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misk@sopuli.xyz to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 day ago

Video games spending by young Americans is dropping sharply, report suggests

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Video games spending by young Americans is dropping sharply, report suggests

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misk@sopuli.xyz to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 day ago
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The average weekly spending by 18-24 year-old Americans on video games has dropped sharply year-over-year, according to…
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    I’m sure it has nothing to do with shitty half baked $70 games

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      • overpriced games
      • fully-priced games with microtransactions and day 1 DLCs.
      • overpriced hardware
      • games released broken, fixed later
      • Invasive DRM
      • Always-online requirements
      • annoying ads/microtransactions
      • invasive telemetry
      • third party launchers
      • third party accounts
      • Publishers intentionally misleading reviewers
      • False/misleading marketing from GPU OEMs

      What else am I missing?

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        Not fixed later, fixed maybe.

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      and the microtransactions inside them. and the underwhelming day 1 dlc.

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        with no new ideas and safe bets only.

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      As a rule, I never buy games on release. From everything I hear, you pay twice the price to get an unfinished game in most cases.

      I put them on my wishlist, keep an eye on the reviews and depending on those I decide how much of a discount it will require for me to actually buy the game. Usually I end up getting them at least a year later and/or at least at 50% off.

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        !patientgamers@sh.itjust.works and !patientgamers@lemmy.ml :D

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