Oblivion was The first AAA game to have microtransactions and now Oblivion Remastered could possibly be the last AAA game to be priced at $50-60 dollars.

with the Switch 2 being a success, we could see a rise in prices for all AAA Games. to 80-90 dollars

WHEN games do inevitably become 80-100 dollars, I’ll definitely be buying more Indie games

  • Lussy [any, hy/hym]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 days ago

    with the Switch 2 being a success, we could see a rise in prices for all AAA Games. to 80-90 dollars. WHEN games do inevitably become 80-100 dollars, I’ll definitely be buying more Indie games

    95% of modern games especially AAA titles for switch/consoles are pure, unabashed simulacra. Why pay 80 dollars for a game that is the less authentic version of things that came out 5-20 years ago?

    You can always just go touch the green stuff

        • GeneralSwitch2Boycott [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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          15 hours ago

          Honestly don’t have a plan yet, but I guess I could do either. Probably Colosseum.

          I have:

          • a childhood GameCube with an ODE (so I can play XD, Colosseum, Channel, Box)
          • also childhood GB(A) Player attachment
          • my sister’s model 1 Game Boy Advance I just have now
          • GBA-to-GC Link cable I got from a friend
          • GBA link cable I just ordered from AliExpress for like $7
          • childhood copies of Ruby, Sapphire and a non-childhood JP copy of LeafGreen
          • Everdrive flashcart for the GBA so I can play and trade technically infinite amounts of the gen 3 GBA games although it can’t be used with Box, etc. since it needs to be on to select a ROM and I think most of those GBA-to-GC features require the GBA to be off

          I think that’s enough to get everything that gen, even stuff like the eon ticket since I an either dump the save to PC and distribute into the games via emulation or the flashcart can actually emulate some e-reader functions. I could technically speedrun Emerald on the flash cart without wiping my Emerald cart to trade the gen 2 starters too, I think. Same thing with FR/LG. I think I can get a legitimate JP Celebi by playing JP Colosseum on my GC and then transferring that to JP LG and then trade that to Emerald or whatever. I gotta’ install new batteries in the carts. I think all I’m lacking is the wireless gba adapter if I wanna’ do pokeblock stuff in FR/LG/E which I’m not sure if that’s needed at all, even for the ribbon/contest ribbon stuff. Can probably emulate that part if needed although I’m trying to avoid doing anything on PC if I can.