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Are you a patient gamer? (kbin.melroy.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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There's no magazine on any instance that I see of such a community on the topic matter. To anyone not familiar, a patient gamer is someone who is immune to FOMO, doesn't get caught up or tied up with current modern gaming. Someone who doesn't care that they've beaten a game from 1996 and here it is 2024. Someone who doesn't care that they're still playing games 40, 20 or even 5 years ago on the present day.

I would personally say that I am. I don't have a level of disposable income where I'm throwing down on buying games. I've spent 10 years between 2011 and 2021 wheeling and dealing on game sales. So much that I've piled on over 1,000+ games combined between GOG, Steam, Battle.net and Epic Games.

I do more often than not, play games from so long ago than I do modern games. I'm at a stage in my life where I am noticeably slowing down on gaming in general, I am also finding myself more comforted in what I play and I again can't simply just keep buying newer games. I also don't really care about buying newer games, the time of the present is rich with game sales all day, everyday.

There will always be a time later to buy a game that is ripened for a good sale. So I don't have to worry at all.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It's that pricing model which has consistently kept me away. Lots of people like it, and it's supposed to be really fun, but it's not the only fun factory builder out there.

I'd rather get a good deal, and I've never (re)played a solo game for anywhere close to the thousands of hours some people have played Factorio. I might be missing out, but I can buy an entire bundle of games for that price and still have money leftover.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's not a $60 or $70 game, but certainly is better than most of the AAA offerings of late. Maybe think of it like it's a full priced game that's always on sale? You do you though. I thought it was well worth the asking price.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And that's what some people have said. I'll play the demo tonight, but even for lots of fun, I can think of other ways to spend $35, as that's a large sum for me.

But who knows? Maybe it will knock my socks off.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I always rate my games on price per hour played, rather than just total cost.

Factorio is one of my cheapest games ever.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yep, that's a good way to view games. I do that as well.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Mood.

I'm not going to pay $45 for any game. If I'd known about the "never on sale, price only goes up" model they were using, I might have bought it back when it was $20, but I'll just never play it now and I'm okay with that. There are literally hundreds of amazing games I already own to play, and if I had 100+ hours to sink into a game like this (I don't, post-kiddos—for now, anyway), then I'd strike the earth for some Dwarf Fortress !!!FUN!!!, which I know I'll enjoy.

Or maybe finally get around to beating Baldur's Gate 1... (I never made it past the early game... BG3 I'll get to in the 2040s at this rate, ha ha!)

Aside from people who just want to play football/CoD/D4/whatever multilayer game, I don't understand why anyone pays full price for games. I'm glad they do, mind, since they're subsidizing the development costs mean games get made, and I get amazing games for cheap.

As a recent example, I nabbed MH Rise for cheap recently, and bounced off it. I might try again later, but it didn't grab me. So glad I didn't pay more than $15 CAD for it!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I played MH World a bunch, but I couldn't get into Rise, either. A bit too cartoonish, and not just graphically.

In any case, I have a backlog of hundreds of games from bundles and freebies (including the Mass Effect trilogy, which I've not yet played), so it's not like I'll be having less fun by skipping Factorio. We all have limited time, and we'll all miss out on some gems.

And if the dev wants to gate the game by constantly raising the price, he'll lose out on players like me. His choice, but he's leaving money on the table, and the rest of the games are picking it up.