That’s a fair point. And of course you can’t truly know what a game is worth until after you’ve purchased it and played it extensively — that’s the rub.
Perhaps I should have put “pedigree” as one of the poll options. I know that I assign a lot of weight to certain studios, publishers, and directors. The new Fumito Ueda game, for example — I’ll pay pretty much whatever they ask for it. I trust in his genius.










