What's more, only 36 percent of those surveyed said they acquire PC games at full price, meaning the remaining majority prefer to wait for discounts or bundles,...
  • stopthatgirl7@kbin.social
    24·
    10 months ago

    PC gamers already often have to wait for games to come to PC, so it’s no big thing to wait a little longer to get those games for cheaper. We’re already not getting it day one a lot of the time, so there’s no FOMO.

    I want to play FF16, but since I’ve already gotta wait a year to get it, I’m fine waiting until it’s on sale. Same with Horizon Forbidden West. I’ve waited this long to be able to play the DLC (I have the game on PS4, but the dlc was PS5 only), I don’t mind waiting longer.

    • stardust@lemmy.caEnglish
      9·
      10 months ago

      Buggy unoptimized releases has also trained more people to wait, and enough people have been burned by supposed publishers that can be trusted.

    • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      61·
      10 months ago

      I think most PC games are just PC games. The ones that are ported from consoles are a minority. Even though they are high profile because there’s a lot of marketing behind them.

      OTOH, there’s now PC games getting poorly ported to consoles, which I think is only fair.

  • finestnothing@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    10 months ago

    I initially was waiting for Star Field to be less than $70 after launch, instead I lucked out and no longer have any desire to get it for anything higher than free

  • Nacktmull@lemm.eeEnglish
    6·
    10 months ago

    It´s not only about the price. I also prefer to buy games after initial bugs and other issues have been patched.

    • resketreke@kbin.social
      4·
      10 months ago

      Exactly. If games were released in a polished state, I’m sure more people would buy them at full price.

  • otacon239@feddit.deEnglish
    5·
    10 months ago

    I’ll pick up maybe one or two games a year at full price. Just about everything else goes in a wishlist and I’ll just wait for a sale.

  • b0gl@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    41·
    10 months ago

    Thanks for reminding me I gotta get the free games on epic for this week.

  • Whirling_Cloudburst@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    10 months ago

    I wait about a year after release before buying a game on my wish list. There are just too many buggy games these days. Why should I pay a premium price for an unfinished product? I also have a backlog of games in my library.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      0·
      10 months ago

      Precisely. I’ll occasionally pay full price, but that’s only from studios that have earned my trust, which is essentially just Nintendo.

      Like you, I’m not paying a premium for a worse product.