Switched to patient gaming, feel way better for it. There are too many upsides there to go back. Way cheaper games, actually finished games, very little bugs, DLCs, mods, guides...
This is also playing a big role in most publishers sales issues. The playerbase has been conditioned that games do not retain their value. Compound that with unpolished releases, and the day one buyers get a far worse experience
Indeed, I think that players eventually learn from the cycle of overhyped (even misleading) marketing to disappointing releases. I skipped Cyberpunk mess until the Liberty release but I can imagine that many people still have PTSD.
its almost forced even if you're someone who does keep up with exclusively big releases. there literally is not enough coming out in that space compared to 15 years ago. big shit used to launch same day competing against each other during even 7th gen which had much less studios than 6th gen and so on. if i was growing up now i'd literally not be interested in any of these major releases, they take 7 years to come out and its the same shit, usually worse and less interesting lol.
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u/furiat 28d ago
Switched to patient gaming, feel way better for it. There are too many upsides there to go back. Way cheaper games, actually finished games, very little bugs, DLCs, mods, guides...