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I mainly feel a bit sad for the actual executing devs, which invested so much heart and effort, and now it's gets flogged after so short time.
Of course, also a bit, because I paid full price back then on PS5 and I think, it was fine. Don't regret it. At least, I could later buy the steam version, when it was already so much less.
Anyway, just my impression. All you guys, have fun with the game and I hope you don't think, that the cheapness represents the quality of the game.
90% of an AAA used to be the norm and it should be again
Or maybe, they don't care and just do their job and are fine, I don't know.
That's surely an opinion.
I'm generally not so much a fan of super steep sales, I think more than 50-60% sounds like selling-off. Maybe after a substantial amount of time...
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shhhh......he still thinks steaming pile is the only option......
But those things have to produced. The implication I'm making is, that games loose quality, if the work gets treated like trash. I'm just for fair prices, but the truth is obviously, that those publishers squeeze out the last possibility to get customers on board, who would have skipped otherwise.
For whom Is it good, That that this game now is in the steam library?
- The customer, yes, because he might play some hours, or it feels less bad to let it grow dust. I have too much games, I'll probably never gonna play, just because some FOMO lead me to buy these on sale...
- The publisher, totally, because it's money, they wouldn't have gotten otherwise
- The devs, not really. Just someone, who might not like the game anyway. (exceptions possible). They might profit a bit from the additional sales, but probably rather not, when they get a fixed salary.
I don't care about "Golden epic games" and "case opening". I just buy games, which seems fun and worth the price. Some full price games are surely not worth the price and I rather wait for a sale or skip it.
TL;DR Games loose quality by these practices, because devs will cease to dedicate their motivation and lifeblood to the game to some degree. Money can be a motivator, but not the biggest. In end, it's not just a mechanical product, which just has to be done no matter, but lives from people that see their vision grow and have actual fun developing
Maybe as background: I'm a software dev myself, but not in gaming industry, but a financial product for desktop, not affiliated with any gaming devs at all.
I am not buying this till Denoucvo is removed...if not oh well, their loss...
I know, how it works. it's usually best to wait some months, when the game gets the first sales and bugs got ironed out. Of course, only if you really want to play that game.
Otherwise it's best to wait for steep discounts, like this one.
I think, it's weird, that nobody complains and you get called as sheep and party pooper, when you do. My concern is game quality and the short lifetime of a games. Not this one, specifically.
Sure, we could accept, that games are just short term activities to get some fast dopamine and throw it away after one playthrough, but I think, many games have much more potential. Not specifically this one, but a well supported game could be much more satisfying, than a game, which loses relevance after 2 years. Surely depends on genre, how long you can play a game. Some games are just finished after one playthrough, like most horror games, but an Open World game like this has much more potential...
It's probably wrong to call it out on the example of a ridiculous sale, because you naturally are against those, who took the chance. That is not my intention, I'm totally fine with people, who take the chance and get a really good game at a low price.
I would say, it's not that they are able to do it, because it went well before. It's because the market is already saturated and smart people don't buy this game, when it's not on sale. The last sale with 80% already got most of the procrastinators, but 90% will even get more.
I would assume, everything is according to the plan, only that this plan is weirdly short clocked, IMO. But maybe, I lost track, how other games do it nowadays.
EDIT: I'm aware, that increasing the price wouldn't automatically increase game quality and that is probably the main concern, you'd have. More expensive for the same is not what I'm intending.
But decreasing the price like this shows to me, how the publisher values the product and that it is finished and won't get any substantial support and love.
I surely won't buy the next iteration at full price, when I know, I can get it relatively fast for 50% off. And I'm probably wouldn't set my expectations, that it will get supported anything more than this game. I mean, it's not a bad game at all, but I feel, that games which gets more and more content and refinement after release are more my cup of tea.