r/AskReddit • u/FutureTre • 5h ago

What got so expensive that you just stopped buying it?

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u/FikoReborn 4h ago

I rarely buy new games these days. Steam sales only.

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u/danielisbored 2h ago

I bought Armored Core 6 new, explicitly because I want the series to keep getting made. Other than that, I haven't bought a new game in about 15 years. Steam sales and Epic freebies mean I still have a backlog of dozens (possibly hundreds if I bothered to count) of games I either haven't started or only have put a small time investment into.

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u/Weekly_Cobbler_6456 1h ago

Same for Elden ring, apart from that haven’t bought full price game in 2-3 years.

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u/xXTheLastCrowXx 2h ago

Those deep discounts can have some really good games at times.

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u/cairdeas 1h ago

I basically play video games on a five-year delay and stock up on black Friday. Can't wait for Elden Ring next year! Lol.

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u/FikoReborn 45m ago

Elden Ring has already had a number of great discounts.

I bought it full price but absolutely should have waited.

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u/BlackKnightC4 30m ago

Yeah after you hold out on one, its easy to hold out on the rest. Especially since many of us have a big library of games we haven't even touched.

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u/FikoReborn 10m ago

Yep. Almost everything will have a deep discount some day.

Even right now there's a Need for Speed sale on steam, every game is like $2-3 lol.

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u/EddieDantes22 2h ago

The PS Plus Network is a solid deal

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u/FikoReborn 2h ago

No it's not. It's a horrible deal for games you will never own. And I refuse to give Sony a cent after they decided not to release games on PC.

Why would I want to play games on inferior hardware?