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ABI-DOS is now free forever (store.steampowered.com)

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[-] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

Is this a Stargate reference?

[-] brsrklf@jlai.lu 27 points 3 months ago

Abydos was a real place in ancient Egypt, the Stargate planet takes its name from it.

[-] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 3 months ago

I thought it was an Adidas reference, based on the logo.

[-] Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 3 months ago

I paid a dollar for this two weeks ago

Worth it

[-] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 3 months ago

Heh I know that feeling, I bought CS:GO before it became free to play.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Same, but with Rocket League.

[-] simple@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

This seems up my alley, thanks for the heads up

[+] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca -21 points 3 months ago

Interesting that the dev decided to make the game free after a month. They announced that they'd rather have more people play the game even if it doesn't make money. While that's nice, some people actually did pay for the game. I hope they get the option of receiving a refund if they'd like.

[-] Anahkiasen@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 3 months ago

I mean if you liked the game and enjoyed the developper's work I feel like that's worth paying them a coffee unless you truly hated it 😅

[-] brsrklf@jlai.lu 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yeah, I expect it's a bit of trouble for the dev to refund stuff too. I can understand doing it if you've got something to complain about, but having paid like 8 bucks one month ago for a game that's now free is really not worth the trouble IMO.

Even less so if you actually enjoyed the game.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

I've only refunded one game, and that's because it literally went into a bundle the next week, where the bundle was half the game's sale price. And even then, I still feel kinda bad about it.

The game becoming free is a good thing and in no way changes the value for people who already bought it.

[-] adam_y@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

That's not how money works.

Those people bought it at an agreed value with the information present at the time. Why would they receive a refund?

If that was the case, if you bought something that went on sale next month, does that mean you are entitled to a refund? And if so, what is the cut off date for that?

[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca -5 points 3 months ago

if you bought something that went on sale next month, does that mean you are entitled to a refund?

Steam literally gives refunds if you buy something and then it goes on sale.

[-] adam_y@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Sort of. Steam offers refunds for any reason. They use that phrase on their FAQ.

But if you already knew that, why did you bother with the first comment?

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