I guess I'm one of the odd ones that enjoys gaming in this generation. I feel like taking a 3 year break from all gaming from 2017-2020 helped make everything feel fresh. Also, Microsoft, like other streaming services like the subscription model because it creates a relationship with the customer, instead of just having one transaction. Secondly, monthly concurrent revenue looks good to investors
I've said it SOOOOO many times, why the absolute living hell can't consoles gamers choose graphics settings? Like maybe I don't want 4k raytraced graphics if it means 30 fps
Nintendo is only successful because they make good games, not good consoles, ever wonder why people are so determined to emulate their games but not Sonys? Nintendo games are some of the must haves, Sonys games are pretty good, but nothing you can't find elsewhere, nothing like Mario or zelda. Nintendos consoles are god awful, but not their games
@@mobwow6833 If we are neighbors and I'm playing TOTK on my Switch and you are playing FF on your PS5 and the power goes out, guess who keeps playing and who gets cut off? CHECKMATE. There is a difference between tech and specs. The marketing departments of Sony and Microsoft conned you into thinking they are the same.
My ps4 is collecting dust under my bed (in the drawers underneath). I switched to PC, and I am done with Sony forever. This is coming from a guy who played playstation since the ps1. Sony ain't it anymore. Thinking about selling my psn account, has a lot of games on it gotta be worth quite a bit of money XD
@@WestileGOW Ragnarok, Forbidden West, Evil West, Callisto Protocol, RE4R, Hogwarts Legacy, Elden Ring, Armored Core 6 and the list goes on and on. The Ps5 barely has 10 games that are current gen only.
I think these big publicly-traded gaming companies are shitting themselves right now. They are required to have consistent growth but there's not enough new gamers to grow the player base so they resort to scummy practices like micro transactions, deluxe editions with early access and raising the price of their games to artificially increase revenue in the short term. The good thing is they can only do this for so long before their games get so greedy that people refuse to buy them. At which point, their company inevitably collapses in on itself since investors don't want to own shares in a failing business.
This big time. Microsoft is definitely pooping the pants cuz they gotta pay back the shareholders for the 200 billion for activison blizzard and Call of Duty ain’t gone cut it.
COD on gamepass might soften the load but there is no way they’ll be able to pay back all of that money! I can’t really see people buying an Xbox just to play COD on game pass especially if they already have a PS5 or PC
Modern "games" from publicly traded corporations are nothing more than storefronts with attached gameplay loop. Everything is in service to the store, not the game itself.
not paid for a PS subscription for two years now, not buying any shitty skins packs, and never pre-order any game... shit... not having fun playing any games these days.
You would have fun again if you gave Nintendo a chance.Everything is cheaper and user friendly.Customer service is outstanding.There are a ton of games to choose from.
@@DC-ts6og My advice if you want to play games that are more fun is to get a PC and get some cheap indie games on Steam especially if they have Overwhelmingly positive reviews. They are way more fun than 99% of AAA games this gen. Not to mention that they don't usually try to suck your wallet dry. Indies and older games are usually much easier to run too, so you don't even need a very good PC. Most are less than 25 dollars, and even less on sale. I hardly ever pay more than 20 bucks for a game, most I get on sale for $5-10. In fact, I was just having a blast playing a game that I got on sale for $1. (Post Void, if you're curious. Though maybe don't get that game if you have epilepsy, there are a lot of flashing lights in it.)
PS5 will likely be my last console for gaming in general. The final nail in the coffin would be if companies solely rely on cloud gaming. I can care less about digital games
Yeah. I think PS5 might be my last console as my interest is leaning more towards playing retro games like TMNT, Sonic, and any Sega Genesis classics. I honestly think the last gen console that was fun to me was the PS3/360 era. I'm not a big fan of PS+ service and I just stick to the basic subscription because I tried streaming Arkham Origins and the connection/lag was just awful. Like many people I'm not a fan of $70 - 100+ games. Since 2005, when games were upgraded to HD quality (starting w/the 360) video game prices have steadily increased and A LOT of titles aren't worth the day 1 price tag.
