Well, I do tend to wax sarcastic where Bethesda's game quality-control is concerned.

I think Amazon Queen is mostly correct, though, unless one considers the way they've left the PS3 versions of recent games. Or the Skyrim keyboard-remapping issues, which needed mods to fix (and seems to have recurred in Fallout4.) Or all of the quests that get broken on consoles, that are fixed by the Unofficial patches. Or...

Seriously, what I meant to say was that I feel that the games, once patched, are worth the price that I pay for them, which is lower than what others pay by buying them on release. And I'd go so far as to say that they're even worth the release price, over the long haul, given the amount of enjoyment I've gotten out of them.

But I'm still not going to pay that much, because I'm not going to be a beta-tester for a game that should be better debugged on release. Does anybody here recall dragons flying backwards? Right?

Edit: Yeah, the lip-syncing bug. I see it to a degree, but not all the time, and not as badly as some describe. Your point is taken, though.

If it is Skyrim or Fallout 4 or some other amazing type of game then I am happy to pay full price ($60). I am also happy to pay full price on indie/games that appeal to me ($10 - $15).

Usually I refuse to pay full price for games. $60 on a game is just plain overpriced. I'm willing to wait a few years until it gets marked down to $20 base price.

I usually wait for deep discounts on the Steam store (75%/80%). If you're patient with the sales you can get older premium games for ridiculously prices. For example, I recently found Deus Ex: Human Revolution on 80% sale - discounted from $20 to $4. (I actually would have ignored it because of the content rating, but one of my siblings said that it was a very good game and highly recommended. Turned out to be an excellent game mechanically, but there's a lot of crap in there that deserves to be censored.)

Oh, and Half-Life 2 for $2.50. It's still on sale on Steam if anyone's interested.

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There are a few particularly exceptional games that are worth their full price on release IMO. Some examples:
-Skyrim, because modding. (Consider that a compliment if you're reading this, Bethesda)
-Counter Spell. An amazing indie game I found a month ago. It's available on Steam at a low price. Well worth paying full price for.

I'll pay full price for a game IF it's a series that I love. Got no problems with that. Supporting things you love is how they keep existing.

I do buy things on sale that I don't really care about, but then it's more about my own greed and not about voting with my wallet.

If it's a Bethesda developed or published game I'll usually concider supporting it because they tend to make/publish products I get countless hours of enjoyment out of.

Unlike some other "Big Time" publishers, where it's the same game every year, now with added microtransaction!... ie Activision or Ubisoft.

I have 4 games already pre-ordered from this earlier year that wont be released till next year, and paying them off by release date or if i have a few extra dollars, latest Deus Ex, X Com, Mass Effect Andromeda and Cyberpunk 2077, thats it, i maybe paying full price just not on the day, and pre ordering has been the only way for me to afford games at all, i was buying steam money, till i went in to get a code a few months ago and $50.00 was $70.00 to purchase, so unless the Australian dollar makes a miraculous leap back above the U.S. dollar its not an avenue ill be taking for awhile.

People were complaining about the cost of the fallout 4 on console, one of my friends said why is the PC version so expensive, no nobody pays attention to the change in currency, our dollar svcks at the moment and it shows, whether its physical or digital.