US Gamers Aren’t Buying Video Games Anymore, New Study Reveals
US Gamers Aren’t Buying Video Games Anymore, New Study Reveals
by thinkB4WeSpeak
US Gamers Aren’t Buying Video Games Anymore, New Study Reveals
US Gamers Aren’t Buying Video Games Anymore, New Study Reveals
by thinkB4WeSpeak
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Tell that to the 800,000 people playing battlefield 6 and paid $70-$110 for it
Also, more people would buy your games if they weren’t so shit because your chasing profit rather than actually making a good game
This year I played a lot of death stranding, I got that for free on the epic game store and it came out a good number of years ago
The first game I bought this year was Spider-Man 2, another game that has been out for quite some time
The game that I’m currently playing is Hades 2, a game that I bought about a year and a half ago that is finally coming out of early access for release about 2 weeks ago.
Next up, I’m going to play a game I bought for $.99 on the steam autumn sale from circa 2017
If I find time in my busy busy schedule, I might look at buying Doom Dark Age for the next spring sale, a year after it’s been out.
We gamers are spoiled for choice while simultaneously being strong armed by Xbox to pay more for less on game pass, as well as sting armed by EA and 2k for their sports monopolies while also trying to push $100 as the new normal for AAA games.
That being said, battlefield 6 is on track to break records.
Switch 2 breaking every sales record for consoles kinda begs to disagree
It’s almost like the economy sucks and gamers are leaning into existing libraries. Also did they poll mobile “gamers” for this?
I assume it’s because people are putting hundreds of hours into the major titles which are only released every 2-3 years.
I have PlayStation Plus, but usually default to replaying old favorites (The Last of Us, God of War, GTA V, RDR2) than play a lesser new game.
I’m waiting for tropico 7
Games now are made to hook gamers for hundreds of hours. Alas…
Maybe they know little about Steam sale or those other super cheap sales on console game stores where you can get many titles for less than $10 or $20?
Consumers lack enough disposable income to be buying $60+ titles. Also, this era is nothing like the 2010s for gaming so far, to me at least.
Do they count licensing of the game? Steam games aren’t technically bought/owned. You’re just renting the game indefinitely, until one day for some reason, it’s no longer yours.
Even on consoles most games, unless you actually can play the game in a solo mode without connecting to a server, then you don’t own those either.
Going a bit off topic, but unfortunately whatever we buy isn’t owned anymore and it stings.
World would be more fun if people bought good games
this is unexpected, considering the boom in legalized marijuana sales. next someone will be telling us that oreo and doritos sales have tanked too.
Ok Vice. Lets get you back to bed now.
Market saturation. The sheer amount of games available across multiple platforms over a nearly 50 year period is incredible. There’s not a lot of room for growth.
Too much money for what has become subscription services
Games were objectively better prior to the live service microtransaction hell we’re in. Games are supposed to be escapism from such capitalist bullshit after you buy the game.
The modding communities for PC are so much better than any bullshit live service microtransactions can provide.
Few people want or respect cosmetics that aren’t included, or earned by playing the game exclusively.
Until this greed enshittification reverses itself, people are just going to look backwards for better options than the new trash that never stops ruining the fun by asking you to pay yet again.
It was not for tariffs and supply chain shortages I would get a Switch 2
@ 80bcks a pop, they can keeping dreaming about it.
Too expensive, pay us more then we’ll talk
Too many terrible games made by incompetent and uncreative people.
For some dumb reason American politics found its way into video games. I just want to blow off alien heads, I don’t care what pronoun the alien has.
I mean I am.
79 PC games were purchased and added to my library, majority of them on steam.
Including Hades II, Megabonk, Borderlands 4, Clover Pit.
1 Xbox game. (Risk of Rain 2 DLC)
3 Switch 2 games (Mario galaxy 1 & 2, Disgaea 7 complete)
PS5 is chilling this month. Ghosts of Yotei would have been my grab. I haven’t played the prior yet.
I still plan to grab Croc Legend of the Gobbos, Sonic Racing Cross Worlds, Ateleir Resieriana, Final Fantasy Tactics, Absolum, Yooka-Re-Playlee.
I also have PSN+deluxe, and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate which both have gotten use this month as well.
a mix of an incompetent trump administration ruining the economy and predatory game publishers have worn us down
I only buy games when they’re on sale, usually 80% off or more for AAA titles. Which means waiting a few years after they release to be marked-down that drastically.
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