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Greedy Publishers Have Won And Normalized Paying To Play Early (kotaku.com)
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[–] Maestro@fedia.io 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Have you considered to become a patient gamer? I always wait for a game to drop in price before buying it. That way you know from other people's experience whether it's a good game or not, and you save money. On hardware too! No need for the latest hardware if you don't run the latest games.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

My steam wishlist (I actually use ITAD but) is actually kinda that. Stuff I want but I can wait on, for one reason or another. Unless I'm quite excited about a game (Cities Skylines 2) or have multiple people planning on getting it for multi-player (Forza), it goes on the list and it doesn't notify me unless 1) it's 50% or more off, and 2) it's the lowest price ever offered.

Lets me have stuff that might pop up randomly during a sale and 'woo', but also restrains myself from buying everything I'm curious about. Still have the latest hardware itch, though :p

[–] Maestro@fedia.io 2 points 4 months ago

Yes, I do the same with my wishlist. The only expensive games I consider are multiplayer games I can play with my friends. I bought Deep Rock Galactic, Sea of Thieves and Valheim for that reason