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The Price is Wrong, Bob: Only a third of PC gamers pay full price (www.techspot.com)

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[–] stardust@lemmy.ca 34 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Buggy unoptimized releases has also trained more people to wait, and enough people have been burned by supposed publishers that can be trusted.

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[–] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago

Yeah that's huge, why pay full price for a buggy game when i can buy the patched/optimized version of the game for half price a year later??

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