Why I Didn't Buy Stellar Blade
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- Опубликовано: 6 май 2024
- In today's upload, I discuss with you all, why I didn't buy Stellar Blade.
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Try this on for size. At a local gas station in Yazoo City, Mississippi charges fifty cents for every item under four dollars when using credit and debit cards.
Word of advice, don't hold your hands up like that in your thumbnail. You have fat sausage fingers.
For the currency declined.... epic shop gives away free games every friday. Wouldn't buy there because like sony they would take away all your games over a single game ban without a thought... But nice place to get some indies for free, or other games you normally wouldn't buy, like ubisoft games... Other week Guardians of the Galaxy was free, should be ok for at least a few hours...
Did you play the demo? That will be enough to tell you if the game is worth $70
"You will own nothing and be happy" - Klaus Schwab
Dead opposite of Santa Klaus
I'll see myself out
I will. Because I’m tired of caring anymore.
i own everything lol
WEF and NWO are crumble from within like the Sovjetunionen did in the past "
Just knowledges for thoose who live under a Rock"
What a nonsense.
i would not be comparing who has more disposable income. a huge portion of the US is living paycheck to paycheck and emergencies are put on credit cards (if they are lucky) that they will never be able to pay off. we have a lot of poor.
Exactly, the country may be richer, but the general populace sure isn't
Right. Rent is way out of control here and things just keep going up in price.
In Houston the cost for homebuyers is 3x the average income, explain how that makes sense.
Don't go to California my friend lives there his rent alone is $180k a month, I'd hate to see his utility bills.
@@A2theC people are greedy, and corporations feel the pressure.
so they give in by paying more, but now we have to jack up prices because we want our cut.
It would be a honor to buy you a copy of stellar blade ma'am. I love your passion for video games so I'd like to send this with love from Texas❤.
Oh my goodness how very very very generous of you! 🥰
I'll pop out tomorrow and pick it up then! X
Everything is bigger in Texas, even the hospitality ❤
That is so wholesome! So we got a happy ending after all:D
she is not gonna buy and and your just a dumb fool could have given that to the homeless for more impact
I am a brit living in america, its not all roses and sunshine financially here either.
its better than most other places, and if you want more bang for your buck move out of the cities. the cities are heavily taxed which decreases your spending power. there isn't a place with a higher standard of living than the US that is also independent of US influences or protections.
$124.95 Australia. We get charged more for everything.
Damn, AUS always takes the L in some way. 😂
EB Games? Picked my copy up for $109 at JB HiFi. EB Games prices have gotten ridiculous over the past few years.
JB has it for $109 and if you sign up for their perks thing you get another $10 off which helps bring it under 100 at least...
That's right. One Aussie dollar is currently buying $65c U.S. So we're charged an arm and a leg over the rest of you.
They could adjust the price for the specific country. This does not help the industry grow, which is what both Sony and M$ have been complaining about.
From Denmark and because everything is so expensive (not just games) I've gone back and trying out the PS2 library for the first time and have been having a blast.
ps2 was truly awesome
Same here in Sweden, modified a ps2 slim to become region free, works great and the games are really fun.
In Michigan I paid $74.19 for Stellar Blade and I'm really enjoying it, so it was worth it to me, but I'm not mad at anyone who doesn't want to pay that much.
Also, I pay $160 total per month for my gas and electric in my 2 bedroom house.
Games are expensive. The game has to be something I want to send 70+ USD on.
Doesn't justify charging almost hundred dollars for a game that's not even worth it, no game is worth more than it's release price tag.
Did you play the demo? That will be enough to tell you if the game is worth $70
I have never heard anyone spend 20 minutes to simply say "It was more expensive than I was comfortable with."
At least you didn't start talking about feudalism.
It feels like I imagine getting water boarded feels like. Get to the point!
Definitely One of the most obnoxious gaming youtubers i've ever seen, Why am I here, No clue lol
@@sonicandroxas I can probably answer that. She may be long winded, but she does hold reasonable positions and argues them well... most of the time.
I'd rather hear about that
thanks.
I love the breakdown of the logic. I started seeing the digital move in the mid and late 2000s and saw what was coming.
The game is really good and I hope you get your hands on it soon.
Someone send this woman a copy of Stellar Blade.
