did too, apparently

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

But it doesn't include all dlc because they included new ones. This is why you should pirate everything that is media

[–] Tabitha@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

-$80 is a good deal tho?

[–] MohammedTheCommunistPalestinian@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago

BDS