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What are some items that really aren't worth paying the expensive version for? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 10 months ago by kzhe@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I saw this post and wanted to ask the opposite. What are some items that really aren't worth paying the expensive version for? Preferably more extreme or unexpected examples.

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[–] DichotoDeezNutz@lemmy.world 33 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Video games, there's thousands for free online at itch.io and even on steam.

You can always buy games discounted if you wait, and paying for microtransation games is a recipe for wasting money.

[–] sneezycat@sopuli.xyz 31 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Okay, and some are really good, like DF or CDDA or OpenTTD... But you're never going to find a free Dark Souls, a free Baldur's Gate 3 or a free Return to the Obra Dinn.

So I think it absolutely makes sense paying for quality games like those.

[–] Bazoogle@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, they did say you can buy it discounted if you wait. To me, as far as the original question goes, pre-ordering the game or buying a marked up "deluxe" version isn't worth it when you can get it a year later for 50% or more off. If you're willing to wait a few years, you can easily get them often 80% off or more, and they're often less buggy because they've been patched already. Dark Souls 3 has already gone on sale for 50% off a few times, as has Return of the Obra Dinn(never heard of this, btw), and Baldur's Gate 3 has already gone on sale for 10% off despite having been released August 3rd.

[–] sneezycat@sopuli.xyz 4 points 10 months ago

I don't know how my brain skipped over that part, but you're totally correct!

Well, to add to the OP then, don't buy always-online games either.

I love Hitman, but fuck IOI for their business model, honestly. They don't even say they're going to patch the games to fully work offline in the future, so I don't expect that to happen.

[–] peetabix@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What is DF and CDDA?

[–] ralakus@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I'm guessing Dwarf Fortress and Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Yeah I agree.

At this point you should never be in a situation where you cannot buy games that are in the genres you enjoy that are 1+ years old, as a result patched up, and on a 30%-70% sale if you're willing to wait at most a few weeks for the next sale.

And since there'll be more than 1 such game, you can always have one on backlog while waiting for the next one to go on sale. There's 0 reason to buy the buggy full-price on-release version.