• conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works
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    3 hours ago

    Not at random retailers anywhere in the world, but yes, if you get the same quality story for a third of the launch price, that matters.

    It’s half the reason I never buy Nintendo games. Metroid isn’t inherently “worse” than indie metroidvanias, but it’s the same caliber game for twice the price (and the sales are less discounted by dollar value than the indies are on top of it). That does make it a much worse game for gamers, and it should get heavily docked for that.

    Anything with microtransactions is cancer no matter how good the underlying mechanics are and should be completely banned from consideration.

    • Kelly@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      Not at random retailers anywhere in the world, but yes, if you get the same quality story for a third of the launch price, that matters.

      I was comparing the Australian PSN prices, I assume ratios are probably similar across other regions but couldn’t be bothered checking.

      I’m a bargain hunter as much as the next person but I want the annual Narrative award to go to the game with a 9/10 story, not the game with a 8/10 story and 4/10 price.