What's more, only 36 percent of those surveyed said they acquire PC games at full price, meaning the remaining majority prefer to wait for discounts or bundles,...
PC gamers already often have to wait for games to come to PC, so it’s no big thing to wait a little longer to get those games for cheaper. We’re already not getting it day one a lot of the time, so there’s no FOMO.
I want to play FF16, but since I’ve already gotta wait a year to get it, I’m fine waiting until it’s on sale. Same with Horizon Forbidden West. I’ve waited this long to be able to play the DLC (I have the game on PS4, but the dlc was PS5 only), I don’t mind waiting longer.
I think most PC games are just PC games. The ones that are ported from consoles are a minority. Even though they are high profile because there’s a lot of marketing behind them.
OTOH, there’s now PC games getting poorly ported to consoles, which I think is only fair.
PC gamers already often have to wait for games to come to PC, so it’s no big thing to wait a little longer to get those games for cheaper. We’re already not getting it day one a lot of the time, so there’s no FOMO.
I want to play FF16, but since I’ve already gotta wait a year to get it, I’m fine waiting until it’s on sale. Same with Horizon Forbidden West. I’ve waited this long to be able to play the DLC (I have the game on PS4, but the dlc was PS5 only), I don’t mind waiting longer.
Buggy unoptimized releases has also trained more people to wait, and enough people have been burned by supposed publishers that can be trusted.
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??
Often even when its on sale i have already lost interest.
I think most PC games are just PC games. The ones that are ported from consoles are a minority. Even though they are high profile because there’s a lot of marketing behind them.
OTOH, there’s now PC games getting poorly ported to consoles, which I think is only fair.