Haha 😂
If someone has a copy to send, send it to someone who really wants it but isn't in a position to buy it xxx
@@LadyDecade oh, you're so wholesome^^)
Compromise. Everyone with a ps5 in the UK on this thread share the same stellar blade game. Play it then mail it to the next person, or better yet (privacy reasons) pick a shared place and a sign up sheet. Sisterhood of the traveling stellar blade….
@@Robit-d20 top tier
@@MrLightlike78 I can see the headline now “Sony game sells only one copy in the UK but travels to thousands of fans.” The only comment is from an anonymous UK RUclipsr calling Sony’s tactics “distasteful” and their loss of revenue “well deserved.”
All states have different sales tax, and for a long time, there was nothing online to add your sales tax on unless you were in vary specific scenarios. It wasn't until comparatively a few years ago that nearly every online store was automatically adding sales tax on. I haven't kept up recently, but West Virginia at least was, if not still is 6%. There are also different taxes for most goods vs. unprepared food vs. prepared food vs. gasoline, or say in West Virginia, no sales tax on small arms and ammo.
I managed to grab a copy for £55.96. It was £69.95, but there was a discount code. All I need now is a PS5.
I almost never buy AAA games now. So many games for like 5-25 bucks on Steam everyday that have a lot more replay value. The last expensive game I bought was Octopath Traveler 2 which I don't regret.
can you recommend some?
You're missing out on some great stories. Curious, how many times do you replay a game?
it's actually pretty smart to do, cuz you can wait on the AAA games once they go on sale in like a year or 2, they put the games up for sale, if they dont remaster them
@@newmnsilver his crowd don’t play AAA games
@@worldofz00 ah right, forgot lol. Still, my point still stands that they eventually put most games on sale as time flies.. except Nintendo lol
Thanks for uploading almost daily! I'm glad more people know about your channel now, I'm hoping they also watch the crazy obscure video game consoles you cover as well!!
Those at my favorite videos @ladydecade does! I didn’t know there were so many Sega consoles after the Dreamcast! Mind blown.
Times are tough all around
Don't listen to it... Buy Stellar Blade! We need more games like this! This game is epic in every way, characters, monsters, level design, combat, etc
This game is everything I wanted, "souls like" exploration and combat, but not-so-brutal difficulty, actual checkpoints, an actual story, hard rock and attitude instead of the typical doom and gloom of the genre, a sexy protagonist, and zero politics.
True fact!
so, so refreshing to see others like me- play the game that's the only way to really support more of this game type from devs not those freestellarblade morons telling people to refund it which gives the very wrong impression
@@claudijatzandrapova3347 Freestellarblade "morons" are saying to cancel PS plus, not to refund.
@@PageofLegend She needs more muscles. How can I suspend disbelief when a frail looking girl with tiny 28 cm arms weighting in at most 60 kgs being as strong as she is. She should at least have a body like Chun Li from the older games. Tifa and Samus also suffer from the logically fallacy of being strong and looking frail and weak.
If that is the case, you're missing out. The game is epic.
for 70 dollars, for a run of the mill hack and slash? Nah. I can wait for a discount.
It is not run of the mill@@megamegaO
Game of the Year! Hands down.
@@megamegaO The combat is best in class
@@megamegaOSpoken out of ignorance.
TL;DR she is missing out
On a luxury item because price gouging for AAA is ridiculous in certain circumstances and regions. That was the whole point of the video, not "she's missing out".
Missing out on hype. She can buy it later for a much reasonable prize on sale. Which is actually very wise thing to do. Modern games are really not that good to warrant such prizes.
People that impulse but are the problem. I often wait 1 year before buying a new game. Prices tend to go to acceptable levels by then. I have a massive library I can play until then.
Take a shot every time Lady Decade says 'games.'
Depends on what it is lol 🤣
@@LadyDecadeMidori or Plum sake 👌
I like raki but it kills me haha
You'd die...
You are doing yourself a massive disservice by not buying Stellar Blade. It's a truly amazing game, and one of the most fun games I have played in a long time.
I still remember when certain Super Nintendo games were around $60 or $70 when newly released. Gaming is expensive. Always had been, always will be. Unless you can find pre-owned copies... but in the Digital Only world that game-producing companies seem to be pushing for... pre-owned won't be a thing anymore.
