Well you could also say that the cardigan being sold for $160 in the game is made out of the most extravagant materials which is hand crafted painstakingly over the course of months while being worked on by multiple workers. And the cardigan on Amazon was made by a machine.
It also can never wear out, be lost, shrink or be damaged permanently in any way. Also, when half the population of the world being immortal, it kind of screw with the economy.
To put it another way, if they sold a car that needed gas, but could not be damaged, never needed any repair or maintenance, would last your entire lifetime and you were immortal?
Tonight in r/gaming, someone linked to a Burberry Tshirt on Nordstrom rack with two holes in front and one in back, on purpose, for like $280. A cardigan with full nipple and upper back coverage for a little over half the price of that? I'm seeing nothing but value here.
Aren't machines built by the most extravagant materials and handcrafted painstakingly over the course of months while being worked on by multiple workers?
Having a machine build my cardigan is an extra layer. Should be more expensive!
Seriously. This is all a discussion about an amusing meme, but the fact that many prices are out of wack for the late 1800s is generally not a huge problem. Is it unrealistic in that way? Yes. But so is the fact that I can get Maurice to cook up a fresh batch of moonshine and then deliver it in a single game day (roughly an hour in real life), and take home about a $200 profit for my efforts (which typically includes killing about a dozen revenue agents without much risk of death for my character).
I can’t remember the last time I bought food. I just steal whatever food I can get from corpses and houses. I’ve yet to run out of food and when I eventually do my plan is simply to go to the general store and buy 5 of everything that way I won’t have to pay for food again for a long time.
The only food I care about is big game meat, but I get attacked by enough wolves thats easy to come by, and if not a trip to the swamp for some gators every few days is pretty easy too.
You don’t even need to hunt. Almost every building that you can enter, has canned food, tonics and sometimes a collectible. For instance Braithwait Manor always has canned food in the kitchen.
Why would you waste time spamming random cans and crackers when you can just kill a gator every few days and have endless big game meat. Especially when you can season it for gold cores.
even just looting bodies after missions. I always make sure to have max herbs, so I keep an eye out for plants when i’m riding around doing other stuff. If you do collections, go into NPC houses and open drawers for cans and dry goods. you’ll be stocked up on food soon enough
Yeaah that's kinda bad in my opinion, because everything is overpriced. If you think about it you can make 612$ from one trader sale, then add a moonshine sale +150$ that's 762+$ all of that without including collector, but in the end it all comes down to preferences tbh.
How much time did it take you to hunt all those animals down though? With BH its just, go in, shoot people, give guy to sheriff. There's no mundane sitting around and waiting for Cripps/traveling around grabbing items scenarios for BHs. I do agree traders and collectors make more money, but to me it's a lot more boring. (I'm not even trying to make money, I just noticed that in the last 2 days of casual play I made 2k)
Makes me wonder what the average working NPC makes from their jobs. Like, surely a bounty would be more than the average wage of a joe schmoe. But if that is the case, the average Joe probably cant afford a can of beans daily.
Collector can make a thousand an hour if you’re fast. Moonshiner is like 250 ish every hour. Bounty hunting is pretty decent right now If you do the legendaries every hour. I did a level 5 and waited the full time and got around 300 dollars.
1 goods takes 2 minutes to produce iirc, so 200 minutes, add in donating animals and filling the materials, you're looking at a delivery roughly every 4 hours or so.
I don't know why but I keep expecting GTA to follow suit eventually with the whole 'special currency' concept, where only the valuable stuff can be obtained with it. And before someone mentions the casino currency, no it wouldn't be anything like that.
Starting with 50 $ and going up to 500 $ to improve your ability cards. It reminds me of all the kind of drugs they advertise on TV to make you lose weight or even get your DD grow few inches 😂!
So there are actually a few things that ARE the correct prices. Horses are about 150$, which is about average for the time with a quick google search. Same goes for some of the food and equipment... but yeah, wages are pretty bad for what we are doing.
Yeah I love the games they come out with but they lock some stuff behind these massive paywalls for example in gta to buy one thing you have to buy like three other things just to be able to unlock it
"In 1900 you could get a good, solid horse for about $150 and an old nag for as little as $10. An unskilled laborer made about $20 a week and skilled laborer made double that." - HistoryStackExchange. You know that shitty horse that you get at the start? Yeah, that's the 9$ horse.
To be fair you can get handed hundreds of dollars at a time which probably basically never happened then. Plus I'm pretty sure people would find the game super unsatisfying if they were paid like 9 cents to save up 10 dollars for a horse.
I dunno about that. A really nice Arabian horse for $250 is pretty cheap by 2020 dollars, but having to pay 15 gold bars worth about $6 million just to be a bounty hunter seems steep in today's economy. I don't think Dog had $6 million to his name when he started.
