• ampersandrew@kbin.social
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    9 months ago

    That wouldn’t be the base price; the base price is $70 for the biggest games. I think people are also a bit liberal with labeling games as “incomplete”, when really they mean, “this game will have DLC after the fact because it’s the best way to make games that take years to make without laying people off”. And just to take a brief look along some games in my library, Cyberpunk 2077 would cost a maximum of $100 with DLC, by the time Guilty Gear Strive is sunset (if it runs for 5 years) it will still be shy of $200 in a worst case, and I’m seeing far more games without DLC than with DLC.

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      9 months ago

      DLCs aren’t the only “evil”, there’s also the case for microtransactions and other stupid monetization bullshit schemes

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        9 months ago

        So don’t play those games. The only way that’s “almost all games” is if you’re looking at the mobile market. Once again, still not included in the base price.