I remember 60 being the norm game price for super nes. I don’t remember 70. I also remember 50 for nes games but might have it wrong.
Agree, but gaming needs to grow up and smell the coffee. £70 for a single piece of entertainment doesnt make sense in 2024.There are Literaly thousands of hours of content is free or low cost on the internet....Remember in the 1980's VHS tapes were £30! so inflation isn't always an indicator.
Not price adjusting for currency is a scummy practice.
If only they did that where I live. My currency is weaker than the USD.
if they do that, you can just create a PSN account for that geographical area and buy in that currency. If people wouldn't be scummy first, maybe they would
@@serjofcinder8925 I don't think that works with registered launchers. I have to jump through hoops if I travel and want to log into EA or Steam because it is in a different country/region. Also, my CC and debit is obviously set to a particular country.
Does a PSN account not require a CC or debit? Address, phone number. I am genuinely asking. I am a PC gamer, so I have no clue about PlayStation.
State taxes being on the price tag would be nice. They're so weird if you travel just because every state does whatever they want and then also applies it to whatever they want so it's mostly only obvious if you live there or do research.
That’s why people in the states near a 0% tax state travel across state borders to get stuff. It’s dumb, we should have a simpler tax system…
Exclusive Playstation 5 games aren't like exclusive Nintendo Switch games, meaning Playstation 5 games actually go DOWN in price after a few months (unlike exclusive Nintendo Switch games which take YEARS upon YEARS to go down in price because Nintendo is ultra greedy. I own both the Playstation 5 and Switch and I've been noticing this as I've been trying to buy games for both consoles). Wait until the holiday season and Stellar Blade should get a nice permanent reduction in price. Get the physical copy since you get so many more options with it (the FULL game is on the disc. I played the FULL game, all side quests and all main quests, with NO updating / NO patching since I played the entire game offline and the entire game is on that disc with NO glitches of any kind).
I always find it funny that people think Nintendo is greedy for not dropping the price of their games readily. The effect of Nintendo not dropping prices is reduced sales and hence reduced revenue along with upped piracy. Nintendo is literally leaving money on the table because the value perception of their products are more important to them than making an extra buck.
That confuses me almost as much as Sony being called greedy because the original PS3 was $599 when it had three different console chipsets within it, HDMI, Wifi and Blu Ray playback in the box. The PS3 cost $820 dollars to make they sold it for $600 and Sony is greedy, yeah... That makes sense. I think people just want to say corporations are greedy.
Yeah, i think the right move wouldve been to make a $300 PS3, and position the $600 one as the "Premium" PS3
Only the cost of greed goes up.
That’s a shame, missing out on a fantastic game
Missing out on hype.
@@tengr0057 it’s not hype though. I’ve been waiting for the game since it was called Project EVE. The game is fantastic, you just hate it when people enjoy things.
@@thepatternofchairs9814 This would be only game I'm interested, but not worth buying ps5 for. Or a must-have-day-one with full prize.
Just said it you don't have a ps5.
@@iwancarnifex Yes, and not many reasons to buy one.
In America displayed prices do not include Taxes, they are added when paying.
and yes the amount of the tx varies depending on what state you are in. just like the minimum wage varies.
I didn't buy it because i suck at action games
Thing is, £70 is next-gen prices (they've unfortunately been like this for a while). It's PS5 Directors Cuts of PS4 games that boil my blood at £70 price tags. I do need to point out though, that Stella Blade is one of the few that's worth the price tbh. There is a huge game here, with upgrades and abilities that would make DmC games look simplistic (and I'm a DmC fan). Add open world elements, Yakuza-like fishing mini games and skins/outfits that those money grabbing Tecmo fools would charge you £300 for, believe me when I say Stellar Blade is well worth it for any DmC fan.
Honestly worth every penny, free dlc and all in game content free, if I’m gonna spend money on any game it’s gonna be one that lets these devs make more games like this.
i got it £62 from asda living
When I lived in England in 98-03, GBC and GBA games at the BX on base were $30, and at local game stores they would be £30. The exchange rate at those years ran about £1 to $1.40-.70, so the problem used to be worse.
Thank you for your videos, this one got you my sub. I wish you the best.
Everyone has the right to spend their money (or not spend their money) on whatever they want, regardless of their reasons.
