What’re you buying?

  • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    Summer Stale.

    I miss the old sales, when games had deep discounts and the deals cycled like every 2/4/6/8 hours.

    • pyre@lemmy.world
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      5 hours ago

      consumerism is a disease. i can’t believe I’m still seeing people asking for gamified fomo bullshit.

      • EddoWagt@feddit.nl
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        4 hours ago

        The periodic sale is already driving up the consumerism enough for me, I really don’t need to buy more games, but I want to

      • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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        3 hours ago

        “WAH, WAH, HOW DARE PEOPLE LAMENT THE FACT THAT THEY USED TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE ONLY ESCAPE FROM THE HELL THAT IS REALITY!”

    • dogs0n@sh.itjust.works
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      13 hours ago

      Yeah idk if its nostalgia or wut.

      In my head, the sales were much deeper like you say, but I could be wrong.

      I also miss when the sale would start and there’d be a minigame or some type of event. They’ve really been streamlining a lot of stuff though I think to reduce network traffic maybe, or maybe they haven’t had the time for events when they are redesigning their whole client and steamos and stuff.

      • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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        3 hours ago

        discounts were much deeper. because devs/publishers were more willing to give a 90% discount to their newer games if it was for 2/4 hours.

        • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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          3 hours ago

          they were easy to get if the game was a scam or if you had serious unresolvable technical issues, but not so easy if you just impulse bought a game and regretted it.

          Australia sued Valve due to their refund policy and Valve changed the refund policy to what it is today.

        • CaptPretentious@lemmy.world
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          9 hours ago

          Well, the refund policy has only existed 10 years now. Well in it’s current form. Previously refunds were much harder to get.

      • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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        17 hours ago

        I’ve only had 3 refunds.

        2 on the old system, 1 on the new system.

        All were accepted and refunded, because all were for technical issues that made them literally, factually unplayable… and probably because in 10 years of steam I’ve only had 3 refunds.

        So Yes, because it wouldnt change anything for me.

      • HiddenLychee@lemmy.world
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        17 hours ago

        Yes because by the time I actually get passed the character creator or the introduction I’ve usually already used up my time