Was this game worth full price ($60 USD) to you?

[DrDevice]

It was to me-but it might not be for everyone. The issue is, a lot of games at the AAA price point have a lot more content than NMS.

Trying to decide if I should recommend it to friends....

[Mr. Bufferlow]

Paid full price and no regrets- but bought it near day 1 back in 2016. 3800+ hours. If I were recommending today I would tell them to wait for a sale. You could still make the argument it would be worth full price, but it is a six year old game and half off is half off.

[Macdallan]

Short answer: Not worth 60 USD but worth recommending to your friends on sale.

Long answer: I picked it up at about 26 CDN and bought a copy for someone else at about 33 CDN. I feel like it was worth about 30 to 35 CDN (25-30 USD-ish) and if I didn't own it I would gladly drop about 35 CDN on it today. I would never pay 60+ CDN or USD for NMS even though it's much better today than it was at launch. It goes on sale regularly at half price so there is zero reason to pay full price unless you want to support Hello Games (and Steam, and whoever else gets a cut).

[bxnvdryll]

i think 30-40 is good, if you delude yourself into thinking this game is a terraria/rimworld-level content sink maybe you can justify 60

[Idaho]

Jeez, some of you are either extremely poor, or think 25 cents an hour for entertainment is plenty...

[Macdallan]

Първоначално публикувано от Farmer JJ:

Jeez, some of you are either extremely poor, or think 25 cents an hour for entertainment is plenty...

Per hour? Yeah, if you break it down to time versus money then almost any game you spend 100+ hours on would be considered "worth" 60 bucks. I can't really argue that, but that's not the only criteria I consider even though I think it's an important part of the equation.

Some people don't have a lot of money so if they're thinking about buying any game on Steam I'd highly recommend they wait for sales. Why spend 60 when you can wait a few months and get the same game for 30? I rarely buy any game at full price.

[Krash Megiddo]

Първоначално публикувано от Macdallan:

Some people don't have a lot of money so if they're thinking about buying any game on Steam I'd highly recommend they wait for sales. Why spend 60 when you can wait a few months and get the same game for 30? I rarely buy any game at full price.

I agree, but choosing delayed gratification isn't one of our society's virtues.

[wkitty42]

Първоначално публикувано от Macdallan:

Why spend 60 when you can wait a few months and get the same game for 30?

this says it all... and i'll add "for 30 or less"...

[Orion Invictus]

Първоначално публикувано от Krash Megiddo:

Първоначално публикувано от Macdallan:

Some people don't have a lot of money so if they're thinking about buying any game on Steam I'd highly recommend they wait for sales. Why spend 60 when you can wait a few months and get the same game for 30? I rarely buy any game at full price.

I agree, but choosing delayed gratification isn't one of our society's virtues.

That's the human brain at work, not "society".

[SaD-82]

I payed it at launch and I never did regret a single penny - not even on launch as some might have.
The question in regards to "worth" can be a tricky one, but often times I just ask how many hours someone played a game. Money per hour.
I have thousands of hours clogged into NMS - therefore my enjoyment, if based upon this metric, was almost free of any cost. Where do you get this nowadays? In times when going into a bar will cost you nearly your whole income per year? And ten hour AAA games will cost twice as much as NMS for a Deluxe-Version which, besides the base game, contains a bonus soundtrack...woohooo...

[Macdallan]

Първоначално публикувано от Orion Invictus:

Първоначално публикувано от Krash Megiddo:

I agree, but choosing delayed gratification isn't one of our society's virtues.

That's the human brain at work, not "society".

Society is made up of a bunch of humans that theoretically have brains so...

[Lindy Bomber]

Първоначално публикувано от Macdallan:

Първоначално публикувано от Orion Invictus:

That's the human brain at work, not "society".

Society is made up of a bunch of humans that theoretically have brains so...

Some seem determined to disprove that theory.

[nanoczarny]

Първоначално публикувано от Geldric:

YES
My pph (price per hour) has now dropped to $0.01463.

Best comment on price I've seen. I have nearly 1000 hours on this game. I paid $20, but had I paid $60, the value would still be the best of any game I have played.

[Happy Monkey]

Първоначално публикувано от Macdallan:

Per hour? Yeah, if you break it down to time versus money then almost any game you spend 100+ hours on would be considered "worth" 60 bucks. I can't really argue that, but that's not the only criteria I consider even though I think it's an important part of the equation.

Some people don't have a lot of money so if they're thinking about buying any game on Steam I'd highly recommend they wait for sales. Why spend 60 when you can wait a few months and get the same game for 30? I rarely buy any game at full price.

Whether it's worth $60 is one thing, which is strongly based on time vs money. Whether it's worth waiting a while to save $30 is a different thing, which has little to do with game quality, and more to do with how much disposable income you have to spend on entertainment. Even the best game ever isn't so wonderful that you couldn't wait a while to get it half off, if you needed to.

[kandar]

I think it is time to put a little perspective on this.

in 1998, games could cost anywhere between $49.99 - $59.99 a pop. Adjusted for inflation, that's between $88.17 - $105.81. .....purposely avoiding shovelware that was popular back then.

I find it amazing that even though studios have gotten bigger and the budgets being bigger, that game prices haven't kept up with inflation.

Maybe if some of you spent a weekend moving an 8-bit square dot across a screen on a black & white TV, you'd appreciate the times you are currently living in.

[SaD-82]

Първоначално публикувано от kandar:

I find it amazing that even though studios have gotten bigger and the budgets being bigger, that game prices haven't kept up with inflation.

On the other hand: Many games nowadays have a significant drop in content and/or length of gameplay. Fewer money spent and therefore gained more profit, despite having similar price tags.
Plus: DLC's gallore.
Plus: Remastering the same game again and again.
Plus: Releasing the same game again and again and calling it xxx 2, xxx 3, xxx - a new beginning.

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