Modern games have been getting shittier, and with Denuvo claiming that many publishers don’t renew beyond that 6-month period, it really doesn’t change anything. The best period to buy (or pirate) a game seems to be 6 months to a year after release, when all the bugs that shouldn’t be there in a finished product have been fixed, and Denuvo is not there either (or the game has been cracked anyways), it seems to me that the best time to play a game for anyone involved, is 6 months to a year after release. Also, for paying customers, the game would have likely gone down in value significantly and you might be able to pick it up second-hand for a significant discount, while also ensuring you don’t support greedy publishers releasing half-baked, incomplete products. Problem solved.
None of the above applies to indie games, which I would feel more inclined to pay for, and genuinely find more fun nowadays.
Why should I? They are all broken betaware, that they want me to pay 50/60/70 dollars for! Its absurdity.
I wait for a year or two, and get the game and all its DLC on sale for 5 dollars. It’ll be the actual complete experience, and with the least amount of bugs too.
Modern games have been getting shittier, and with Denuvo claiming that many publishers don’t renew beyond that 6-month period, it really doesn’t change anything. The best period to buy (or pirate) a game seems to be 6 months to a year after release, when all the bugs that shouldn’t be there in a finished product have been fixed, and Denuvo is not there either (or the game has been cracked anyways), it seems to me that the best time to play a game for anyone involved, is 6 months to a year after release. Also, for paying customers, the game would have likely gone down in value significantly and you might be able to pick it up second-hand for a significant discount, while also ensuring you don’t support greedy publishers releasing half-baked, incomplete products. Problem solved.
None of the above applies to indie games, which I would feel more inclined to pay for, and genuinely find more fun nowadays.
But all of that is just my opinion on the matter.
Yeah, I dont even buy games new anymore.
Why should I? They are all broken betaware, that they want me to pay 50/60/70 dollars for! Its absurdity.
I wait for a year or two, and get the game and all its DLC on sale for 5 dollars. It’ll be the actual complete experience, and with the least amount of bugs too.
Pro xkcd moment.
@theshatterstone54 @dvdnet90 yeah, those kinds of games are always reported to have issues for whatever reason
Yeah but how many of those shitty bugs in the first 6mo are related to the crappy DRM causing issues?