The problem with "game bundles" is that you don't actually get any games physical or otherwise. Just a steam code -- so steam can spy on you and use their DRM to control you.
Or maybe get games that don't go online. I mean, that's not a big requirement considering that that's how games originally worked. It requires less coding, so it's cheaper as well.
Not helpful when most newer games require online connectivity.
It's like saying "well just get a car without computers if you dont like them", "Just get a plasma TV if you dont like LCD:, "Just buy incandescent bulbs if you dont like LEDs", ece. . That doesnt help when nobody makes them anymore.
Truthfully, I haven't tried to get enough modern games to tell how this state of affairs is. Moreover, modern games don't even make it clear if they require a network connection. Take, Star Citizen. It doesn't have a network connection as one of the requirements, but doesn't Steam, the platform which it runs off of require a online access? So then, by proxy the game would have to as well.
There's also gog's website if you don't want to use Steam. Granted, they don't have the same selection that Steam does, but they still offer quite a few games and if those games don't require online access then you don't have to worry about the network connection requirement by proxy situation, mentioned above, with Steam.
There are plenty of smaller producers, some of which I've recently acquired games from, that do not require online access save to download the game. Granted, these are just small groups of people or one person making the game, but still, these are games.
You can change the Steam client to work in "off-line" mode, it just doesn't update your playing stats for games to Steam which doesn't bother me at all for the games I play in single player mode.
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meacupla - Thursday, January 18, 2024 - link
I'm sure they could lower the prices even further if GDDR prices didn't skyrocketnandnandnand - Thursday, January 18, 2024 - link
$750 is what it should have cost at launch, luckily street pricing is already below that.Threska - Thursday, January 18, 2024 - link
"Though in practice, it would be surprising to see card prices rebound – at least so long as we don't get a new crypto boom or the like."AI boom.
ballsystemlord - Thursday, January 18, 2024 - link
The problem with "game bundles" is that you don't actually get any games physical or otherwise. Just a steam code -- so steam can spy on you and use their DRM to control you.Yalg - Friday, January 19, 2024 - link
They wasting a lot of money spying on me.Papaspud - Friday, January 19, 2024 - link
If you are worried about being spied on playing games= unplug your PC and step away slowly...it is out to get you.ballsystemlord - Friday, January 19, 2024 - link
Or maybe get games that don't go online. I mean, that's not a big requirement considering that that's how games originally worked. It requires less coding, so it's cheaper as well.TheinsanegamerN - Monday, January 22, 2024 - link
Not helpful when most newer games require online connectivity.It's like saying "well just get a car without computers if you dont like them", "Just get a plasma TV if you dont like LCD:, "Just buy incandescent bulbs if you dont like LEDs", ece. . That doesnt help when nobody makes them anymore.
ballsystemlord - Tuesday, January 23, 2024 - link
Truthfully, I haven't tried to get enough modern games to tell how this state of affairs is. Moreover, modern games don't even make it clear if they require a network connection. Take, Star Citizen. It doesn't have a network connection as one of the requirements, but doesn't Steam, the platform which it runs off of require a online access? So then, by proxy the game would have to as well.There's also gog's website if you don't want to use Steam. Granted, they don't have the same selection that Steam does, but they still offer quite a few games and if those games don't require online access then you don't have to worry about the network connection requirement by proxy situation, mentioned above, with Steam.
There are plenty of smaller producers, some of which I've recently acquired games from, that do not require online access save to download the game. Granted, these are just small groups of people or one person making the game, but still, these are games.
Freeb!rd - Friday, January 26, 2024 - link
You can change the Steam client to work in "off-line" mode, it just doesn't update your playing stats for games to Steam which doesn't bother me at all for the games I play in single player mode.PeachNCream - Thursday, January 18, 2024 - link
That thing looks like it wastes a lot of electrical energy.