aspro said:

SupremeAC said:

76.  I can't decide if that's considered a good age to go these days or not.  Seems like people in their 70's are still very active now.

What do you guys feel is a good age to go. At what point does 'he was still in his prime' becomes 'he had a good life'?

I think if you are into your late 80's you get the "he had a good life" territory.  My dear mother died prematurely at 80 of cancer, other than that loathesome disease I would not have been surpised if she made it to 115 as she was as active as I am and healthy.

I've always suspected I'd be lucky to get to 83.

Anything with a 7 in front of it seems "too young" to me.

Yeah, I agree.  As of the age of 80 society feels you're allowed to go, but they still expect you to hang in there for another 5 years or so.  Anyone above 85 did their part.

robio said:

So I'm kind of feeling like an idiot this morning. When I bought my PS5 last month it was the Astrobot bundle, and when I saw that Astrobot's playroom was already installed, I figured, "oh okay, that's the game they included". And while it was technically just a tech demo, it was an absolute goddamn delight so I was thrilled to have it.

Fast forward to this morning as I am finally getting around to throwing out the PS5 box. I did one last sweep inside to make sure there wasn't any warranty information that I should keep, and then I found it. A small quarter sheet of paper with a download code for the actual Astrobot game. I was about 5 ft away from the garbage can when I made the discovery, so I'm happy, but I'm also kind of cringing and shaking my head at myself.

And on a related observation, when I went to scratch off the download code, it took me about 5 minutes to find a coin in this house. Gone are the days when I can just open up a junk drawer or stick my hand in the couch to find a penny or quarter or whatever. Money is a changing.

Both of the download codes I got from Sony could be easily missed as an advertisement if I didn't know to look for it. I can imagine all the ones accidentally tossed out after Christmas. I'm really glad you found yours before it was tossed out. Close one.

SupremeAC said:

And did you buy that burger or did you decide to leave it at that?  High profile games have risen 33% in price from €60 to €80 over a period of 5 years, a period that has seen some of the worst inflation worldwide in history.  I don't think that's asking too much of people.

Do I feel comfortable paying €80 for a game?  I guess so, for a handfull of high profile games.  And lets all be honnest here, how many games are bought at full price anyway?  I'd argue that more so than the asking price of games, their rapid march towards the bargain bin is more problematic.  It devaluates the entire industry.

gamingeek said:


Whilst I get the tone dead nature of Randy Pitchfords quote, he's not wrong. If you've been waiting years for the next big installment of your favourite franchise to come out, you will probably scrounge up the extra cash.

True, but I think Randy is overestimating the appetite for more Borderlands.  The series piqued with BL2 and sales reflected that.  BL3 only did 70% of BL2's numbers and was not received well.  BL4 might well see a further decline and it certainly won't sell as much at €80.  As much as he likes to pretend otherwise, it's not that high profile of a game.

3 wasn't all that great.  I'll probably get around to 4 in due time, but it'll be when the inevitable 'goty' version hits €20 and I own the hardware to coop it with my bud.