@ViceGoat it's called convenience it's just another way of playing games what's wrong with having options ? Cloud gaming is not really to take over consoles completely but what's wrong with having both ? Do you like lougging your console around with you wherever you go ? I know I don't lol that's why it's nice to have both just saying
If people are too dumb and pay. Why would they stop uping the price ?? I personnally buy used or older games. If you wait 2 month they are not 70$ anymore.
Nintendo games are different. Mario Odyssey is still a strict $60. They want you to pay $60 for an almost 8 year old game on an underpowered console generations behind. It's literally weaker than people's phones
Corporate greed. Yes, 100% here is why: - Console companies (Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft) charge to play online - Console companies charge for games to be on their system - Console companies charge more for controllers - Game studios charge $70.00 for games that put no effort to make a good game - Game studios manipulate the gaming experience to make more money within in game stores - Microsoft charges for game pass, making a lot of money on top of console sales and game sales. - Sony charges for PS+ it used to be free, but then it went to free games with subscription, and then they raised the price twice - Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo also raised their prices for their subscription services. Nintendo is just trying to push for people to pay more for more gaming options.
In the old days games were made by people who were passionate. Indies still represent this to some degree (but are also so expensive not to be worth it. You'll sell more than double at £12 you will at £25) but big Devs are just corporate and greedy as hell. Its all about making as much as possible not making a historically great game. Games won't even be able to be played on emulation in the future due to everything being live service. Just sell a full game for one price that lasts 8 - 10 hours and is done and over with. You release games that take people's entire life for a year to play and wonder why sales go down?
On Vita when indies were £6, £8 or £12 I bought every game I was interested in. On Switch I almost never bought indies due to the price. At £18 - £26 I bought probably a 50th of the indies I did on Vita, if that.
Now I have a cracked Vita and Android and just enjoy Vita, Vita homebrew ports and emulation. Vita was the last gasp of pre live service gaming. I'm playing a fan translated Uppers right now which is a great game.
The cutting price point you made, did work with helldivers 2 and Remnant 2. they were huge on release and a bit after too.. i hope that trend continues. and the fact that games like elden ring and bulder's gate are only 59,99 and those games that release every year have the guts to put their games at 69,99 is crazy to me ... nice video btw👌🏻
@@CarolinaBlood704 I'm still a SEGA gamer and I love using Retro Arch on my android device I play SEGA wherever I please and I love it PC console android as long as my games say SEGA or was on a SEGA console I'm in.
@ainbo9022 I've been gaming for 40 years...who gives a shit about peak eras...kept all my consoles. Won't buy a ps5 pro or ps6 unless Sony starts making games...Xbox is the future as long as Game Pass remains fire with all these bangers of games!
i have 2 gaming pcs, but i mostly use them for music production. last thing i wanna worry is about drivers and updates and all that bs. its nice to come home press the power button and within a min play a game on my tv, and yea i know i can connect my pc to my tv with hdmi.
It's cool to game where you want that's everyone choice but I had to 😅 it's the old work about drivers statement. It isn't that bad to download drivers. What I do like about consoles is what you said hit the power button and play. I was playing1st descendant and it didn't like myanti virus and wouldn't log in so I just switched to the console. I see what your point is but I always laugh when someone says but I hate to download drivers.
People really don’t need to download drivers for their GPU unless the one they have already isn’t stable. I learned that the hard way. But that’s the great thing about console, fully optimized right out the box!
@@OzzyFan80 Yeah I mean it's really not that hard to just hit update on drivers. 90% of the time even on console games need to update and you have to wait for that anyways, so it's not much different than that.
At this point, I just wait for the games to go on sale even if their extremely hyped up titles, because the mechanics will stay the same snd it’s just better graphics and some new features
I am 39 years old I grew up playing video games and I remember when the PlayStation one came out in 1995 here in America and it kind of made me sad because I was still into the 16 bit era with the super Nintendo and Genesis. I didn’t want that generation to die but I decided to get a PlayStation and it was good and then a few years later, the Dreamcast comes out and they offer online gaming, which kind of made me pissed off because back in the late 90s early 2000s a lot of us didn’t have Internet and even though I had modern consoles, I couldn’t force my parents to get Internet connections, and I realized gaming was catering to more affluent people I seen way back how greedy the video game industry is when games went online. That was the Achilles heel for me as a gamer, even though I eventually started playing online with the 360 and later the PS4, I just didn’t want to spend so much money just to enjoy playing video games when I grew up in a time where all you needed was a TV the console itself the cartridges/CDs an extra controller and a friend to play multiplayer games. That’s the generation I miss the most. I rather play with somebody that I know personally that’s with me in the same house then play other people from thousands of miles away and pay for expensive Internet service just to do so so after the seventh generation came to an end, I didn’t care for gaming anymore they told old school gamers like me to go fuck ourselves!
