Cervantes
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Post by Cervantes on Aug 11, 2017 15:56:39 GMT
An absurdly great video explaining how big publishers are completely avoiding paying taxes while, at the same time, lowering the budgets of their games and their number of employees/employee benefits:
Yeah, I definitely wouldn't pay 100$ for a game from a company like those.
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dschult3
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Post by dschult3 on Aug 11, 2017 21:18:21 GMT
Yeah, I definitely wouldn't pay $100 for a game from a company like those. Oh, definitely me either. I am more or less bringing up the idea that you could get a game without DLC packs or pay to play games which make you pay to move on or upgrade. In the video, they made an example of Breath of the Wild. I would have loved to have bought the entire game for $100 without playing around with DLC or Amiibos. A more severe case is in the link below. It can cost as much as $3,000 for every DLC pack in the game they are talking about. One Game's DLC Costs $3000 (And That's On Sale) |
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Dan E. Kool
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Post by Dan E. Kool on Aug 11, 2017 22:35:21 GMT
An absurdly great video explaining how big publishers are completely avoiding paying taxes while, at the same time, lowering the budgets of their games and their number of employees/employee benefits: I wish I could say I'm surprised. Corporate taxes are very high in the U.S. Over 30% on a federal level, plus state taxes on top. You'd have to be an idiot to give more than a third of your profits to the government, especially when it has such a poor track record of spending money wisely. |
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dschult3
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Post by dschult3 on May 22, 2021 15:23:27 GMT
This conversation came up again in my household ever since my son has entered the modern gaming world. At 10, he loves Super Smash Bros. The DLC isn't outrageous as we mentioned 4 years ago, and I understand that the new characters added every few months keeps the game fresh. I've come to accept the season pass model; however, I haven't changed my stance which Balder said similarly years ago. A game should be complete when purchased. DLC should only add content, not unlock it.
(By the way, Smash is massive without DLC. Please don't get me wrong here. I'm thoroughly impressed with what you get in that game. My son has been working oddball chores to make some cash to pay for the DLC on his own, and lo and behold, this 4 year old conversation came up with the family.)
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Balder
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Post by Balder on May 23, 2021 2:11:21 GMT
This conversation came up again in my household ever since my son has entered the modern gaming world. At 10, he loves Super Smash Bros. The DLC isn't outrageous as we mentioned 4 years ago, and I understand that the new characters added every few months keeps the game fresh. I've come to accept the season pass model; however, I haven't changed my stance which Balder said similarly years ago. A game should be complete when purchased. DLC should only add content, not unlock it.
(By the way, Smash is massive without DLC. Please don't get me wrong here. I'm thoroughly impressed with what you get in that game. My son has been working oddball chores to make some cash to pay for the DLC on his own, and lo and behold, this 4 year old conversation came up with the family.)
The fun thing about people resurrecting old threads like this is that I get to go back and read the conversation all over again like it's a new experience. I don't remember what I wrote. Sometimes I agree with my old self like here, and sometimes I'm not in total agreement, and it's fun to see that growth.
It's great that your son is getting into video games as a passion. I remember too working odd jobs for my extended family to get spendable cash to buy games. It's literally the reason why I'm on ClassicGameRoom as I researched which retro console to get first, which ended up being the Atari 2600 after discovering Mark from CGR. I mean, the guy should be a salesman, he had me sold on that 2600 over any Nintendo product.
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