Azzanation said:
DonFerrari said:
You mud the water to try to make your point. Is the MTX of GT7 bad? Yes. Is it even necessary at all? No. You can get 100% of the content of the game without having to buy a single MTX, while a lot of games there is things that can only be bought with MTX. I'm pretty satisfied with getting free DLC and playing the content instead of paying to get something that should be part of playing to get. You can finish all the SP content without grinding or paying for MTX, and you can even do the MP content while loaned cars.
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You understand that Polyhoney deliberately stretched out the grinding in GT7 to force people to spend money, right? Thats MTX done wrong.
Chrkeller said:
I believe we will have to agree to disagree. I hate MTX. I would rather pay $70 for a complete/full game. I don't like nickel/dime crap, especially when it impacts gameplay, like RE8 selling better weapons.
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I would rather pay the same price for games. I don't care for MTX as long as the actual game is good. As long as optional paid content that doesn't affect the main game, it does not concern me. There is literally zero reason to have games go up by $10 unless you believe in Corporate PR. In this case, you are.
SvennoJ said:
The graphics actually gave me a migraine, twice. Then I switched to playing on my 2007 1080p LCD projector in quality mode for stable, non migraine inducing detail! The HDR visuals were a bit much for my old eyes.
However I spend much more time with the game compared to the first one. I didn't need a break this time like I needed with the lackluster opening of the first one. I enjoyed the expanded story, fleshed out tribes, expanded lore and machines to fight. Yes it was worth an extra $10 over the first version.
Same for Ratchet and Clank, I enjoyed it a lot more than the ps4 version which was just a remake after all.
The price hikes have nothing to do with acquisitions, as you so perfectly demonstrate with MS not needing to adjust prices for their 69 billion office money investment. The difference however is, what I already explained pages ago, US$ went up verses the Yuan, Yen went down versus the Yuan. It's cheaper now for MS to produce their boxes, while it's more expensive for Sony to produce their boxes. Also the Euro, Sony's strong hold, lost value against the USD.
Anyway as you are so concerned about the rich getting richer, you should really be more wary of MS.
Microsoft net income for the twelve months ending June 30, 2022 was $72.738B, a 18.72% increase year-over-year
Sony net income for the twelve months ending June 30, 2022 was $7.604B, a 29.42% decline year-over-year
Nintendo net income for the twelve months ending June 30, 2022 was $2.750B, a 594.93% increase year-over-year.
I guess Nintendo didn't do so well last year. Anyway who is the rich getting richer here?
I don't know Smash Bros, but I haven't spend a dime on MTX in GT7 and have all the legendary cars...
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You are entitled to your opinion on those games, I am only basing it off the reviews.
Price hikes is only filling corporate pockets because they want to make more money off you without even trying.
You have misread my concerns. I don't care how rich a company gets, as long as they do it right and earn it. Raising base game prices and hardware prices is Zero effort and they expect the customers just to pay more for literally nothing. Yet people complain about paying for optional MTs which actually get something in return, you gain zero for paying an extra $10 on your games and Zero for paying an extra $50 on hardware which has already been trimmed down.
If you want to continue to pay more for nothing extra, don't expect others to just fall over and accept it. I disagree with the unjustifiable price hikes, that's all I am saying.
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My patience is waning, especially since you completely lack the ability to accurately characterize a person's position.
1) Companies, Sony included, will charge as much as possible to maximum profits. It is called business. The fact you don't understand elementary economics is absolutely astounding.
2) I'm not buying into anything. As stated many times over in this thread (and others) I rarely ever pay full price for ps5 games. 50% sales happen a handful of months later. So I'm not buying into anything.
So stop spinning in a circle throwing darts in random directions hoping to hit a target.
Sony raised prices because they could... look at sales, they have MS beat already this generation despite having much larger retail chain inventory issues. And the reality is, if you don't approve of Sony and the ps5, then don't buy their products and STFU. I don't like MS, do you see my crying for months on end about it? Just stop.
