HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 6 days agoI can't justify spending $80 on a game I won't own.imagemessage-square132linkfedilinkarrow-up1700arrow-down119file-text
arrow-up1681arrow-down1imageI can't justify spending $80 on a game I won't own.HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square132linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarearchitectlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 days agoShame actually works quite well despite what everyone’s been trying to tell us.
minus-squarebridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 days agoIn my experience, I’m the one who gets shamed for not being in walled gardens of google/apple/meta when everyone else is. Network effect is powerful
minus-squareJcbAzPx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoDoes it though? Pre-orders have been constantly shamed since the '90s and, if anything, they’re even more prevalent today without the ability to get anything physical.
minus-squareosanna@lemmy.vglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoAND the ability to have it taken away at the whim of the publisher, no refund.
Shame actually works quite well despite what everyone’s been trying to tell us.
In my experience, I’m the one who gets shamed for not being in walled gardens of google/apple/meta when everyone else is. Network effect is powerful
Does it though? Pre-orders have been constantly shamed since the '90s and, if anything, they’re even more prevalent today without the ability to get anything physical.
AND the ability to have it taken away at the whim of the publisher, no refund.