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1. d (deprecated_ii@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 17-Jan-2025 06:40:26 JST d
   people are poorer than ever, what a great time to raise prices by 40%
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   • Ardainian Hebrew Israelite (ardainianright@detroitriotcity.com)'s status on Friday, 17-Jan-2025 06:40:25 JST Ardainian Hebrew Israelite

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     • Christi Junior
     @ChristiJunior @deprecated_ii There's so many good old games out there, and the new shit is either "remasters" that have been faggified, or games that otherwise add nothing of value from older games. It's important to provide value for the consumer's dollar, and AAA doesn't really do that, they invest in hype machines.
   • Christi Junior (christijunior@detroitriotcity.com)'s status on Friday, 17-Jan-2025 06:40:26 JST Christi Junior

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     @deprecated_ii Your game needing to sell 20 million copies isn't a sign that games are too cheap, it's a sign that AAA developers need to be fucking nuked from orbit.
     
     Also, the Xenoblade games are fucking gigantic, and they apparently can be profitable just by selling 1-2 million copies at 60 bucks, so this really is just an AAA skill issue.
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   • Will2Power (will2power@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 17-Jan-2025 06:59:16 JST Will2Power

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     @deprecated_ii Nobody's buying that shit lmao, can't wait for it to flop.
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   • salty_apollyon (rlier23@varishangout.net)'s status on Friday, 17-Jan-2025 06:59:16 JST salty_apollyon

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     • Will2Power
     @Will2Power @deprecated_ii seeing GTA fail would be one of the greatest Moments of My life ngl.
     
     Seeing something that massive and rotten finally die would be the equivalent to seeing a whales carcass explode
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   • :watamelon: Xylo 🥞 (qwerty@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 17-Jan-2025 06:59:43 JST :watamelon: Xylo 🥞

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     @deprecated_ii The video game industry doesn't need to rebound, it needs to fricking burn to the ground.
     AAA is dying and we should let it die and let the cream rise to the top instead of letting all the filth pollute the entire thing
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   • PhoxFriday (phoxfriday@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 17-Jan-2025 07:13:15 JST PhoxFriday

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     • :watamelon: Xylo 🥞
     @qwerty @deprecated_ii It's comforting to see all those AAA flops queued up to fail, and Ubisoft on death's door. Guess we'll win by doing nothing as always.
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   • dobó istván (istvan@noauthority.social)'s status on Friday, 17-Jan-2025 09:32:47 JST dobó istván

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     @deprecated_ii Super Nintendo games cost $69.99 in 1992.

     Anything under $150 today is games being on sale, cheap.

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   • d (deprecated_ii@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 17-Jan-2025 09:32:47 JST d

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     • dobó istván
     @istvan the market for games is enormously larger now and distribution has been dramatically simplified. home consoles don't even use unique hardware anymore, they're just PCs. everything about developing and selling a game is much easier today than it was in the 90s
     
     nobody is forcing these companies to spend $200 million making a game. hollow knight was made by three guys and it sold more copies than the last five AAA flops combined
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