I'm nearly at the end of the game. While it won't be a generation defining game, it is solid and fun. IMO, it is worth the price.
I have an ulterior motive for rooting for this game to succeed. I want it to be the inspiration for more Korean game studios to get out of mobile and PC multiplayer development and try out making more single-player console games. Korean pop culture is blowing up in pretty much every other medium. Time for Korean video games to step into the forefront.
I was going to buy it if there was a PS5 bundle but then I found it was censored so I think I'll wait for PC.
There’s so much more revealing suits than the ones that got censored lmao. People cry about non issues.
The physical version isn’t censored.
The amount of censorship by iself is mildly annoying. The fact they advertised it as uncensored but censored anyway was what was really upsetting. It didn't help that the censorship happened as a day one patch. No one likes the idea that their game can get censored after you buy it and Playstation has become infamous for doing so even years after release. Hopefully it comes to PC soon. The potential mods would be glorious.
The skin suit isn't censored
Don't need any others
I’m always surprised with how many people keep buying into PlayStations platform and then get upset when Sony does Sony moves. I play on PC where I can get the best of both PlayStation and Xbox’s catalogs so it doesn’t mean a lot to me but it is weird.
I am leaving a comment. I love your videos and i hope you find Stellar Blade soon.
Thank you for this editorial.
Double thank you for offering your thoughts on camera
Personally, I might have paid the store price for the game after all that running around town. I agree with your frustrations about international prices and taxing though.
Why not order it?
Whoa. Thanks for the insight into UK/Europe’s current status.
I really had no idea!
Personally, quite enjoying your channel and content very much as of late. 👍
Too bad girls , that space section is one of the coolest ive ever saw in video games almost make god of war look pale
Thanks for the great informative video.
Our electicity bill was $328 last month. We don't have gas but we haul our own water and still pay around $150 a month for that as well. If we're talking about gasoline/petrol it's been over $4 a gallon for over 2 years now around here. I think that's about $1.75 a litre. Probably not the worst tbh.
Totally agree, I'm from the UK too, it's tough out here in these streets and I can only see it getting worse, unfortunately. Keep your chin up! 😎👍🏾
I just love the way you talk 6:34 the style the accent so on pont with everything revelant such a good channel ❤ kingslynn massive
I live in Florida. I sold my house for double what I owed, because I needed the money. Now, my rent is almost triple, but I'm hoping to buy another house for 3/4 what I'm paying. Fast food has almost doubled it's cost, too. I feel you
I expected more drama other than it just being too expensive. Good story though :) I’m sure more than enough of us would gift you a copy just to hear your thoughts on it.
The game is … Stellar.
Personal anecdote about game prices: I worked at GameStop during the PS2 transition to PS3 era where lots of people in the US complained that games went from $49 to $59.
I totally defend it. Here’s why. If you looked at old ads growing up out here we were begging our parents to buy us carts and early era CDs for $50. Some carts were actually closer to $70-80.
Developers were small teams. Production costs were within hundreds of thousands. Now days developer are studios with hundreds of people. Production costs are in the millions. Some games have bigger budgets than movies.
All these years for games to only cost this much it’s one of the few forms of media to not suffer from gnarly inflation. At least in the USA every everything goes up 150-200%.
Its no different in any country that isn't the USA. We all get price gouged for no reason by every company, Apple, Microsoft, Sony, it doesn't matter, they just add 20 to 30% for no reason. This isn't new its been happening to us in Australia for decades. The iTunes store was just insulting back in the day. Stellar Blade cost me $140(AUD). Yes it was a luxury and I don't buy new games that often.
The cost of developing these games is not going down, if people stop buying them the industry will die and we wont have them at all.
We (US) may pay less in taxes but a whole lot more in medical 🤣 ... It all washes at the end of the day, just honestly a bit surprised how soft the pound has gotten.
This is extremely true. The price of medical over here in the U.S could literally put people into bankruptcy if they aren't careful, and this is with health insurance. It's so much worse for people without medical insurance. It's gotten to the point where a lot of people in the U.S are forced to become their own doctors and try to help themselves and only go to the doctor if they have something severe that they can't take care of themselves.