Great Comment!! I actually started off just like you only with the PlayStation 2. Playing in the same house using the multi tap accessory with 4 people was insane. The games back then still catered to fun times and enjoyable experiences. Now it’s just terrible🤦🏾♂️
Primarily Nintendo gamer here. The only reason I got a Ps4 is because I kept hearing about all the amazing games that you just couldn't miss out on. This was in 2018, there were still many more "can't miss" games to come. I told myself I'd get a ps5 on the same circumstances: When I kept hearing about "can't miss" games. We're currently what...4 years in? I have YET to catch wind of a generation defining game. I know there's a lot of small factors at play, but the biggest thing has to be game quality. Where is this generations Persona 5? God of war? Horizon Zero Dawn? Bloodborne? Spiderman? And so on. We need good games.
I agree with you , it’s why I’m not waiting around anymore these companies will suck u dry , and keep promising 2-3 years out of… sometimes longer … it’s stupid … I running an Xbox series s to casual game and I’m gonna build another pc in the near future , ps5 shit the bed this gen , I know Xbox hasn’t done much more either … its just sad to see what these two , once great gaming companies have become
The only thing I’m looking forward to now is Nintendo’s New Console because if that thing has backwards compatibility Nintendo is fucking set for a whole decade almost. Just imagine the later switch games running smoothly on that thing
It would be justified if not for the infestation of "micro transactions" on which you can spend more than a game with all DLC expansions would cost 15 years ago.
@@ViceGoat Especially the live service games! I got Suicide Squad for 70 bucks so no one else wouldn't have to, It almost destroyed my PS5 unfortunately so I had to uninstall the software. I got it just to show how guilty WB Games are
What's even more infuriating is that one of the reasons for the prince increase to 70$ was to remove having micro-transactions in AAA games since one of the reasons they started to be implemented there was because _60 bucks from a single sale did not cover the profit margin alone_ so the price increase was supposed to cover that. And now AAA games are not only 70 but the micro-transactions have gotten even worse, they keep coming with more elaborated and stupid monetization schemes (ie Battlepass) and what's worse is that the quality of the game themselves have gone down. That's why at least I most of the time I browse Steam I look up games from the 6th gen that I missed out on and play those and if anything it just accentuates how lame games are nowadays.
They know they can get away with charging 70$ for an unfinished game. I didn’t know they started charging 70$ to cover sales cost, I thought it was because they said something about putting more into a games development or whatever. Whatever it is, it isn’t being, the quality of these games show it🤦🏾♂️
First off ps5 was a scam recycled game catalog almost no unique games most the games on new gen are mid asf and they making us pay 70 dollars for a game worth 40 and ya the you need to dump 100 bucks on a game to compete is crazy and something that really pisses me off is the price of the console and it not allowing you to use the console off line
Yes finally someone is thinking the same thing. Games today are boring AF. They been focusing so much on graphics and milking the fuk out of DLCs they forgetting the GAMEPLAY, where the fun is at actually….sad.
Haven’t had fun in a game in yearsss! It needs to be said. Gaming used to be fun and now its more of a chore than a luxury when you play🤦🏾♂️ Truly sad
Ps5 has 8 games Returnal, Final Fantasy 16, Helldivers 2, Astros playroom, Ronin, Ratchet and Clank rift apart, Stellar Blade, and Spiderman 2. more than Xbox. still need more games though. Im hoping Concord and Marvel Rivals is good.
there are a lot of games that are cheaper (or free) that offer a unique experience. Triple A games come with a big overhead and automatically look to make a profit from anything they release. supporting smaller, more passionate developers is the way
These consoles might be my last if the next generation of consoles is only digital consoles. I will retire and play my collection of physical copy games and become a retro gamer.
