By Stripping down I meant by removing lighting and reflection effects, less ground clutter, stuff like that, it will look less visually impressive but it will function the same.
To be fair, the gold coin trick in the DES remake is pretty insane and is probably the most broken exploit in the entire series even counting the Dark Souls dragon head soul exploit..
You forgot scalpers.
The scalpers takes full advantage of vanity consumerism.
And the bitcoin miners are willing to oblige them.
How the fuck does this guy keep getting work? Fuck this industry and its god awful Crony Nepotism.
I'd say it's less crony nepotism and more or less he's able and willing to work for peanuts.
you'll not get a new release used (because demand) and even if its traded in/sold the price will still be higher. ofc down the line it becomes cheaper, but is still nothing compared to the amount you save on pc at launch (up to 50%) and over time due to storefront competition.
it doesn't matter how much you pay, but that you pay at all.
Maybe if you're a fucking retard that goes to Gamestop/Used stores instead of Marketplace/Craigslist/Ebay.
Take a look at my profile and you'll see I think gamers in general are so retarded I talk to myself like a crazy person about it.
None of this challenges the argument of the console space having ways to save money. Secondhand markets allow you to recycle previous investments and put that money towards new products. There’s a handful of games I remember getting at launch without paying additional costs out of pocket. For me it’s not a contest between console and PC either. How much money you can save is ultimately on the individual.
Gaming is just an aesthetic to those people. There isn’t a single game that requires all of those displays and other hardware.
I'm going to be honest, I can't even notice most graphical differences in PC games from high to ultra (and sometimes even medium to high) these days unless I specifically stop playing to pay attention to it.
sure, you can find some sucker selling it below value, but that's not the norm. everybody wants those new releases at launch, which means high demand and low supply (and the people aware of that keep the prices high because they know they can sell for like 5 bucks off + shipping), that's all.
I'm not saying you can't save money on consoles, but that's exactly the same for PC, so the point is moot. outside of that console prices are higher on average simply due to less competition, and physical has to deal with inconvenience, and that's with all the fees on top.
What? If this was the case, Gamestop wouldn't being a dying company.
Not really when you factor in that the majority of console gamers do not buy used at all anymore and go digital, probably out of convenience. The fact that they don't look outside Gamestop might be a contributing factor to them going digital too, but I'd bet it has more to do with the consoomer urge to get something right at midnight and not that they are worried about price.
Nope, hard copies still reign supreme in the realm of consoles.
