Steam

Ever since I bought the steam deck and moved away from GaaS I've actually started to dent the library. Doesn't mean I will play everything. A lot of them were once fillers on bundles and not that great, but some truly were gems.

Of course i do, it's my retirement plans. Play all the games i now have the time to :D

It's ok, I balance it out by playing some games I've never paid for.

...yet

It's really great having some unplayed stuff that I try later.

If it makes Steam stay at #1 and stimulates development of titles we respect it's worth every penny.

I'm doing my part 07... for Lord GabeN

Why you diss me in public

We've been trained to react to sales more or less, since before Steam.... but what, am I not going to get that AAA game for $8 that was $70 3 years ago? I mean it sucks balls, because all good AAA games don't go down in value - in fact, if we look at Elden Ring, GTA, RDR2, they increase in price over time.

If we had a piracy statistic, we'd probably see how much money publishers are losing at this strategy, and that the only way they can ever prevent piracy is by promoting authoritarian regimes that will take away your rights if there's as much as an R2R file on your system.

So yeah, the gaming market is dumb by default. When publishers cry their salty tears about their intellectual property being pirated, my eyes roll back into my head.

You're telling me a program you developed 8 years ago, that receives nominal updates, is still worth full asking price, even when the teams and the developers have moved on to other projects and you're not actually putting that much money into it? Gtfo here. Oh no wait, that was rude. Let me rephrase.

Awwwwww :3 piwacy owie, UwU? Maybe adjust pwicing? No? No sympathy for you, because I don't have sympathy for grifters.

I could still play them.

Is the tribute we pay for our lord and saviour GabeN

Americans waste more than $408 billion each year on food, with dairy products being the food item we toss out the most. The average American family of four throws out $1,600 a year in produce.

im doing my part

I'm doing my part! 💪

... nor own.

And I'll keep spending. You can't stop me.

It's okay since I only buy games on sale ... oh wait, that doesn't matter as they still sit unplayed. Never mind.

Sorry everyone. Ill try to do better, I promise.

And I helped

Dunno how I feel about being part of that statistic…

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/06/is-the-total-value-of-unplayed-steam-games-really-19-billion-probably-not/