| Zkuq said: Why would I? That said, if I do pay more for a game, it probably means I'm very interested in it, and hence I'm probably going to enjoy it more - but that has nothing to do with price (correlation vs. causation). |
Exactly.
I bought the deluxe edition of FS2020, CAD 150, cause I knew I was going to enjoy it for a long time (and did)
GT7 the same, I bought the physical steel book edition and the digital edition. The steel book edition came with a code for PS4 (which I used to race against PS4 crowd, better behaved than PS5 crowd) while playing single player on PS5. Digital for convenience, physical for keepsake.
I've double dipped in many games, at full price. Same with movies.
Taking a risk on a new game (new IP) at full price is different though. I got burned on BG3, bought day one, tried to like it, tried co-op, now regret I bought it. Can't trade it in, simply deleted from my system. I took a risk, Baldur's Gate was always great, yet BG3 isn't like the older games. And now I'm extremely hesitant again to pay full price for any digital release.
So no, I don't enjoy games more because I paid full price for them. No causation indeed. Perhaps even some negative causation as paying full price for digital only BG3 had me try to like it more, causing me to hate it in the end. Much more than if I could have simply traded it in. Larian studios is now on my bad side.
