Final Fantasy Road Trip - #183

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To me it seems like Adam has strong views that he doesn't like to be challenged on.  It seems when anyone on The Patch presents a alternate point of view he starts to get worked up. I think Ryan just happens to be better than most at "challenging" views.

I think the problem with those three titles in particular was

a) CoD is still pushing the futuristic war genre way too much and most gamers are sick of it and it  being an annual title probably doesnt help it's cause much

b) Titanfall 1 was an XBox One exclusive, which Microsoft hyped into oblivion and back, now that TF2 is multi platform, it wasn't as heavily advertised and most people who didn't play the first might not have even known a sequel was being released

c) Watch Dogs 1 was complete garbage so that negative reputation hurt WD2 

Also factor that they all launched within a few weeks of each other, also had to compete with Battlefield 1 and Gears of War 4, it's safe to say there is definitely an over saturation of shooter based titles right now (side note this is probably one reason why Skyrim remastered has sold so well, it was pretty much the only non shooter title other than Pokémon that launched recently so it stood out)

As has been pointed out previously, it's actually an interesting claim that 100$ is too much to spend on a game. 

Long story short, while video game production (especially AAA titles) costs have gone up, consumers refuse to pay more than ~$60 initially, a price set somewhere in the past after games were 100-120$ but before inflation really kicked into gear. This conundrum is what has likely driven some of the more disliked practices of late, including DLC gouging and shorter games with cut content. 

It'd be like, say, if you had a lemonade stand, and lemons slowly went up in price, but consumers demanded each glass cost the original amount. Either you'd have to accept a loss in profit (costing people, perhaps yourself, jobs), or start charging for extraneous goods, like sugar. The sugar pricing may upset the average consumer, and not including it the original product may leave said product with a sour taste, but it's the closest to a compromise both sides can reach. The producer is trying to relive the old days, in terms of profit, just as much as you're trying to relive them in terms of expense.

On the sale front, though, I completely understand. I don't have the kind of time to spend beating a series of video games, but when I did (and will in the future) I often had to rely on Humblebundle and such to "store up" for the cold months between steam sales.

I swear all I've heard him talk about playing extensively is Overwatch and Dark Souls