45% of Enthusiasts 'Seriously Considering' Leaving Sony for PC

Re:45% of Enthusiasts 'Seriously Considering' Leaving Sony f... by georgeecollins on Friday July 10, 2026 @05:24PM (#48865492)

I feel the opposite way. My time gets more expensive and games are-- adjusted for inflation-- the same price. I know most people don't feel this way.

Lots of PC games have a $100- $200 tier where you get merch or all the DLC. That's probably aimed at people like me. The point is, if your business is games you make games for the people who will buy them. No game is more fun than a compiler, even the free ones.

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Re:45% of Enthusiasts 'Seriously Considering' Leaving Sony f... by mingus88 on Friday July 10, 2026 @06:46PM (#48866276)

Yep SNES games retailed for up to $70 in the early 90s. I’m seeing gamers revolt for paying that much today for something as immense as GTA6

Back then this was more expensive, adjusted for inflation, than many AAA titles today, and the scale of those games was way smaller

I won’t argue that today’s games are not expensive, but they have always been expensive.

I don’t have time to do much gaming anymore but I can find a ton of good stuff that isn’t bleeding edge if i did. Patient gamers always win.

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Re:45% of Enthusiasts 'Seriously Considering' Leaving Sony f... by ivanjermakov on Friday July 10, 2026 @06:44PM (#48866255)

I'm yet to play a game that cost more than tenth of my time I've put into it. A lot of product pricing does not have a factor of "why should I spend time on this?", but entertainment industry is really hard to price for this reason.

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