I have a few friends who will typically opt out of buying a new game until the hype and price drops to save themselves some considerable money. It’s a great strategy, that’s for sure, but it misses out on one of the best reasons to pick up a multiplayer game upon release: the shared conversation and the most active period for the community.
Since I installed StarCraft 2 a few weeks ago I have played games and reconnected with at least seven or eight friends I haven’t talked to in years. These are guys who I’d otherwise never get a chance to see, talk to, or play games with because we’re all too busy doing our own thing. The Gamers With Jobs folks like to mention “being a part of the conversation” as the motivation behind buying certain games. It’s not the best reasoning to buy a game, but it’s not the worst either.
I fully understand budget concerns when buying new games, but I also think that there’s nothing like being there for the beginning with everyone else in the world.
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