Steam sales seem great until you realize before steam we owned Physical copies that also went on sale sometimes and didn’t do the roller coaster of 5 year old game still $50 but on sale is $10, the price it should actually be given how old it is.
I don’t ever recall new copies of physical games being widely available for a tiny fraction of their RRP. Sure you could get more second hand games, but they’re nowhere near as readily available.
Rereleased cheaper games were a thing but adjusted for inflation they’d still be very expensive compared to now. I remember buying them for ~£10 which is about £18.50 now. These days they’re generally much cheaper and don’t need manual patching or media. I never got my copy of GTA 2 back!
Steam sales seem great until you realize before steam we owned Physical copies that also went on sale sometimes and didn’t do the roller coaster of 5 year old game still $50 but on sale is $10, the price it should actually be given how old it is.
I don’t ever recall new copies of physical games being widely available for a tiny fraction of their RRP. Sure you could get more second hand games, but they’re nowhere near as readily available.
Rereleased cheaper games were a thing but adjusted for inflation they’d still be very expensive compared to now. I remember buying them for ~£10 which is about £18.50 now. These days they’re generally much cheaper and don’t need manual patching or media. I never got my copy of GTA 2 back!
Fucking physical is a lost love.