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KLXVER said:
shikamaru317 said:

I have only bought 2 games at full price since 2020 honestly, they were Cyberpunk 2077 and Hogwarts Legacy, and honestly I felt kind of short-changed by both purchases, Cyberpunk because I got hit by a game breaking bug due to it's messy state, Hogwarts because I 100% completed it in only like 60 hours, not even getting an hour of content per dollar I spend just doesn't seem like good value to me any longer. With the state the economy is in, gaming is becoming far too expensive for my tastes. The only things keeping me gaming are subscription services like Gamepass and Gamefly, and deep discounts. Being able to fully fund Gamepass with just Microsoft Rewards points helps alot, but who knows how long that will last with Microsoft continually decreasing the number of points you can earn and making it harder to earn them, and likely future Gamepass price increases also driving up the rewards points costs. Moving to PC gaming and the cheaper PC gamepass is seeming more and more like the best plan for me moving forward.

wow GP has really spoiled you on value. 60 hours is pretty rare for a western made single player game.

Honestly I was feeling that way even before I subbed to Gamepass for the first time in 2020. Even going back to last gen, nearly every game I purchased at the full $60 price was either a huge singleplayer RPG with more than 1 hour of content per dollar (games like Fallout 4, Final Fantasy XV, Witcher 3, and Dragon Age Inquisition), or a game with multiplayer I could play for hundreds of hours (Halo MCC, Halo 5, Dead By Daylight, CoD, etc.). Other games I played last gen I either bought in a physical or digital sale, or played day one via Gamefly which was $16 a month back then.