Last week I paid less money than that, in CAD, for a physical copy of No Man’s Sky on Switch. All content included, no DLC, no microtransactions, no subscription, just all in one package.

And it’s the most wonderful game I’ve ever played. I love that I’m not some meathead space marine blowing up everything that moves. It’s more like I’m a stranded Starfleet officer on the other side of the universe, applying their scientific and diplomatic talents to solving mysteries and exploring their new galaxy, whose first instinct is to reach for a tricorder instead of a phaser. This is the video game that I’d dreamed about since I was a child watching the adventures of the crew of the Enterprise-D.