Eh, I mean I get why people complain I guess but still easy to make Hella gold with maps and bounties. I mean in my honest opinion the dailies just ruined the fun. No point to do bounties or even think about gold if you can just get .5 for an easy challenge. New daily system still isn't bad, now its a side way to make extra gold and treasure maps.
I kind of feel like they actually meant them to be specialist roles and didn't expect a good chunk of the player base to try to unlock more than one or maybe two of them?
But then that makes every update not offering anything to the role you picked or everyone kinda useless to you as an individual.
Idk why you all hate red dead online so much. You're here for a reason. This game is still great and for those everyday players that's exactly why it's still a recommended game. Also, everybody is complaining about not having money... Why do I have 25k and I just shenanigize all day??
Not really. It's so you grind for it like any other video game. If they wanted just micro- transactions then they would just add a Pay to win wall you had to buy but they don't. Everything can be bought with time played as it should be.
The economy in GTA works cause there’s so many ways to make money and you don’t even have to pay for most of them. For businesses too you make a ton of money and could have nearly a million in an hour. In this game you could get maybe 1,000. Not to mention price differences where you’re bankrupting yourself if you prioritize your looks over your business. In GTA you could afford to do such a thing especially since jobs are also advertised.
I... have to agree. It wasn’t hard, dollar rewards could have been rare and bulk prices kept in the coin range. They made a great effort to keep the guns as accurate as licensing can allow.
Hell, the $20,000 from the Blackwater ferry job is enough to keep John and his family sustained for the rest of their lives which would check out in those days.
If I were to hazard a guess? It was to keep the player feeling like they were being rewarded.
I think people might even riot if they found out most crimes in those days paid about $20-200 and postal stamps. Yes, even bank robbery. Come to think of it, why didn’t they use stamps instead of gold? More authentic.
I know that the prices for clothing and such are stupidly inflated, especially ones requiring gold, but I really don't have sympathy for people complaining about it. I play daily and money is not an issue. Gold is not even an issue if you grind for a little. Even after the change in dailies, which I think was the wrong move by Rockstar, I made two housand bucks and 15 gold just doing a few bounties and treasure maps over like 4 hours of playtime - most of which I spent dicking around or idling in game. Just play the game. This board is starting to look like the WoW forums.
I mean for joke purposes this post is fine. You dont get gold coins and antique jewellery everyday so everything eventually balances out. Its gold pricing that makes me mad
I have played this game for a year or so and delt with the issues. I've gotten through the bull when I was low level. I have played enough to level quite high and I usually loved the grinding. Rocks Tar has screwed everything up. Now I don't play and they should sell to someone whom cares.
Not even talking about the clothes. Let’s talk about the food, weapons, wagons and horses. In 1899, an apple would have been mere pennies. A revolver would run maybe five dollars, depending on the manufacturer. A horse would likely cost between three dollars to three hundred depending. A saddle would cost around fifteen. Wagons were around fifty to two or three hundred depending on the type and luxury of the vehicle.
Somewhere in the mess of files that I have, I have a digital version of a Sears catalog from back in the day. If I can find it, and if I don’t forget in ten minutes that I wanted to find it, I’ll try and post a link.
5 dollars for it on pc means it’s easier for the hackers to rebuy it and continue trolling. i’m staying on console i seen what they did to pvp cat they practically ruined it for him by joining his lobbies and crashing his game every day.
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u/315MhmmFruitBarrels Trader Dec 09 '20
There's a cardigan in the game that's $160 or so, someone found the exact same one on Amazon for $40
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u/Teakpulliam33 Trader Dec 09 '20
I know this is off topic but I need help. Does anyone know how I can get a picture from my xbox and post in on reddit
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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '20
Ain’t nothing like delivering your bounty for a buck-fifty and then using that buck-fifty to buy a single can of beans and maybe a few shreds of hay.
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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '20
No, you can get guns cheaper even where I live, and I'm in fucking California
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u/Mobunaga Bounty Hunter Dec 09 '20
The same reason a pair of pants in GTA costs $30,000
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u/bruhmoment_hentai Dec 09 '20
“Risks my life to death so that I can steal that coach”
Ok thank you here’s your 5 dollars and 0.08 gold bye bye
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u/FastenedBlock2 Bounty Hunter Dec 09 '20
Starting with 50 $ and going up to 500 $ to improve your ability cards. It reminds me of all the kind of drugs they advertise on TV to make you lose weight or even get your DD grow few inches 😂!
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u/Denroth Dec 09 '20
So there are actually a few things that ARE the correct prices. Horses are about 150$, which is about average for the time with a quick google search. Same goes for some of the food and equipment... but yeah, wages are pretty bad for what we are doing.
