• TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca
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    4 days ago

    Buying a game post-launch:

    • Better prices; often on sale.
    • Fixed and patched up.
    • Extra content often included.
    • DRM often removed.

    No brainer, imo.

    • Agrivar@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      You forgot a bonus point:

      • Hardware requirements are now easier/cheaper to meet/exceed.
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      3 days ago

      Preordering games: I need this digital product before jt goes up in price or runs out of copies!

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      3 days ago

      Remember when games used to, at least sometimes… do actual internal beta testing to iron out performance bugs and such?

      Now we are all alpha and beta testers, all the time.

      Sometimes even AAA and ‘AAAA’ games release, and then unrelease before the alpha or beta is even done!

      Yeah, patient gaming for me, haven’t preordered or gone into an early access game in almost a decade now…