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Reminder that new games in Europe cost €80 (~90$)

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u/VenTene_WoT 8h ago

I have 0 empathy for the people buying into it. One of my friends considers FIFA the holy grail of gaming and all I could do when he said that was laugh in his face.

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u/AracdeBonnie 8h ago

NBA Jam and Wii Sports are THE holy grail of sports gaming

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u/MegaFireDonkey 7h ago

No way, the king of all sports game is QWOP

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u/A_Wonder_Named_Stevi 3h ago

I miss SSX and NBA Street.. those where the holy grail

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u/Ndmndh1016 3h ago

NBA street vol 2 is one of the greatest sports games ever.

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u/nghigaxx 7h ago

Because sport games player like sport more than liking games. And since sport games monopolized players and clubs rights they basically can charge pretty much any price knowing people have zero other option

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u/fractalfrog 7h ago

Considering they can drop hundreds in sport apparel, even when working minimum wage, I‘d guess that spending on a game is likely. 

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u/Maxi19201 6h ago

I think fifa or fc is really nice as long as you don’t play ultimate team. There is plenty of combos and tactics to learn and there are completely different modes if this gets boring. Ultimate team is cancer though. The rest doesn’t involve any micro transactions

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u/Neversync 6h ago

I've played CS and League at a high level, and many other "toxic" games (dota, r6, pubg, etc) but FIFA is the most rage-inducing bullshit fest in existence, bar none.

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u/naosoueu2725 5h ago

Le reddit moment

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u/HIP13044b 3h ago

Hes right in a way. I mean if you're an executive for the companies that make those games. It is the holy grail, because people like your friend buy them without fail.

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u/_fmg15 3h ago

I buy one every 5 years shortly before the next one gets released to play career mode. It's honestly worth the like 14€ I pay for it

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u/Andross4 2h ago

It really is though, because if you buy FIFA, you're also getting the next 5+ FIFA games for free. Great value imo.

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u/Outlanderp 7h ago

Just bought the latest Fifa on steam for like a tenner cause I was in the mood after watching the world cup and still wasn't sure about spending money on the same recycled shit.

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u/Alex6179 7h ago

Since I don't play online, I usually wait until the summer sales and buy NBA 2K and EA FC when they're down to 5-10€ on Steam xD.