XboxEra Community Hangout |OT12| The Dirty Dozen

Looking it up, yeah, it’s still per person but I don’t know if there’s combos and packages when buying tickets because it’s been over a decade since I last went to a theatre. I guess you could sneak in food and stuff. When I went last, it was a spur of the moment thing as opposed to being planned out. Either way, it’s still expensive when you consider a movie lasts maybe two hours on average.

True, the publisher wants as much money as possible but they know if a game is going to hit or not. They’re rarely off in this regard. They know what a game is truly worth in regards to maximizing sales. A game like Helldivers 2 is perfect at $40 but would be too much at $70 in my opinion.

Yeah, I get this but at the same time, the shorter the game, the less likely it is to wear out it’s welcome or turn bad all of a sudden. The longer/bigger the game, the more likely the interest will decrease as you’re progressing through the game. Of course, if Rush was $70, would it be worth that price? That would be up to each individual. Both great games though.

That’s true. The richer a person or company is, the cheaper they are and the more they want. They’re never ever satisfied or content with what they have.

GameFly is disc based mail rental subscription service. I pay $33 a month plus tax so under $36 for two games a month. I have the elite plan which allows me to “lock” two games a month to ensure that they get shipped out to me the day of or before release. I have to wait about 3-5 days to receive the game but it’s still far cheaper than buying games for $70 each.

For example, I rented Banishers and should get Granblue Fantasy Relink this week. Add in Rise of the Ronin which I have locked and will get since I completed and mailed back Banishers this past Monday so I’ll have a slot open with Granblue taking up the second slot. After Rebirth, I will play Granblue and then ship that back once I complete it so I guarantee Stellar Blade will be shipped out to me. Total cost for every game excluding Rebirth would have cost me $260. Even if I traded them in for let’s say half price, I would still have paid at least $130 for all four games.

I just started the second month of GameFly (my bill date is the 2nd) so I have spent $72 including tax. Will increase to double that by the time I get to May. So $144 but that will also allow me to rent out Prince of Persia, Outcast, Suicide Squad and Skull & Bones.

Basically, it all comes down to how many games a month you rent and can complete. For me, I can average two games a month for both aspects. Rarely does a game take a month or more for me to complete.

As for the internet connection, after I install the game disc, I download the updates/patches and that’s it. I’m good to play. :joy:

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My hope is wave 4 P3R: Kotone story mode. Of course that will probably cost $70 though💀, and my wallet is going to suffer.

I don’t want to pay more for games but I think people (myself included) have unrealistic expectations in terms of game prices. For some reason we expect them to be immune to the market forces that have pushed everything else up in price.

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Now there’s a collab I didn’t see coming. They’re going to fuck around and have me return to this game doing things like this.

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I think this is my point, for a game you’re looking at 6-7x the cost but not necessarily the same 14-21 hours of enjoyment, which is on top of the $500 you have already dropped for each PS/XBox/Switch. The price also excludes all the other things I already mentioned are included in the cinema price like top of the range quality AV equipment and on hand employees. I just don’t see how they are comparable, however let’s agree to disagree.

Interesting! If GamePass wasn’t a thing it’s probably something I would consider. I think GPU is around $16.99 in the US (I get it cheaper via CDkey sites).

I guess the benefit of something like GameFly is you have a much wider choice of games, even if you can only play 2 at a time. I remember doing Lovefilm (Netflix DVD) in the past but I don’t think I could do it now as it would feel so antiquated waiting for mail when I can download it in 20 minutes :stuck_out_tongue:.

Visions of Mana doesn’t have a concrete date yet, just summer, right?

I’m looking forward to it.

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I can’t pass on this…fuck.

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If you go see one movie a year, like, okay but still, movies don’t give me anywhere close to amount of hours of enjoyment that games do. It’s why I prefer TV series (and seasons) over movies.

Also, you might have to take traveling costs into account. If I want to go watch a movie, it’s an $5 per person for me to get to the movies. Seriously, the costs does start adding up. And even if you sneak food/drinks in, you still spent money on that stuff to bring with you to the movies so either way, you’re spending money.

But to each their own bud. We can definitely agree to disagree. Only thing I will say is that spending $20+ on any movie has never been worth more to me than a $60+ video game.

Game Pass is great but excluding the day one games, it’s the same thing as PlayStation Plus. It’s basically a vault and collection of months/years old games and for me, there’s no appeal for either of them in this regard because I either A) already played and completed what I wanted to because im not waiting months/years to play a game that I really want to play or B) simply have no interest in the game itself which to be honest, is probably like 95% of Game Pass and PlayStation Plus.

Yeah, Game Pass is $17 a month here. But I haven’t used it since November with Like a Dragon Gaiden. Before that was Redfall and Hi Fi Rush. So 3 months out of 14 months. For me, just like with Ubisoft+, it’s all about the day one games. I don’t even think that I have played a non-day one release ever on Game Pass or PlayStation Plus. Next game for me is Hellblade 2. After that, probably the Fall with Avowed and Indy.

I can rent movies too but it’s just for the games for me at GameFly. Movies are cheap to rent online. Like $5 which is fine and I don’t have to leave my house. lol

Me too!!! I really enjoyed the Trials of Mana 2020 remake and Visions looks so much better in every aspect.

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Yeah I’m pretty much GP only now and find game prices absurd to even consider it but I also know why they are that price

People expect games to stay the same price from gen to gen despite dev costs sky rocketing

It really doesn’t help that there’s so many massive F2P games available now as well as GP

Definitely looking like Greedfall 2 is a very late 2024 or general 2025 release based on the roadmap for Early Access. UGH.

https://twitter.com/HazzadorGamin/status/1765815391912366425

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Same, never bought OW skins. But this is just too good

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To be fair I only really go if there’s a big Marvel, Star Wars or Kids film coming out. Infinity War and Endgame were amazing in the cinema, easily up there with some of my best gaming experiences :+1:. The wife and I are really hyped for Deadpool & Wolverine too.

Fortunately travel also isn’t a issue for us as the local cinema is only a 15-20 minute walk from the house.

Ah that’s probably where we differ I use it all the time to try out different games, that and playing different games with my kids (my eldest really likes Forza so she uses my GP :rofl:).

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There’s some free stuff ! I hope I can unlock everything for free without playing 100 hours, that would be great !

https://x.com/hazzadorgamin/status/1765826794899578965?s=46&t=O_AGT9SEnlptKOF_2SxtqQ

Digital be scary.

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This is about the Stalker trilogy.

https://x.com/JamieMoranUK/status/1765815757227638916?s=20

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The power of Xbox BC. I guess it’s up to you. I can wait since I got games to clear out now. When it gets close to sequel, I’ll make my decision. Heard good things so far.

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With each new video, the more I look forward to this. It looks nice and it seems FUN!

Oh, I’m with you on that. Absolutely waiting. Got tons to play as it is. :slight_smile:

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Good lordy, Sony has such a horrible backend system. It’s only going to get worse as they try to push to PC as well. They need to take what they have now and throw it out the window, then start from scratch.

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https://x.com/wario64/status/1765878767287730379?s=46&t=O_AGT9SEnlptKOF_2SxtqQ

If you’re planning to get it on its launch, get a head start. Yeah, Capcom is going all in for this one.