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Steam does what Nintendoes and Nintendon't (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Confidant6198@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.world

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[-] tiramichu@lemm.ee 239 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Steam has this crazy concept where as a game gets older, you don't have to pay as much for it as when it was new! Pretty wild, I know.

[-] Stanley_Pain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 78 points 2 weeks ago

Sometimes you don't even have to pay for games. 😇

[-] pipes@sh.itjust.works 36 points 2 weeks ago

Lemmy instance checks out

[-] HK65@sopuli.xyz 16 points 2 weeks ago

Innuendo aside, Steam has some awesome F2P titles

[-] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

And discounts, including $0 ones.

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It's not Valve that makes the decision, check how many times Factorio was on sale.

[-] Scrollone@feddit.it 4 points 2 weeks ago

I respect their integrity.

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 weeks ago

Yep. In the case of Factorio, for now at least, it's evergreen. It's priced cheaper than it probably could be honestly and it'll only get better. Likely anyone not interested with the current price tag isn't interested at all. Not going on sale means you never feel the need to wait for a sale. You just buy it when you want to.

[-] Denjin@lemmings.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Even though I bought the expansion and haven't even played a single second of it yet (factorio burn out is real). It's still the cheapest game I've ever legally acquired in terms of £/s

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip -1 points 2 weeks ago

I never agree with the $/time metric being used, but it is the easiest. I prefer (enjoyment/time)/$. If a game drags itself out just to keep me playing, I don't value that.

With that said, Factorio is great for this too. Even with the current price (which is not the price I paid), it's an amazing value. Once you consider the mods that are available, it's easily worth the price.

[-] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago

Same thing with RimWorld. They only go down like 10% because they want players who want the game for what it is, not just a cheap bargain. I respect it. A lot of love put into that game.

[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

I wonder when the next Rimworld expansion is coming, presumably not too far off by now? Curious to see what new warcrimes it adds.

[-] Blindsite@lemmy.today 14 points 2 weeks ago

GOG is cheaper. Steam does have more franchise deals though.

[-] Scrollone@feddit.it 15 points 2 weeks ago

GOG is also DRM-free and lets you download the game installer as a backup, even if they've been pushing hard for their GOG Galaxy clients as of lately.