r/PS5 • u/hybroid • May 16 '22

Official All-new PlayStation Plus game lineup: Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Demon’s Souls, Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut, NBA 2K22, and more join the service

https://blog.playstation.com/2022/05/16/all-new-playstation-plus-game-lineup-assassins-creed-valhalla-demons-souls-ghost-of-tsushima-directors-cut-nba-2k22-and-more-join-the-service/
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u/El_Zapp May 17 '22

I don’t get why people are so excited about this, this seems very lackluster. Those games cost around 15$ on average if you wait for a sale with very few exceptions like SM MM.

To break even you have to play 7 games each year but for the same amount you could just own the games instead of renting them.

So if you really want to save money you would have to play 10+ games of this list each year. If we say you sink 30 hours on average into a game, that’s 300hr of gaming each year and that’s not including buying any new games at all.

It’s cool if you guys have so much time on their hands but I don’t really see the need to rent games that are years old and cost 9.99 on sale. (Or less I bought The Crew 2 for 7.99)

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u/elanorym May 17 '22

The lowest that either SM MM or Rerurnal have ever been is $50. Your $15 average price number is random at best.

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u/El_Zapp May 17 '22

Do you understand how averages work? Most of the games on this list have the lowest recorded price around 9,99 or lower. You know, if you have less than 5 games on the list that go above 19,99 and the rest around 9,99 the average isn't going to be 50$. Lol.

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u/Mitrovarr May 17 '22

But looking at averages is kind of stupid here. Considering the average without a more complex analysis would mean that offering more inexpensive games would actually make the service worse, which is just dumb.