Jim Ryan and Sony are the blame for setting the price at the beginning of this generation. PC gaming is where can you actually get the best deals. Console games are expensive ,very expensive. Console gamers have been getting screwed for years. I only paid 70.00 for 2 games and that was Diablo 4 and Star Wars other than that I waited or just didn’t play it. Games pass is pretty good and it's only 10.00 a month. Great video !
I've built a pc and own a switch. Best combo, never looking back. The pc was more expensive than a console but I spent much LESS each year to play as many games. And you have a huge amount of games that are not available on consoles. Whereas all console games now come to PC. Pc has free online service, cheaper games...
LOL 70 bucks for a game too much? Here's a news flash: in the early 90s games from the SNES etc costed 50-70 bucks a piece then too. So nothing there has changed, only the graphics and gameplay.
Replying here else the message gets too big: in the early 2000s games became cheaper, now they are back on early 90s price. We aren't used to that any more. 70 bucks games now feel expensive, not because of the price, but because of bad quality: graphics over gameplay/story. And then current gender ideoligy etc comes in too.
No many things have changed. Those games didn't need two year of patches to become playable or good and didn't cut all content out to sell you skin packages and character packages etc etc. Everything was there with cheat codes. Now every little extra or beyond the most basic is cut out so they can sell you DLC packages. Lastly those games didn't come with 5-6 different editions that could go up to crazy prices, didn't have pre-orders and weren't selling you early access on top.
i fine the AAA gaming companies funny, "lets increase the price of our games so we can make more money" but if they actually had brains they'd lower the prices back to $60 or even $50 then they would see more sales and a larger player base.
6:57 Because building a PC is a fucking nightmare. I've been trying to upgrade my PC's firmware to install the new CPU, but it won't fucking do it despite the fact I'm doing what I'm supposed to. That could be what stops people from building a PC, just a hunch.
I had a hard time with that as well, turns out I was installing the wrong firmware for my motherboard. Maybe there is a WiFi and non WiFi version of the update depending on your motherboard. I hope that helps!!
My thoughts on the subject is that, back in the days console gaming made sense because the experience gaming on console or on PC was vastly different back then, every console had their own vibe their own gimmicks their own button layout, there was big differences in compute power and how graphics looked from one console to the other (I'm talking pre-360 era, pre-PS2 even) and if you got a game on PC you were expected to play mouse and keyboard, there was pretty much no other way around maybe you could get a gamepad but games were not meant to be played that way even console ports they had very basic gamepad support you had to configure the keys by hand it was very janky Since the xbox 360 console gamepads started to become USB, the button layout kinda got standardized and became the same on ps3 xbox 360 and pc (nintendo always kept their gimmicks which was a very good thing for them) so at that time gaming kind of became unified there were fewer exclusive titles it didn't matter as much which platform you were on and it was at that time I think that the death of consoles became inevitable because if you can play the same game on console and on pc with virtually the same experience then you just realize that a console is nothing more than a less versatile, a more locked down computer This became very apparent with the PS4 era when consoles started to use the x86 architecture the very same that powers our PCs, the nail in the coffin was the PS5 which is a device that I can't comprehend, when I look at it I only see arbitrary limitations that aren't welcome in this day and age. If you buy a ps5 disc you can't run it on a ps4, even if the game was released on both systems, and even if the game is a small 2d indie game that could run on a ps3. A PS4 cannot play audio CDs even tho the hardware is perfectly capable of it, even tho Sony is the company that invented those in the first place and even tho every single device with an optical drive that has ever been released (except nintendo) are capable of playing them consoles are just confusing to me nowadays, it's like they're desperately trying to keep alive a paradigm from the 80s that completely lost its relevance in the late 2000s I didn't even talk about the thick layer of corporate greed they added on top of this mess but you can guess that it's not helping
Wow! Great comment! I started gaming in the PS2 era so I don’t know really know much from before then. I didn’t even know the PS4 couldn’t play CDs, that’s actually crazy!
$70 for a key to play a game for the rest of your life is fine compared to when people paid $116 in 1996. Gaming is cheap compared to other major hobbies other than streaming services.
