Xbox is raising the price of gamepass Ultimate to $30/month effective today. I'll be cancelling and purchasing games with the help of DEKU DEALS moving forward.

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[–] Wrufieotnak@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

I would say I play a lot of games in my free time, but I don't pay 360 $ equivalent for them. Soooooo many sales on GOG and Steam. The PC is more expensive when you built it, but afterwards it's much cheaper.

[–] Prove_your_argument@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I don't like the subscription model at all but I spend way more than $360 in a typical year for games.

I probably only buy at most 2 "full price" games in a year, but I usually pick up at least a game a month, and sometimes even more for cheaper indie stuff. My steam library is old enough to drink in the US and i'm just shy of 1000 things, and I haven't bought anything in a bundle since around reaching ~400.

Most games I pick up I end up spending less than 10 hours on them. Some amount more is 20-40 hours before I drop it and probably never look at it again. A handful of titles I get 100-500 hours, i'd say maybe .5 a year fall into this like Shadow Empire or Age of Wonders 4.

For the indecisive gamer $30/mo is way cheaper than buying a single new release... and since this shit is monthly you just cancel a sub when you're done. I don't really do it much, but I have many friends that do.

Have you ever looked at your gaming spend holistically and seen how much it costs a month between electricity, hardware purchases, software purchases? It's probably way more than $30/mo. I'm not saying it justifies the cost, but odds are with regular GPU refreshes every three years, you're paying something like $20-55/mo for that one part anyway nowadays.

[–] Wrufieotnak@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Sure, I never said I'm the standard for everything, but a few things caught my eye in your post:

What I rather wanted to portray is that you can play a lot, even without paying a subscription or buying a lot of games for a lot of money.

A new GPU every 3 years? Yeah, not needed, not what I'm doing and also not a comparison to consoles, because most don't buy a new console/PC part every 3 years. My last PC was build 2020 for a bit more money but I can still use it without problems. So I'm roughly upgrading every 5-7 years.

And also electricity, hardware? Really? We were comparing video game prices, so let's stay at that topic. Of course it costs more to play the video games, since we are not talking about board games.

[–] Prove_your_argument@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago

I went from a 1080ti to a 6800xt, and then a 9070xt. I basically just skip a generation, but the amount of posts from guys out there this year saying "Finally retired my 4090 with my shiny new 5090!" is honestly depressing.

I mentioned the ancillary costs because TCO is relevant. If you're sweating bullets over $10-$30 a month, but you always buy the highest end gear as it releases and are paying $200-$300+ a month on just being able to play stuff... why the hyperfocus on software costs? Couldn't more money be saved by doing something differently?

I know guys who buy all the skins on LoL as they release. I know people with thousands of spend in shit like fortnite. I also know people spending hundreds a month on gacha. Financial literacy is terrible.

Anyway, I look at game sub costs as super cheap, especially compared to 1990s $5 rentals for 5 days. There's a 30 day all you can eat rental option, whether it's worth it to you really depends on you. I don't pay for it shrug