@@johnpenguinthe3rd13 sounds like the UK dentistry- so many are pulling their own teeth out, than going to dentist at crazy prices thats even if you can find a dentist available
I haven't bought it either. Mind you, I don't have a machine to play it on. Wonder if there would be a PS1 demake 🤔👍
I paid $80 USD for Final Fantasy ... in 1988 (or $211 adjusted for inflation).
Single player games with no online mode are typically in the 'wait til the price drops' bin for me, with that being said, I pre-ordered the basic physical version of the game and enjoy playing it when I get a few hours to.
As far as I know the PS5 is region free, does Britain charge you extra if you buy a version of the game from a different market?
no we aren't in fact if she bought a disc from China it would cost her far less and the console itself is region free
Do you not have these games sent to you as a reviewer, early release like a lot of reviewers do?
Love the videos girl keep it up 💯
I buy all my games on sale or used. And if I don't feel like I will play the game again I will sell it when I'm done with it.😊
Regarding the price though, I recently found the box for _Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire_ on the N64 from when I bought it as a child, and I nearly shat myself when I saw the price tag left on it!😨 Adjusted for inflation and converted to euro, it was *almost €100!* 😱 (Including the 25% VAT😅) Add to that the fact that sales were a lot further apart then than they are now. Today there is _always_ something on sale, and buying indie titles (that are usually far more interesting than the bland "AAA" titles) in the digital stores are _dirt cheap._
Love these types of videos 📹 much love ❤️ 😍
I have been watching your channel for a long time and always enjoyed your content. I just liked and subscribed. I can't really help you any more, things here in Canada are tight too. Not just games but day to day items. I just got an XBOX 360 but only because it was free. Otherwise I would not have one. Thank you for you honesty in your content. I'll be watching!
NIce to see a live voiceover again, You have been so strong for us gamers, Thank you for this series.
it's the best game i've played since Elden Ring came out and I was about to give up on gaming as the last couple games that came out was just so dissapointing
I never buy games when they're released, I prefer to buy used 6+ months after they are released, I end up saving 30 to 70%
It’s incredibly interesting as to how Stellerblade has completely sold out in Japan despite Asia also being hit by such price increases. Either way, you do you and feel free to make your decisions. Thanks for this video!
Great video, LD...👍
Haha, all these sweet summer children. Folks, go ahead and look up the taxes we pay here in Brazil.
One could say, the luxuries of gracious living are more of a past time for commoners.
It's funny cause even though Americans are better off than others(by a fair margin) . Our system has been rocked. We are mostly now getting priced out of things that were deemed fun entertainment or everyday things. Everything's gone up so much except wages really. We as the US a lot live paycheck to paycheck with multiple jobs. Most of it being destroyed by rent or mortgages. It is absolutely devastating and i regret not being more conscious about saving but 2020 didnt help either
Did you play the demo? That will be enough to tell you if the game is worth $70
Hard disagree. It's an outstanding game and I haven't had this much fun playing a game in a very very long time. Y'all missing out bad.
Facts plus all content after purchase is free. No paywall no micro-transactions. People need to support these devs for gamers everywhere.
Agreed! I’m having a blast and I wasn’t so sure when I booted it up but it’s pretty great.
Hi, an American here, checking in. So, up until about a decade ago, unless you lived in certain states, you actually didn't have to pay sales tax on digital purchases or even places like Amazon or eBay (unless you resided in a state where Amazon was headquartered or had a distribution center, or where the eBay seller resided) because you weren't technically receiving a good or service with your purchase as you physically owned nothing (unless it was an Amazon or eBay purchase in which it was due to you not technically residing in the same state as them so you weren't required to pay their or your local sales tax). They passed legislature changing that when digital sales started reaching all time highs and good ol' Uncle Sam realized he wasn't getting his cut so now I get taxed the Tennessee rate of 9.75% (6% on food or other essentials) on every dollar anytime I buy a digital "good" through PSN or Microsoft Store or even if I buy something from a seller based out of your neck of the woods which, I might add, is higher than the California tax rate you mention in the video.
Edit: Noy saying we have it worse than you, just thought I should share the insight that could only come from being an American.
Edit 2: 15:05 yeah, out here the $.98 chocolate bar is $1.98 and it is 3/4 the size. Also, we may have our own oil reserves to fall back on, but that doesn't mean we use them. Gas just shot up $.30 per gallon over the course of a week.