That's one major issue with Console gaming. No real sales as it's one of the biggest advantages about the PC. Online is easy to take for granted, and Sales happen often on Steam. Sometimes games can be acquired for free legally (Epic games giveaways), or one can go the piracy route. Consoles seem to have slim pickings, expensive, and locked down. I'm not sure if the PSN Store or XBox have sales or discounts as I haven't had a new console personally since the PS3 360 days, not including the switch as it's a handheld, like a 3DS, or PSP imo. I believe Consoles are still important for the tech illiterate gamer. What do y'all think? Do they have discounts on the digital fronts? I've seen some on the Switch before for indies and 3rd party titles.
They have one going on right now but it’s not in the same league as steam. Steam drops prices to literally nothing for great games and PS usually knocks off 35% max! I got 5 games on steam yesterday for about 15 dollars and they’re all triple A games
There is literally always games on sale on PSN and not just a few titles but a long ass list. Sales are cycled on usually a two week basis but sometimes the same sale can be up for 3 or 4 weeks and if it is a sale like this they usually add in more titles halfway through the sale. There are also occasionally weekend and event sales. But no matter when you visit PSN there will always be titles up for sale, and each sale usually has some major hitters.
@@_WTFOliver Thanks for the enlightenment. I haven't owned a modern console outside of the switch and was entirely unsure about the other big boys. Anywho, Nice to know!
I know everything about physical copies of everything is ending. We are in the digital age and that is sad to me. You are right about 70 dollars must games launch half baked not complete or with bugs not in a great shape. We deserve better.
even up to this point, i don't understand any point why people dislikes pc? - driver update? it's literally never bother you, hell as long as it works, ignore it. - press button then play? like, is clicking shortcut on desktop such a hassle? - i don't like mouse/keyboard. just plug your controller then? wtf? - i like to play on couch. plug the pc to your tv, what? stream it, use chromecast or something. - it's expensive, only if you want it? my pc still using my 1080 because most of my played games don't even need that high of specification. at this point the only argument left is 'muh-clusive' which is more of FOMO than actually enjoying the game. pc is not a box for playing games, it's a box, that capable of playing games. you take the games away, the pc still have it's value other than being a paperweight. hell, i don't find any game on console that can hold my attention for 7k hours?
@@Oo_Tama I never met anybody who dislike PC ever!!! Even hardcore console gamerz aren't retarted enough to hate PC'S unless you're a Apple user of course!!!
It's failing as everything is a live service thing with tonnes of micro transactions. I bought ps4 on release but have no interest in new games as they are not designed to be fun anymore. They are designed to offer the bare minimum to get you to pay loads extra to increase your perceived fun.
When they raised the pricing on games and started releasing half finished games with day 1 2 3 & 4 patches is when I started sailing the high seas 🏴☠️
@@ViceGoat thankfully we got some cool indie games to look forward to. Been playing the heck out of Dredge. Fun little game. THAT I do for sure invest money in.
I’m with you man. I’m tired of paying 70 $70 is a waste of money down a drain and I realize that because we could be paying 60 the original price. But game companies once the rack money up so they can do whatever they want with the money. The prices even go up it stay the same price I always has been I’m done buying games until they lower the prices on now them
30$ off 100$ for a game never set right with us. Thing is I don’t think companies will lower prices until they see sales start to fall on release day which has already started to happen☝️ We got to boycott, spread the word🗣️
PC is great. I get all the sales, free multiplayer, and the flexibility for workstation use. Console used to be fun, but it lacks character now. It just feels corporate.
Liked and subscribed!!! So true!!! $70 for a game that isn’t even finished and will need to be patched several times, and shove dlc and micro transactions down our throats…
When I heard that microsoft started buying up companies that made games I thought uh oh this won't end well. I just got rid of my xbox one with a stack of games. The reason I did it was because I was going to play mw cold war and it was over 100 gigs just play it. I thought nope I am done and sold it all for $70. I bought it from one of my kids and so he had bought some expensive controller. I have a ps3 and a wii and that's where I stop.
