PC games were the same. You get a whole game in the box, and you could buy an expansion pack for some very popular games with extra features, new levels, and extra tech tree. That came in a box also. No nickle and diming.
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I remember the Atari and NES days well. A much simpler time back them, from a gaming perspective. I think that is why older gamers are much more tolerant of game bugs these days. It was just part of the experience back in the day. Kids these day lose their shit when a game isn't perfect on day one
I don't think this is true - kids losing their shit over imperfect games I mean. AAA games release with bugs all the time, and the kids don't complain anymore than I did when my Final Fantasy save got corrupted.
From my experience; the complaints, insults & even threats received over the slightest inconvenience or imperfection in a game, despite it not actually impacting gameplay, is higher than that of the justified frustration in a save corrupting or similar.
Actually reminds me of a prime example: An individual gamer called us incompetent because our mobile game was 30fps, they wanted 60fps minimum.
We eventually introduced a toggle between 30 & 60fps. That same gamer then began sending threats because their phone used more battery when on 60fps 🤷♂️
Remember the days when you had to wait for a games expansion pack in order to receive a patch for the original game? I'm looking at you Medieval Total War 2! 😀
I remember the days of cartridges where there was never any updates, patches or extra content! You had to enjoy what there was, quirks and all, and hope there might be a sequel if it was good or just play it repeatedly 😆
The economics of modern mobile games is based around the idea that a tiny percentage of “whales” don’t mind spending thousands of dollars on mobile games, and everyone else plays for free or gets $2 worth of extra lives every now and then, which is why the prices have been ballooning.
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The rest of it, 100%.
And not just from kids either
Part of that is assholes having more direct access to the developers and other folks responsible for making games.
But I will bow to your greater experience in this area lol🙇
Then they wonder why those same teams start pulling back or making themselves less available 😅
We eventually introduced a toggle between 30 & 60fps. That same gamer then began sending threats because their phone used more battery when on 60fps 🤷♂️
The weird thing is that complete shithat thinks he's being reasonable.
I don't necessarily have a problem with DLC, or micro transactions. My main issue is their cost. There's nothing micro about them anymore.