After hearing your story i have to add an german version of it:
Here in lower saxony, next to the Harz mountain range with the folkoloristic well known Brocken mountain lays Braunschweig (Brunswick),
we did lose over the last 20 years allmost all IT stores and gaming stores, Atelco is no more, Kosatec does knowadays only B2B and has no more store in the city, we have a gamestop at the "Schloss" (the former destroyed city castle is rebuild as an mall which had destroyed allmost the store fronts of the inner city... yay!)
More to the north lays the little city of Celle, here is the dying of the inner city even worse, it is a theme all over germany, the little specialized stores and mom-and-pop-family owned little store chains did mostly die over the last 10 - 15 years and where no empty store fronts remained there are shisha-bars, handy (smartphones) stores which sell cheap accessoirs and bookmakers for betting, even whole chains of bookmakers...
The reason besides the economically degredation of not all but many citizens is naturally the online economy.
Amazon is the new imperator of the shopping since at least 15 years. Mindfactory, Alternate and Caseking should be the biggest online resellers for computer consumer tech which killed all others, even formally old and renowed chains like Conrad electronics are in a really hard and rough spot nowadays, they had to shut down their stores in Brunswick and Hannover...
Even Secondhand stores / Thrift Stores are a rare finding so no browsing through old consoles and games or music cds and DVDs... (But at least we still have 2 or 3 more or less good equiped thrift stores here - so far as i now....) Because of Ebay and "Kleinanzeigen", at least the normal citizen could cut out the middle man when he wants to thrift but it is still online.
.... All taking not in account that physical releases are dying down of course because of online sales of digital copies ... Still, you can buy at gog and get offline installers, mostly even at discount prices, but how long will gog stand before we have to pay for all games the Nintendo-prices without any discounts....
AAAND more expensive day to day living costs without any significant increase of the wages over the last 10 or 20 years... It is not alone the economy crisis, it is the profiting and milking of the citizen done by the corporations which got to new heigts over the last 5 years...
But enough rambling from a 40-something. Let us hope for the best and may the winds of change turn again in all our favours.
And sorry for my bad english and even worse pacing of not coming to the point of my thoughts.
I live in the Midwest of the US. Our food prices here haven't necessarily gone up too much since the pandemic aside from eggs and milk. What they have done here is give you 20-25% less in a package versus before for the same price. They are calling it shrinkflation. But housing has tripled in cost. A house down the street from my house is renting from some company at 3500 USD a month. We bought our house in 2007 after my wife and I got married, so we are on a low interest rate, and all that, but we pay about 1200 a month for mortgage, 170 a month for electricity, 70 a month for gas. My electricity is so high because I have 5 3d printers that run a lot. Our power costs have gone up here recently though, but not because of an increase in cost per kilowatt hour. No, they are charging more miscellaneous fees than they used to. Jumped our bill by almost 90 dollars a month. I have cut back on the quantity of printing I am doing to offset it. This whole straight dollar to whatever money conversion is devastating for other countries. This straight conversion just screws over so many parts of the world, and in countries where it would benefit them to do a straight conversion? They jack up the price astronomically to maintain their profit lines. The whole thing just reeks of a shell con game.
Hey LD, youre right about the tax being included on the listed shelf price in Aus. I was going to mention the cost of Stellar Blade here but someone's beaten me to it.
I'm solely a PC gamer now and with how expensive things are I only buy games off Steam when theyre heavily discounted.
Game seems to have become a Funko Pop shop
Liked and commenting. lol. But if you want the game (I’d love to see a full review) then I’ll buy it, I just need to know how to get it to you. I’m in “The States” and not too sure how to gift an item overseas 🧐
its cool, i bought it for you, been having a blast so far for the what couple hours i played so far
Videogame prices are insane, I do believe that $59.99 in the US was a good highest price, then they decided "Oh lets increase another $10, they will pay anyway" That is the reason why I am so comfortable gaming on PC, I dont get the physical games but I save a little money, and there are several sale events on steam during the year, which help us saving a little more.
Things are expensive everywhere
I understand where you’re coming from. Most of the time I get newer games when they go on sale. Or if it’s like stellar blade or a game I really looking forward to. Then I get it on day one. So I would just wait for a sale to buy it.