@@ViceGoat You hit the nail on the head as I have been talking to my youngest son about. He bought a $10 game and the graphics weren't the best but it was like the old call of duty mw. I am going to start looking into it and figure out what works for me because I sat there watching him play and I thought this is what gamers are missing. I got excited about gaming again. Yes you have a new subscriber.
I'm literally playing Gamepass on my Firestick right now and don't own a xbox it's actually pretty amazing. I got good internet so I can stream video games on gamepass no problem
"multiplayer games only exist to profit off the customer" My friend business only exist to profit off the customer. Video games have had this as a central conceit since hardwired pong consoles and arcade machines in the early 70's. The only reason why dedication to quality seemed more prevalent back in the mid 1980's and early 90's was because figures like Nintendo President Hiroshi Yamauchi mandated it. Sony's dominance in the late 90's put a end to that mandate and game have gotten progressively more buggy ever since.
I feel you when it comes to enjoying games. I'm mostly a retro gamer now as none of this new stuff is worth my time or what little energy I have and that's because I'm a man in his mid 30's now. Imagine still playing games in your 40s or 50s? Apparently, some guys my brother knows are in that age bracket! I don't see how my brother and his friends can sit and enjoy this stuff anymore what with the constant nickel and diming and when the older games die off, they just gravitate toward new ones until the pattern repeats again. I mostly emulate everything I play and with that, there's rom hacks and fan translated games which make older games a lot more exciting. Right now, I'm playing a Japanese GBA Bomberman game that didn't get a release here that's more or less a reskin of Bomberman Tournament on the GBA and it's ok but hard at times what with the armor not working due to a bug which can lead to some stupid deaths but that's what save states are for right?
I’m with you with playing older games. They were made with passion and with the modding community adding stuff to old games, it gives the game a breath of fresh air with new features! GREAT COMMENT☝️
@@ViceGoat There's something for everyone out there too. Old sports games even have roster and feature updates! NBA Jam & NHL '94 are alive and well and are far better than the Ultimate Team riddled garbage we have today.
I understand that video game prices didn't follow inflation, but on the other hand AAA priced video games are mostly the norm. 70 $ for GoTY ownership of a title is probably fine. COD #124. 70 $ as a doscounted price with a recurring season pass with a digital copy renting is overpriced.
And This Is Why I Think All Consoles Such As Ps3-Ps5, Xbox 360-Series X, And The Switch(Cuz The Wii U Survived It's Store Shut Down) Are Gonna Shut Down All Of The Sudden And All Of Our Games For These Exact Consoles Will Become Unplayable.
been playing on pc my whole life even when i had a non gaming pc back then and playing flash games on a browser... to now full gaming pc with a 7900 gre gpu that runs almost every game 200 fps. Pc gaming is just better you can get games for cheap, dont have to pay to play online, can do anything other than just playing games, editing, recording, photoshop, music producing much more.
The owners are squeezing the devs more than ever the devs aren't even really making money they think that they are but the thing is is he can't make quality games when you're rushing them out like that and they're not the ones getting paid cuz they have to pay licensing fee to whoever Xbox or Sony it's disgusting by the way at this point they know that people will pay it's either that or they'll have to go without their favorite game and that's the sad part of this is because we need to speak with our wallets but we all want these new games and we all want them to be good so if they suck just don't support Microsoft or Sony at all they got rid of all the cool stuff from Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 like PlayStation home and the Xbox avatars that they made such a big deal about when they brought them out on 3601 honestly we just need to speak with our wallet and say no more and you know what just like when Xbox came on and they said that we wouldn't be able to sell our used games and we'd have to have an always online connection the people spoke up and they changed their tune overnight we're sick of your Microsoft Xbox Sony that's it you guys are going to not get rich off of us so you're not going to sell this crap games you're going to deliver you're going to give us good games no matter how long it takes and the developers are going to get paid for their efforts this is enough like you put every app on Windows on the Xbox store and Sony you're just getting to be like Nintendo and Konami it's honestly sad
This is going to be a big long shot but if you're a PC gamer honestly stick to steam and just don't buy anything Windows Microsoft Xbox or Sony at all don't buy anything they're exclusives or anything it's time to send them another message loud and clear
Man PlayStation Home was the shit😭😭☝️. GREAT COMMENT!! Please speak with your wallets, that’s the only way these greedy companies will have to listen. Gaming is in a terrible spot right now but opportunities for indie games and minor companies couldn’t be more open than ever. Let’s support them together☝️
The gaming Industry is dying due to braindead executives jacking up prices and forcing developers to change features on games. Meanwhile, they never played a single video game in their life and know nothing about the industry 😡
I'm a PC gamer that completely ignores 'mainstream' AAA games. Well, to be more accurate, there's only two AAA companies I still buy from. Capcom and id Software (Doom, Quake, etc). In my opinion, these are the only AAA companies that still have passion and competence. Other than these two, I stick to retro games and indie games. AAA studios and publishers can kick rocks.
