well... pokemon one blows you...

What about Activision, 2K, EA, Ubisoft, who could give away their games or even at $30 and still make money because of MTX and yet they price at $69.99 because it’s “normal” now?

If it were just $70 or $80 or whatever for the cost of a game and you got the complete game, I’d mind a lot less.

The leathery texture is balanced nicely with the shine from salty tears.

Wait until you get old like me and you’re rambling on to your kids about how you used to be a able to go the theater and watch movies all day for a nickel. And we tied onions to our belts, which was the style at the time.

Ehh... some would disagree with you there, and argue that modern games are built on bloated budgets, with wasteful development practices

A good chunk of effort for a game is in the assets... but also not the same cost structure for the original. I want to believe that remasters are more the exception, than the norm though.

I like the taste of leather and pain. don’t kink-shame me...

profits are also at a record high and paychecks for the individual employees are not reflecting that. its all going to the corporate executives.

I am okay with this. Production costs for great games are high.

For every parent who’s an active gamer, there’s another five whose video game experience consists of playing Solitaire/Free Cell at work and/or Candy Crush on their phone.

IBM went through the same exact situation 30 years ago.

Hmm, weird of Apple to do exactly that with every non-gaming app that charges for services

If Ford wanted to charge Jiffy Lube a 30% royalty every time Jiffy Lube did an oil change on a Ford, it would be the same situation.

I will be evil for achievements/trophies, but will often reload to an earlier save point and continue playing something that is usually in the realm of “self-serving but empathetic towards people who give me quests”.

I’m struggling to have opinions about this that aren’t completely saturated with schadenfreude.

I would like to echo this suggestion of a long-form piece about the economics behind video games and consoles.

Wait a minute?! You mean to tell me that a very attractive woman has a boyfriend and doesn’t actually care about me, some random ass hole on the internet?!

On one hand... how refreshing that this isn’t a news story about some gross unprofessional behavior at work.

... I mean, sure. If somebody literally needed a bucket and a mop to clean up after themselves, maybe there’s an issue... but who the hell takes music that literally anyways? Apparently no fun guy Ben Shapiro.