"Cheap" does not mean "good value"

Opinion by Matt S. 

Thanks to the ongoing devaluation of the games industry (no, really, keep telling me how something that cost millions to make and can occupy weeks of your time is "too expensive" at $Aus100 or $US60 or whatever), we've arrived at the point where being "cheap" is a feature of a game. Indeed, over and over and over again you'll see people say in comments sections or social media posts "looks awesome - I'll wait for it to be $20," as though the quality of the game is directly related to the price it's sold at. I have thoughts on that attitude, but that's not what I'm here to talk about today. No. I'm going to talk about games that are cheap to begin with.

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