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Aobhill's second paragraph sounds right from where I stand...

Also Liljugs is absolutely right about Amanita Designs, which I bet few have heard about. They're a Czech indie outfit that made an absolute gem of a point and click adventure game called Machinarium.
Smart puzzles, tight story, delightful characters and atmosphere and beautiful artwork. I can't rave enough about it

I'm still buying games and have been PC gaming since around 1993. In fact, I buy more games now than ever because there are always lots of DD games on sale so I pay a lot less now than I used to back in 1993.

A lot people it seems forget how expensive PC games were back in the early 90's. I paid $60 or more for titles like Falcon 3 and Aces of the Pacific.

AWWW...

The number of available titles, or how popular one is over another, at least for me, it a no factor when deciding to buy a PC game.

The way I see it, these days of mass market appeal, the more popular a game is, the least challenging and fulfilling experience would be for me.

And regarding the number of available titles...for some reason most games available are a derivative or a port for a game that was designed for a console. Personally, I think that also takes away from the design and technical aspects of the game. The fact that a game is available for PC, does not make it a PC game.

I forgot my own criteria when buying RAGE and BF3. I thought they would grow on me...even though they were not looking promising regarding my taste in gaming. But hey!...everybody was jumping on the wagon! Didn't like either... back to buying games AFTER release, and after several reputable reviews have been published. I will never Pre-order a game again, just to get the luxury items that often have no difference in gameplay anyway.

I do fly sims often... a few times online, but not as often as I used to. I think the technical aspects of simulation have gone through the roof, but to me the more modern sims seem sterile and have no soul. They simulate a plane to the last rivet... and all else is just scenery.

Count me in as a grumpy old fart...

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When it comes to sims, imho this is not true.
I have paid more than 200 Dollars for Rise of Flight.
Almost equally for all kinds of add-ons like scenery and planes for FS9, or X
How much does X-Plane cost b.t.w., with some standard planes ?

And don't forget that you pay for your internet connection, which is also needed for a LOT of sims to play, today. (E.g. Rise of flight)

Ego shooters are cheap, but so is their content

There are lots of good indie/budget games available for cheap and RoF is free, no one said you had to buy all the add-on planes.

Your comparison is not valid. The $60-$70 I paid for Falcon 3 and Aces of the Pacific were for the BASE games. The amount you posted for Rise of Flight and FS9, FSX is for the base game PLUS add on planes, scenery, etc.

I paid $40 for Rise of Flight: Iron Cross Edition which would put it significantly less than what I paid for flight sims 20+ years earlier so my argument stands.

I paid over $70.00 CAD for both Harpoon2 and Apache Longbow back in the early 90s. Now I won't buy a game if it is over $40.00.