Bingo. Exactly this. And seriously, with the backlog that most of us have, it's ludicrous to shell out that much for a game when you know there will be some kind of complete edition available down the road for a fraction of the cost.

Dang...well...if there was the same list for a game like baldur's gate, I would have to sell my car...

TW3 DLEP (Downloaded Expansion Pack(s))

Not quite DLC not quite Boxed Expansion Pack

well you can always just wait for the price to go down.
no one has a gun to your head makin anyone buy the games when they are launched.
after all launch price is just for the company to make quick cash

now of course this is just my opinion so if y'all feel the need to get the latest game that comes out its up to you.
its your money, me i prefer the more economic path of waiting to the price to drop to a more comfortable level.
even if it takes a year or more. in the end we all get and enjoy the games we like.

anyway that's my $0.02
Vyr out

Imho all the effects in current gen AAA games are extremely distracting for me. I practically have no selective perception, so playing PS2 games is actually a lot more fun for me, although I mostly play classics and indies where even in HD there's not too much going on. I love Trine though, there are tons of distracting nice details, but you usually have the time to progress in your own pace.

When it comes to the biggest publishers, there's no clear difference between movies and games anymore, both have the same problems and the active part in games is constantly being reduced. Exactly.

Go buy some older complete games and you're good, it's way cheaper, already patched and you don't have to install so much stuff separately.

The first game that I had to buy for myself, and kept the receipt, was Quest for Glory 2. So at the beginning of the 1990s, with game budgets hovering around half a million dollars, games cost $70 on release.

$100 for a new game isn't really all that much.

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Will consoles follow? I mean, they're following already (AAA releases cheap cheap, right? Right? :P) amirite?

Our definition of expensive is obviously different.
The Witcher 3 Expansion Pass costs $25. That's more than I have paid for any single full game (counting all DLCs, if any) in my life.

Is it not so much? I'd consider anything over $10 as a lot of money still personally. I could get five bowie knifes, several books, a bunch of food, 4 Raspberry Pi's, 20 Raspberry Pi Zeros, 1,500 feet of Paracord, 6 pounds of Bankline (probably 6000+ ft), a high quality tarp and mess Kit, a new Hard drive, five sets of shoes (or more!), a near lifetime supply of bleach, a Gamecube (second hand) to include 5 games...

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Keep preaching good man. +1

I remember when Chrono Trigger first came out way back in '95, I bought that for $60, and you got the full game with no DLC to buy later. Man those were the days...

Seriously? I understand that people have different incomes but 25$ can be saved up in a month.
Unless you're one of those special sales vampires.

Since I only buy DRM-free, I haven't experienced too much sticker shock. But when I first saw a $90 entry for Pillars of Eternity I made the pledge to not buy that game (at any tier) until it hit 80% off. I've still got some years to wait - no worries, my massive collection of DRM-free games should get me through the interim. :)

I can pay $25 for a game, but I don't want to. I don't think it's worth it.

For example, King's Bounty: The Legend is an absolutely awesome game that I have played for hundreds of hours and it only costs $6 without sale (I paid $5 for it back in 2010). There might be better games out there, but 5 times better ($5 x 5 = $25)?! Or 20 times better ($5 x 20 = $100)?! No way.

I believe somewhere between $5 and $15 is a fair price for most games (including all DLCs and expansions); a bit more for indie games, a bit less for mass-market games.