How much has the way in which video games are now delivered changed your games buying?

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Knoyleo
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PostRe: How much has the way in which video games are now delivered changed your games buying?
by Knoyleo » Mon Oct 15, 2018 6:39 am

Hime wrote:
Trelliz wrote:Also i disagree about the price point of games not changing - with stuff like battlefront the base game was £50ish, but then the rest of the game has been hollowed out to sell after, hiding the real cost of the full experience of £80ish in "premium content" and dlc.

N64 games were £49.99 which would be around £90 so even using your hyperbolic scenario games have actually gotten cheaper!

Map packs as DLC is hardly a game being "hollowed out". Other than it being a pretty average video game you are getting a complete product with the base game of Battlefront.


Map packs as paid DLC is terrible for multiplayer games, because it splits the player base.

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PostRe: How much has the way in which video games are now delivered changed your games buying?
by 7256930752 » Mon Oct 15, 2018 6:54 am

Knoyleo wrote:
Hime wrote:
Trelliz wrote:Also i disagree about the price point of games not changing - with stuff like battlefront the base game was £50ish, but then the rest of the game has been hollowed out to sell after, hiding the real cost of the full experience of £80ish in "premium content" and dlc.

N64 games were £49.99 which would be around £90 so even using your hyperbolic scenario games have actually gotten cheaper!

Map packs as DLC is hardly a game being "hollowed out". Other than it being a pretty average video game you are getting a complete product with the base game of Battlefront.


Map packs as paid DLC is terrible for multiplayer games, because it splits the player base.

I totally agree but selling map packs doesn't mean a game has been "hollowed out".

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PostRe: How much has the way in which video games are now delivered changed your games buying?
by Albert » Mon Oct 15, 2018 9:59 am

The release of the ps4 pro has oddly meant that I now buy less PlayStation games.

Really want to play God of War and Spiderman but My tv isn't 4k, and I only have a standard PlayStation, and I can't bring myself to play inferior versions :lol: :fp:

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PostRe: How much has the way in which video games are now delivered changed your games buying?
by jawafour » Thu Oct 18, 2018 11:14 am

During this year I've cut right back on my pre-ordering habit and taken an approach of waiting for price cuts. Spider-Man looks great but I held off and, wth the hype diminishing, I'm happy to wait until it's about twenty quid to download. Tbh "pre-order bonuses" seem to have generally gotten weaker (additional content and themes never seem to be that decent now!) and I'd rather wait... and maybe just not get 'em.

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PostRe: How much has the way in which video games are now delivered changed your games buying?
by Moggy » Thu Oct 18, 2018 11:42 am

I much prefer digital versions of games nowadays, I am not a fan of clutter and getting rid of discs and boxes is great.

But I refuse to pay more for a digital copy than for a physical copy. If the digital copy is £55 and the disc is £35 then they can strawberry float off. I either wait for a sale or for it to show up on GwG, PS+ or EA Access.

The subscription services have probably changed my game buying more than anything else. I have access to hundreds of games across PS4/Xbone thanks to GwG/PS+/EA and so rarely feel the need to buy anything.


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