Great Stuff, as always!
I love having the option for physical. I was able to buy the game at the price I would have been able to buy new release games 15 years ago just by checking a few local retail websites, then I took it home and upgraded to the deluxe edition and still ended up paying less in total than the standard digital edition on the PS store.
When that choice inevitably gets taken from me, I'm probably exclusively going to be on PC and retro systems.
As a former Floridian, I have to say I enjoyed your Florida accent. Although, that accent is a southern US accent, more Virginia/Tennessee, or course Florida has a lot a transients, people that weren't born there. I actually grew up in Virginia, and moved to Florida, now I'm back in Virginia.
Very interesting video Lady Decade. It's nice to hear you talk about going to your local game shop and getting excited to get the game only to be disappointed by the price.
Towards the end of the video you were talking about several economic reasons why Europeans pay a lot of tax. ''Inflation'' has a lot to do with it and it's because everyone is greedy and wants to put up prices/rent/groceries etc and blame it on something that has absolutely nothing to do with it like Covid-19, climate change, Russian invasion into Ukraine and the Israel/Ghaza war.
Here in Australia we have a dud of a prime minister who is hell bent on wrecking our Australian economy, we're paying up to $800 dollars on electricity a quarter all because our government wants to exit fossil fuels, we supply our own electricity but our government says that the high prices are because of Russia's invasion into Ukraine? Australia doesn't get it's gas or power from Europe and his party keeps spending money and giving it to foreign aid instead of concentrating on getting his backyard in order first and it's driving up inflation so everyday Aussies have to pay an arm and a leg just to be able to afford things. I know you brits are having it tough but it's nothing compared to what's happening here in Australia where everything costs 3x more than it should. Australia is on the brink of bankruptcy.
Oh yea now that you mention it; I checked the price in Game ES and saw that it was 80 Euros as well, insane as it's just standard normal edition, no real extras except for the "Preorder bonus" which according to wording is just "early access" to gear; no steelbook or any artbook or anything that would be taken and considered as actual real extras from a "exclusive edition" from them
Totally agree with you. Tax takes a big chunk. Digital downloads should be cheaper. Maybe this need investigating
What value is added with that VAT? That’s crazy high!
2 bedroom in the US here. My electric bill, on it's own (I have oil heat/hot water and a gas stove/oven) was...wait for it...$493. Oil was $147 and propane was $41. That's not the worst of it though, ast least for most Americans. The real issue is taxes (Federal and State and often City/County) on your paycheck (typically 20-30%) then another 4%-12% sales tax (7% for me), gasoline (typical daily commute is 35 miles *if* I use public transportation after driving 17.5 miles to the closest bus stop, or 125 miles if I just drive myself which is the norm as I can either drive for about 35 each way or spend 3 hours bus hopping to reach my destinations), and health care. Health care and gas (and now food) are absolutely crushing Americans atm. Shitty insurance is typically around $50/wk for a single person or $150 for a family plan. A decent PPO will run you $300/wk or $600/wk for a family plan at which point you probably only have to pay the first $1K of your medical bills and another $1K in prescriptions before you can start paying $5-$50 per prescription and, idk, $25 for a regular doctor's visit and $100 or so for a specialist (podiatrist, ObGyn etc). Now if yo have a crappy HMO forget it. You might be paying the first $10K in medical care, arguing on the phone to get your insurance to cover an antibiotic that was 5 cents per pill 3 years ago that is now $23 per capsule/tablet of wich you will only have to pay $9/pill if you win the discussion and have already paid your medication deductable for the year. Wow HMO's can be a nightmare. I am so glad I ponied up for a business PPO plan for myself and my employees as it may cost more up front, but it saves a boatload of time and headaches in the long run, along with $ for most people who are over 35 and not the epitome of health. More than 1 doctors visit per year and it basically pays itself, never mind people missing less work because they actually pay to get people better as opposed to insisting on the cheapest option first, then the next option, and finally what they should have paid for from the beginning. Stupid.
