The PC Platform is becoming the new home and definitive platform for the Final Fantasy Series (Prediction and Discussion Thread) (UPDATE 2025: Fulfilled)

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Boutros said:

Until PC gamers are more inclined in buying new games at full price it won't take over any other platforms anytime soon. Publishers understand how to optimize their profits and they've realized that in many cases releasing games on consoles first and then porting it later on PC results in higher profits. The buying culture on consoles is a lot more favorable for publishers. They can get away with selling more games at full price because consumers haven't been conditioned as much as PC gamers to wait for sales (something Nintendo has mastered for example). There's also the question of piracy that comes into play for PCs. Although on the other hand there's the used market for retail console games that is still a problem for publishers. But still this time exclusivity that many console games benefit from isn't going anywhere.

Are we obligated to buy at full price even though it's been shown in many markets for hundreeds of years that quality is a very subjective thing?. I mean why should I pay full price for a game that's clearly broken or of much lesser quality than say a console version?. I support good quality titles when I see them, I bought SCII LotV at full price as a recent excample. Of course one culture is more favourable to another if they turn a blind eye, to those that don't then I can't see them being favourable in their eyes. I'm not really "conditioned" to wait for a low price, I judge a game via it's quality, length, gameplay and other aspects to judge a game from, not because I always think of waiting for a low price, I do this with everything else in life (or we could go with "you're the super rare one in 7 billion anomoly that actually bothers to research anything argument). Piracy is always going to be around for consoles and PC's, there is no complete and utter elminination of it, it's how you try to go around it that matter, Gabe had a talk about that years back and it still holds true today.