I love how people shit on sony and Microsoft and praise Nintendo when Nintendo is Lowkey the greediest outta the 3. Go on Eshop and 6 year old graphically outdated Nintendo games are $60 💀
I just use a PC and play older games. Consoles have sucked donkey dick for a decade or more now when not have they gone downhill but so have video games in general. PC typically has the same or better selection of games, pirating, roms, old or previous generation games, better sales (Steam), and so much more in terms of advantages. Modding, better settings, controller support, romhacks, fan-content, and more. Steam Deck, Steam Link, and Linux are all superior options available as well with plenty of support. Linux is performance efficient and customizable with countless advantages. If a proper and official first-party Steam Controller 2 comes along PC will officially just be outright better overall (as if it isn't already). Gaming has gone downhill, just play older titles and stick to PC. Boycott the absolute bullshit the industry has become whether it's consoles, triple A titles, microtransactions, "deluxe" editions, DLC, day 1 locked content, subscription services, "you will own nothing and be happy", lack of right to repair, and etc. just fuck all of that. Shank the industry and bleed it dry of unearned and undeserved money 1 wallet at a time and lets get things back on track.
While there have been great games that have released over the past decade, I do agree. We have to boycott to get the changes we need for a better tomorrow! GREAT COMMENT
@@ViceGoatTears of the kingdom is a PRIME example. Nintendo switch's first $70 game. And it was basically botw 2.0. the fact I got eldin ring PS5 for $40 at Walmart meanwhile a game on a underpowered console is $70 is funny asf.
I have to disagree. The time and cost of game development has gone up over the years and then theres also inflation. $70 for a new game is fine well as long as its complete and not a buggy mess. I'm surprised games have managed to stay $60 for so long.
The way games are made nowadays you’ll be lucky to get a finished game at launch for 70$. Its really not worth it at all. Minor game companies and indies are putting out 40-50$ games that are 100x better than triple A companies.
its just inflation, 50 dollars in 2002 which was the average game price, is 86 dollars in today's money, so they're not really more expensive than they were before, its just inflation, consoles are more expensive too, with the ps1 being less than 300$ at launch which is 521$ in today's money, and these modern take more time and money to produce too, so i think its understandable, for a business to have an imperative need to make a profit with what they make, but we cant keep labeling every thing we don't like as "corporate greed", i think its a bit overused on the internet nowadays and we should definitely be talking about more important issues, apparently its a risky market out there, and the real games that come out lately can't afford to be as risky, which i think would be an interesting topic to mention.
The games we are getting today isn’t worth the money. The games stated in the video COD and 2K, they release practically the same game every year with micro transactions. Games back then didn’t have micro transactions so it’s understandable why games had to be 50$ back then. Also games were better because they had passion and ambition. I digress people pay 70$ for the same game each year. The games have no soul, it’s just a cash cow. That is literally corporate greed!
this is true Ive been playing games on my Gaming PC much more lately my PS5 and Xbox Series X dont get used much may as well sell least one of them soon. :/ the biggest downside to console games also is lack of modding support where PC games can be modded so easily. until they are able to open that up on console theres really no reason to play them.
You’re right, the modding scene is what really makes the games enjoyable nowadays. Should probably sell the Series X since PS5 has Wolverine coming out in the future!
I am just one induvial amongst the masses, who hasn't paid for a full price game since the early PS4 days. I always wait for a heavy discount. Games have become a bottom of the tier priority to me.
