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ktay95 on 10 October 2015
vivster said:

I better not tell him that own 2 full price copies each of all 3 FFXIII games. The internet tells me that they have an objective value of -374€. Looks like I got totally screwed, I'm so dumb.

Jelly, I only have 1 copy of each

edit: Oh wait I totally picked up a 2nd copy of FFXIII becauese I found the limited edition and also bought it on Steam, will buy the other 2 on Steam soom too



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small44 on 10 October 2015

It's not like all indies games are good too



PS4 - over 100 millions let's say 120m
Xbox One - 70m
Wii U - 25m

Vita - 15m if it will not get Final Fantasy Kingdoms Heart and Monster Hunter 20m otherwise
3DS - 80m

vivster on 10 October 2015
ktay95 said:
vivster said:

I better not tell him that own 2 full price copies each of all 3 FFXIII games. The internet tells me that they have an objective value of -374€. Looks like I got totally screwed, I'm so dumb.

Jelly, I only have 1 copy of each

edit: Oh wait I totally picked up a 2nd copy of FFXIII becauese I found the limited edition and also bought it on Steam, will buy the other 2 on Steam soom too

I haven't bought them on Steam yet. I'm a bit put off by the 30 fps thing. I own the Japanese copies though because waiting for western releases is for chumps.



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DivinePaladin on 10 October 2015
Shadow1980 said:

Here's the history of game prices in the U.S.:

Games are cheaper than ever.

But what about content? Well, has that guy ever played old 8-bit & 16-bit games? They weren't exactly bursting at the seams with content. Except for JRPGs, most games back then could be reasonably beaten in one to three hours. Action games with massive open-worlds offering 40+ hours of content in a single playthrough was something that just didn't exist 20+ years ago.

By any objective standard, on average we are probably getting the best value for our money from mainstream AAA experiences.

Glad somebody beat me to saying this. Kudos for being knowledgeable



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fatslob-:O on 10 October 2015
generic-user-1 said:

you are wrong...

if something is worth the asking price is subjective.  value itself isnt. moar stuff=moar value-  the point when you say well this isnt enough for what you ask for, fuck you EA differs from person to person.

No I'm not ... 

In this context they are the same ... 



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Dravenet7 on 10 October 2015

Not even going to click the link. Last time you made a thread with a youtube link without a name, it was Crapgamer. I think no more needs to be said.



pokoko on 10 October 2015
Ka-pi96 said:
pokoko said:
First, gaming has never been cheaper. I'm amazed that new games are still $60. I used to play the same games over and over when I was a kid because I couldn't afford more.

Second, while some games are short, other games are absolutely massive. Games like Skyrim, Dragon Age, or Far Cry have a staggering amount of content compared to older generations. It's not like anyone who thinks value is important is out of options.

Personally, there are very few games I'll pay $60 for. Something like The Order, as mentioned in the video, isn't worth $60 to me. However, if someone else wants to pay $60 and believes the game is worth that amount, then more power to them. I have no problem with that. Even better, I have a fantastic method for getting around that--I simply wait until the price goes down. It's super effective.

:o it's so obvious! How come people have never thought of that before?

'Cause I'm always one step ahead of the game.

Also, standard advice used to be, "calm down and think," but now it's, "stay upset and post a video on youtube."



0815user on 10 October 2015

the decline of AAA value is mostly just the consumers inability to expand its own horizon and instead sticking to the same experiences over and over again.



KingdomHeartsFan on 10 October 2015
Snoopy said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_iqnHAHunU&feature=youtu.be&a

 

This is a good video and I urge you to watch it.



Aeolus451 on 10 October 2015

Some companies could take more time to polish and debug their games but other than that, I'm pretty happy with the games I play the vast majority of the time. I didn't watch the vid because it's just another youtuber wanting some clicks by trying to rouse the flames.