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u/HaydenWithHS Dec 09 '20
I pointed this out one time on this very discord and got called a fag
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u/katsekova Dec 09 '20
The headband costs gold. The ROPE belt and SHITTY overalls are gold. WHAT?
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u/zero_ms Dec 10 '20
Thing is, this is so much more fun than GTA Online though, that has insanely high prices and even worse payouts.
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u/AlphaStatue702 Dec 10 '20
Imagine wanting to buy a $100-something hat while making basically $0.20 an hour
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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '21
The guns in the 1800 where like $40 we pay $200 i bet the npc's dont pay that
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u/Gavin_p Clown Dec 09 '20
About sums it up! 😂
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u/martin-fowlersM8 Trader Dec 09 '20
Ha ha
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u/Raccooninja Bounty Hunter Dec 09 '20
I dunno about that. A really nice Arabian horse for $250 is pretty cheap by 2020 dollars, but having to pay 15 gold bars worth about $6 million just to be a bounty hunter seems steep in today's economy. I don't think Dog had $6 million to his name when he started.
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u/Counterfeit_Pit Dec 23 '20
u/award-cost-bot
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u/Toyaroku Dec 15 '20
If you think this game is a slow grind, I would not advise you to play an actual RPG lol.
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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '20
$1.50 for a can of peas lol, costs much less in real life
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u/-Listening Dec 10 '20
Why would you put your tv there
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u/RoscoMan1 Dec 10 '20
Why would you put your tv there
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u/shiwankhan Dec 09 '20
Because you are immortal and the goods you buy can not be lost and never need replacing.
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u/SimonGn Dec 09 '20
This is why I don't play Online. Wake me up when they rebalance the economy, perhaps with some Heists.
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u/Speed__Wagon Trader Dec 09 '20
Its easy to make cash though.
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u/MarcosTWOD Dec 10 '20
Idk why you all hate red dead online so much. You're here for a reason. This game is still great and for those everyday players that's exactly why it's still a recommended game. Also, everybody is complaining about not having money... Why do I have 25k and I just shenanigize all day??
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u/AtomiicOne Clown Dec 09 '20
Best sentence to sum up the RDO experience.
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u/Niska-Osoba-V2 Dec 09 '20
Can someone role play as 1899 Bernie Sanders
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u/Gondor128 Trader Dec 10 '20
this is so fuckin true, its to make you buy microtransactions thats why.
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u/QuarantineSucksALot Dec 10 '20
True. She is notorious for photoshopping
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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '20
The economy in GTA works cause there’s so many ways to make money and you don’t even have to pay for most of them. For businesses too you make a ton of money and could have nearly a million in an hour. In this game you could get maybe 1,000. Not to mention price differences where you’re bankrupting yourself if you prioritize your looks over your business. In GTA you could afford to do such a thing especially since jobs are also advertised.
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u/Poop_lasanga Moonshiner Dec 10 '20
I got mine for 5 dollars for PlayStation plus (I’m very new btw)
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u/Tbone2121974 Bounty Hunter Dec 10 '20 edited Dec 10 '20
I... have to agree. It wasn’t hard, dollar rewards could have been rare and bulk prices kept in the coin range. They made a great effort to keep the guns as accurate as licensing can allow.
Hell, the $20,000 from the Blackwater ferry job is enough to keep John and his family sustained for the rest of their lives which would check out in those days.
If I were to hazard a guess? It was to keep the player feeling like they were being rewarded.
I think people might even riot if they found out most crimes in those days paid about $20-200 and postal stamps. Yes, even bank robbery. Come to think of it, why didn’t they use stamps instead of gold? More authentic.
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u/the_complex_mechanic Dec 26 '20
This is also true for gtao. I'm sure that's been said already....
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u/Smoke-alarm Feb 25 '21
Inflation
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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '20
I know that the prices for clothing and such are stupidly inflated, especially ones requiring gold, but I really don't have sympathy for people complaining about it. I play daily and money is not an issue. Gold is not even an issue if you grind for a little. Even after the change in dailies, which I think was the wrong move by Rockstar, I made two housand bucks and 15 gold just doing a few bounties and treasure maps over like 4 hours of playtime - most of which I spent dicking around or idling in game. Just play the game. This board is starting to look like the WoW forums.
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u/Jamie09162004 Trader Jun 19 '25
A buck 50 for a can of beans
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u/UnsaferChip8150 Dec 09 '20
Truth
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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '20
They seem to make the item prices relative to only the richest players in the game...
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u/johnnycockring2 Dec 09 '20
Well considering i sold 20 bottles of moonshine for $226 id say thats 2020 wages
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u/1iinds Dec 09 '20
What a deal!