Don't forget that game Companies wanna go higher than 70$for videogames. While at the same time the base 70dollar game doesn't even have all the content due to the fact that they wanna sell you the extra content as dlc later on. So you're sorta forced to get the deluxe/ultimate whatever edition to be able to get it. And eben then, you don't get all The content, you stop have to buy the seasons passes. Videogames are supposed to be an escape from real life. I don't need to be reminded that I'm poor lmao. Naw but Fr, Indie games and Double A are killing it out there. I will just keep on supporting these folks. Triple A however, I'm dropping them. Don't quit videogames dude, give these indies and double A games a chance. U may fall in love with videogames again
Great comment🗣️☝️ But I’ve been receiving some indie and double A game recommendations and haven’t been disappointed. Chaos breeds opportunity and opportunity I’m glad to say that they are killing it. We just need to shed more light on the indie scene. They can take over gaming🔥☝️☝️
I’ll give you a tip only pay for one month Xbox ultimate download a few games play them try and finish them build your Microsoft points up then you use your Microsoft points every other month until eventually you’ve got enough points to just pay for the pass itself
@@ViceGoat that’s how I do it. I don’t pay for game pass I use my Microsoft points. It may take you a bit too much to build up. So you may have to pay for at least two passes.
I just woke up. I completely misinterpreted what you said. But yea they got a lot of nerve to ask for 70+ for half made games and extra “content” that should’ve been there day one🤦🏾♂️
@ViceGoat haha! No worries my King. Agree; you, me and many other gamers are fed up with high prices, half-finished games, and vanishing physical media versions of game titles
They got so lazy! Even if you get a physical game you only get the disc. And sometimes with switch games you get a digital code inside the box!! No physical game
If PC had physical copies, I’d keep consoles only for their exclusives but since even consoles are pushing this digital trend bs, I’ve builded a gaming rig. Nothing compares to Steam when it comes to digital and nothing compares to PC when it comes to graphics and fps. I’ve always been a Ps fan since the Ps1 but I had enough of their bs moves and their weakling consoles.
Since we are moving into an all digital future, PC is definitely the way to go. Steam always has sales and if PC did physical copies just like consoles back then, more people would make the jump a lot faster
The latest PCs have as much processing power, probably more than the latest gaming consoles, that it's more suitable to play digital versions of previously released games on PCs than buy appropriate consoles. For instance, the Kingdom Hearts 1.5 + 2.5, 2.8 and 3 games released on Steam last month, and so far I'm enjoying the package. Note 'so far', for there might be the same issues with them as they are when they were released on the Epic Games website. Also, it's better to buy games that catch your eye when they're on sale. You'll save your money in that regard.
Games are way too bloated in budget and scale anymore. Too much money thrown at a single project, for the $250+ million spent nowadays, they'd be better off making 5 smaller in scope and scale games that would probably do better overall, however, CEOs are stuck in the mindset of "Avengers: End Game" where you need the billion dollar revenue spectacle that fades into memory just in time for the next one's hype cycle to begin
@@ViceGoat absolutely true! It's even bad for the companies themselves. Good news is though that every indie developer has seen and watches what goes on with the publicly traded companies and knows not to get investors involved if possible at least. AAA(A) can honestly no longer really compete with the indie outside of getting all eyes on them with marketing. IF us passionate gamers can come together, I'm fairly certain we can actually help give traction to indie game devs, like how G4 helped bring gaming into the main stream back in the early to mid 2000's, and then when it was brought back a few years ago proceeded to crush everything it once held up to for standards.
You’re absolutely right. The indie scene has the opportunity of a lifetime right now! If many of us start to participate then Triple A companies will become less and less sustainable and they will be forced to change!
It is pretty eye opening when you consider that a lot of the biggest games "lethal company", "pal world", "helldivers 2" are created by small studios/indie studios. I think indie games are usually created by people who love videogames rather than a bunch of execs in a huge board meeting. they feel very personal and humanizing. Even if there are bugs they are hardly ever game breaking and add a little charm to the game. Like an item clipped through a wall in lethal company or a door that or an enemy who's ai broke so now they're just an unpredictable hilarious "threat".
@@ViceGoat Have you played mullet madjack? That game is lit and would look dope as a background gameplay in your videos. Its a single player indie game.
