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They didn’t understand the only reason people used it was because it was really cheap before they raised the prices. Most aren’t super hardcore and play games over a few months so it became cheaper to just buy games again. It’s stupid because they had no reason to try to make a sub model except that MBAs are morons and value recurring revenue more than just revenue in general
thats right, the average ‘gamer’ is casual. they’ll purchase a couple games per year and maybe a handful more on special.
gaming itself is a leisure activity so when other aspects of life starts getting expensive or free time is reduced then what gets dropped first is an overpriced subscription service.
Yeah they really forgot games are something I would buy on a whim during good times. Now? I’m not going to spend even $60 on a game, or a subscription, until well after any game as released to make sure it’s worth it. I’d much rather replay red dead or mass effect or Skyrim again then spend $60 on some lame boring corporate game
But if you give everyone a free trial you’ll have millions in “recurring revenue”, which you can tell your shareholders and inflate your share price.
It was great for trying out games you weren’t sure about. But I don’t wanna pay $30/month for that.
Yeah, if they made it like $10 per month and you could only rent 1 at a time that would be great. I would love a digital rental service to try out games.
I love that you’d be willing to pay $10/month to try out a game when demos (which I think should be mandatory) are free.
I remember being a kid on PS3 and playing the Just Cause 2 30min demo TO DEATH until I finally got my parents to cave and buy it for like £30 haha. Most recent example of a demo that converted me to a sale was FF7 Remake and I think Selaco would have me buying but I don’t buy early access games out of principle so I’m waiting on that one.
I grew up with blockbuster, there were many games I liked playing for a couple days and then I would be done with them. I don’t want a demo, I want to play short games or others for a bit and then get something new without paying for each game.
Piracy is the ultimate demo, you just buy it once you’re sold on the game