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[-] bpalmerau@aussie.zone 159 points 1 week ago

In defense of the ‘drunken sailors’ of Steam, many of the games they’ve bought are likely to still be playable for a long time, some were bought in half-yearly sales, and some were part of ‘bundles’ that were bought for a different game. The 30% also pays for the Content Delivery Network, marketing, a forum and sometimes moderation, and a genuine customer feedback mechanism. Who wouldn’t want to be part of an un-enshittified system? Fanboy? You bet. I’m not saying they can do no wrong, but they’re doing a lot right.

[-] natryamar@piefed.world 93 points 1 week ago

buying a game for 90% off sure sounds responsible to me lol

[-] epyon22@programming.dev 53 points 1 week ago

I've spent ~$1200 and have 227 games to show for it. Plus now works on almost any computer and cloud saves. Steam offers so much gonna be hard to unseat them.

[-] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

Yup. I bought The Forest for $2 a year ago and I'm sure I'll play it eventually.

[-] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

Play in VR if you can, amazing experience

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