Is This the End for Cheap PC Games in India?

Podcast regulars Rishi Alwani and Mikhail Madnani join host Pranay Parab to talk about the massive price hike for PC games in India, PS4 games coming to PC, and a slightly controversial review of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

• How to buy games for cheap


• PC game price hike in India
  
  
  • Ubisoft and Warner Bros double game price
  
  
  • Possible reasons behind this
  
  
  • PC games now cost more than their console counterparts
  
  
  • Region-locking and DRM
  
  
  • Why Dota 2 and Counter-Strike are so popular in India
  
  
  • Comparing against PC game prices in China
  
  


• Mass Effect Andromeda
  
  
  • Rumoured $99 microtransactions
  
  
  • Andromeda points
  
  
  • Should $60 AAA games have microtransactions?
  
  
  • Will these add cosmetic elements or will it end up in a pay-to-win experience?
  
  
  • Which games is this model best suited to?
  
  
  • Firewatch review
  
  
  • Limited Run publishing physical copies of digital-only games
  
  


• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
  
  
  • Our review
  
  
  • Why it got 7/10
  
  
  • Weapon durability
  
  
  • Bit of a grind
  
  
  • RPGs have raised the bar
  
  
  • Expectations from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
  
  


• PS4 Games to Be Playable on PC
  
  
  • Expected launch date
  
  
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• What we’ve been playing this week
  
  
  • Nier Automata
  
  
  • Psych!
  
  
  • Disgaea 5
  
  

Music: Popular Potpourri and Path Complete from PPPPPP by Magnus “Souleye” Pålsson.