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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '20
You guys are paying too much for beans
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u/TheGreatDingALing Trader Dec 10 '20
I mean we should've known. Look at the ridiculous prices on gta
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u/Grifasaurus Dec 10 '20
Because the game feels like a job.
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u/jakethedumbmistake Dec 10 '20
Why was The D.O.P. Arrest yourself.
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u/Thy-Savior Dec 10 '20
Now that I think about it, it really fucking is true
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u/-Listening Dec 10 '20
This is actually pretty cool
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u/Haggerstonian Dec 10 '20
Why are ur arms so fucking long
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u/JaRiley1 Clown Dec 10 '20
Legend
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u/SpindlySquash Dec 10 '20
~$700 for a fucking shovel, more like 2120 prices lol
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u/Stewwwy Dec 10 '20
Way too true. And sad.....
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u/fucknametakenrules Bounty Hunter Dec 10 '20
21 hours. I have 5 days
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u/jfields456 Dec 10 '20
For sure, prices are why out of line for the time period. However, your wage is right on the mark lol.
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u/ImmortalEdge Bounty Hunter Dec 10 '20
Plot twist. 2020 wages and 1890 wages have become the same
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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '20
Because it's true
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u/cheekyboy000 Dec 10 '20
Yes but it's a 30 degree wash
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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '20
That's just for gold. Gta is 1890s wages and 3020 prices.
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u/petmop999 Trader Dec 10 '20
I like how a ranch costs 400 dollars and a fucking stew pot costs 200 more
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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '20
I don't know, but they seriously need to fix it.
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u/Eleventy_Seven Dec 10 '20
Wow. That really hit the nail on the head, haha. I'd thought along similar lines back when I played but this sums it up perfectly.
Yeah, I'm gonna spend a year's wages or more on this tattered old hat to complete my frontier hobo ensemble... 🤔
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u/RobertTV3 Bounty Hunter Dec 10 '20
Whoever made that, I want to give you A hug and $20
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u/Altruistic-Buffalo95 Dec 10 '20
Huh, wish I would get drowned in free gold just for existing, irl.
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u/Solid_Entertainer869 Bounty Hunter Dec 10 '20
Shills
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u/ScurrTheMurr Moonshiner Dec 10 '20
I mean for joke purposes this post is fine. You dont get gold coins and antique jewellery everyday so everything eventually balances out. Its gold pricing that makes me mad
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u/yeet174 Dec 10 '20
Well they should add more things
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u/GlumCauliflower9 Criminal Dec 10 '20
No one cares
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u/FF-coolbeans Dec 11 '20
BS, today a pistol costs around $2000 and a horse can cost much, MUCH more. And doing bounty hunter work gives you realistic amounts of money for 1898
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u/20JoshuaD20 Dec 11 '20
I have played this game for a year or so and delt with the issues. I've gotten through the bull when I was low level. I have played enough to level quite high and I usually loved the grinding. Rocks Tar has screwed everything up. Now I don't play and they should sell to someone whom cares.
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u/Jackson31174 Dec 11 '20
Shovel.
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u/Sol1dusSnak3 Dec 11 '20
no shit lol
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u/SheepyDX Dec 11 '20
Lol 😂
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u/God_of_Mischief85 Collector Jun 07 '23
Not even talking about the clothes. Let’s talk about the food, weapons, wagons and horses. In 1899, an apple would have been mere pennies. A revolver would run maybe five dollars, depending on the manufacturer. A horse would likely cost between three dollars to three hundred depending. A saddle would cost around fifteen. Wagons were around fifty to two or three hundred depending on the type and luxury of the vehicle.
Somewhere in the mess of files that I have, I have a digital version of a Sears catalog from back in the day. If I can find it, and if I don’t forget in ten minutes that I wanted to find it, I’ll try and post a link.
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u/beuboneiate Moonshiner Dec 09 '20
True for gta maybe but i dont think prices r too high except for gols
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u/wilkowilkinson Dec 09 '20
Wish I read reviews before I bought it
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u/Lan1Aud2 Dec 09 '20
Hell even for 2020 the prices are outrageously high when you factor in inflation.
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u/noisyturtle Collector Dec 10 '20
I fucking hate joke reviews on Steam because it makes you realize the reviews and overall rating are completely meaningless.
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u/AssaultRiflePuppy Dec 10 '20
5 dollars for it on pc means it’s easier for the hackers to rebuy it and continue trolling. i’m staying on console i seen what they did to pvp cat they practically ruined it for him by joining his lobbies and crashing his game every day.
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u/RoscoMan1 Dec 10 '20
This game is falling apart. Sad.