Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game.

[Ozium]

[Bombermans]

It's 23 euros here in spain :( (more expensive)

[Shifty Mario]

It's $44 (rounded) thanks to inflation

[Knight Nevermore ♞ ♪ ♫ ♩]

If you never pay more than 20 bucks, then games will become shorter and less quality.

Sounds like a plan NOT.

[pii]

Originally posted by Knight Nevermore ♞ ♪ ♫ ♩:

If you never pay more than 20 bucks, then games will become shorter and less quality.

Sounds like a plan NOT.

lol Ooooorr you can wait for that, shiny, new, 59.99 game to be an older game and on sale for 5.99 and, gasp, they are the same size and quality game as the 59.99 one. Now of course you can't get every game for 5.99 but you can certainly get a lot of them for less than 20.00.
There are plenty of games to hold you over until that shiny new AAA bug-filled release gets patched, finally, to a playable state 2 years later, with the new Super Remake Definitive version, on sale, for 5.99. :)
Now if Money means nothing to you and you just can't wait, go for it!
But your claim is ridiculous.

[Ulli]

$20 in 1990 are $45.32 today

[El Shabs]

Originally posted by pii:

Originally posted by Knight Nevermore ♞ ♪ ♫ ♩:

If you never pay more than 20 bucks, then games will become shorter and less quality.

Sounds like a plan NOT.

lol Ooooorr you can wait for that, shiny, new, 59.99 game to be an older game and on sale for 5.99 and, gasp, they are the same size and quality game as the 59.99 one. Now of course you can't get every game for 5.99 but you can certainly get a lot of them for less than 20.00.
There are plenty of games to hold you over until that shiny new AAA bug-filled release gets patched, finally, to a playable state 2 years later, with the new Super Remake Definitive version, on sale, for 5.99. :)
Now if Money means nothing to you and you just can't wait, go for it!
But your claim is ridiculous.

His claim isn't ridiculous. The thing is the first few weeks are crucial, if a game makes a slow start , then it probably won't make a profit no matter how good or polished the title is, once the early hype has died down and more new games come out. So yep if a game isn't profitable , the publishers will either reduce budgets on future titles or go out of business, even an indie game can cost 500K in US dollars so they have to make money from somewhere, they can't exactly turn round and tell investors or shareholders , we're not sure what we'll make, they'll have financial expectations

[Corleth]

Obviously the guys here didn't get the reference.

[cyberdionisio]

I looks that no one here played the originals before....
https://miro.medium.com/max/720/1*sQP-pflZr6j-gmjBou0Eww.png

[Manwith Noname]

/whoosh

[Poke]

This one got me for for the most part I am content to wait until games are cheaper. I don't have to be among the first to buy a game.

[Thorba]

20 would be a steamcard, for 23 i must already buy two and money is rare at this winter (not a clever pricing).

[Clearwater]

Adjusted for inflation. [fineleatherjackets.net]

[Manwith Noname]

So, tell me about Loom.

[tequila_the_grey]

Decent production value, good length - I would've paid more for this tbh.

[cyberdionisio]

Originally posted by Manwith Noname:

So, tell me about Loom.

You mean the latest masterpiece of fantasy storytelling from Lucasfilms Brian Moriarty?