Anyway, I'd rather pay more for video games. The companies typically base prices on the QOL in each country, and England is significantly ahead of the US there. Not Ireland or Sweden ahead, but a good deal in front none-the-less. Electric is also screwing people in the US atm as well. Most people are used to paying $0.05/KwH-$0.12/KwH which has essentially doubled nationwide. Then you take that (13 cents/KwH for me) and more than double it again after delivery fee (yeah, delivery fees...on electricity...ugh), state and town tax along with a national grid fee leaving it around 26 cents/KwH whereas 3 years ago we were under $0.10 after all was said and done. That may seem inexpensive to someone in Europe, but it's pretty brutal when you never had to worry about an electric bill over $100 bucks a month before. I have no clue how people get by on the median household income of $70K, which only 25% of Americans actually fall into with over half making $45K or under per household. In the midwest I guess it could work, but on the coast, especially in old mill or fishing towns that are now over 50% low income government housing, if you aren't getting those freebies from the state for not working and having kids, you're screwed. I'm having a hard time saving this year and I earn...well more than the average, specifics aren't important. Even $70 US for a game is out of reach for what I would guess is the majority of people in the US. A few times a year sure, but the days of most of us being able to grab a new game or two at or near full price every month are done.
If video game companies thought this year was starting poorly, they haven't seen anything yet. Jobs are getting more and more apt to toss people, while people are refusing to work at fast food places even if they are paying twenty bucks an hour, and are instead ignoring the credit cards they maxed out already and just paying for the essentials...and Uber eats bc cooking takes time, who cares if it is still more than 50% cheaper than eating out. The layoffs in video games are going to make the first half of this year look like it was a hiring frenzy as we lose more and more studios because people simply cannot afford to buy games, especially full price console releases. Ubisoft is high with it's current pricing structure. GTAVI will do great. FIFA, Madden, Cod etc will do fine, but more niche titles or titles without PS4 level install bases are screwed if they have the typical $200M+ dev budget. Can't wait to see how EA reacts to DragonAge: Dreadwolf. After all the pivots the game probably needs to sell 14M or so to break even (at full price) which I just don't see a possibility of, and with so many games in similar situations, it is going to be an absolute blood bath.
Tice nits
Please. Don't ruin this for us. They are a necessity for gracias living
I hope you can get it at a more reasonable price later. It's amazing and doesn't have microtransactions for its 60 something costumes..all just unlocked in game, which is so rare now. The only paid DLC being the digital deluxe stuff
This channel went from retro games to modern drama?
I was curious about your comparisons between bayonetta and stellar blade as the reaction is so strange.as well there are minutes between now and stellar blade being very affordable.
Here in Australia, to buy from our “primary game/pop culture store”, Stellar Blade is $124.95. For a pre owned copy it’s $104.
To make a comparison; Last of Us Part 1 on PS5 is also $124.95, with Part 2 Remastered being $79.95. A brand new PS5 (slim) disc console costs $799.95.
Sounds like consoles have it really bad.
Triple A games on Steam are around $90 - $110 AUD.
New games in the UK are a luxury item. £70 is food shopping money. I ended up getting FFVII Rebirth on Klarna to spread the cost. Hopefuly things get better sooner rather than later
In California you will be paying 500 dollars a month for electricity if you have pge as your provider.
Worst electricity company to EVER exist
The way you explore Stellar Blade's maps, how you pass through enemies and bosses reminds me of Darksiders 3.
In the US, our Green movement has pushed it the cost of utilities up quite a bit. It's not uncommon for utilities to reach in excess of $300/mo
3 bedroom house in Texas less than $1500 sq ft. We pay about $250 in winter to around $400 in summer.
I remember EB and Game in Colchester then the 2 game stores, then they moved it to Head street. I went recently and I could not find the store I once knew. More restaurants opening in the high street. Still down about the hub Debenhams and Virgin meg store in culver sq. Every time I go now places are either shut, moved or replaced with something else. Miss the old days of going to 6th Form there then going to game to get the latest releases.
I'm in Canada, it's pretty much the same here. I got my copy from Amazon and it was 100 bucks Canadian after shipping. Gaming is getting outrageous, I don't buy very many games brand new anymore due to the prices being so crazy. If you want to feel better about your situation, look up Trudeu's carbon tax. We are being "mugged off" as well lol
the perk of not having tax included in the price is that we notice when they change it and get a lot of pushback. wonder if we have managed to keep sales tax lower because of it.
I'm in Canada. The entire dairy section is a luxury item, never mind the latest game on the latest console.