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[-] Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Another slow news day, huh?

Looked at the article, it's even worse. Another great job, making a dumb article from a reddit post.

[-] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 weeks ago

Like the article in this post! Apparently Valve updating a game's deck compatibility rating is "VaLvE hAs SeCrEt AgENdA!"

[-] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago

Well, yeah, that's about right.

[-] overload@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yikes that's an order of magnitude above me and I thought I was bad. Over what time period?

[-] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Just shy of 20 years. What's worse is that in the last few years I've been buying almost exclusively from 3rd party sites like HumbleBundle, so it should be much higher. My steamDB page tells a very different story...

[-] overload@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Wow, over that period of time that's reasonable for an enthusiast I would think. Mine (about 1000 USD plus that again from key resellers) is since I started mainly playing PC in 2017. I think the average game cost meant that the spend hasn't lowered, but the size of collection has ballooned. Hardware costs are probably the greater spend in PC gaming (maybe not for your collection!)

[-] chuso@fedia.io 15 points 2 weeks ago

The article only mentions how to get the info from the desktop client, but it's also available on the website. Here's the direct link: https://help.steampowered.com/en/accountdata/AccountSpend

[-] UnderFreyja@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 weeks ago

Back in the day, I realized I had a problem with lootboxes thanks to this page.

[-] Schmuppes@lemmy.today 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

630 USD for me, but I almost never purchase full price games and a lot of my Steam library games was purchased on those non-shady game key stores.

[-] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

Can't sniff at a good Humble Bundle

[-] Schmuppes@lemmy.today 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
[-] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

True true. I've had similar experience with gg.deals as well, I just name HB for their loud rise about a decade ago.

By the way, for whatever reason, your link to ITAD is trying to point to a Lemmy community so it doesn't work. Not on my end, at least. I've just run into the same problem when linking GGD so I think you have to include the https for it to work.

[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

This just in: hobby people have had for basically their entire life has big number!!

[-] alphabethunter@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

1230 USD in about 10 years of service. I'd be interested to know my total playtime on steam now to see how much per hour I am paying.

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 weeks ago

Looks like about 100 bucks a year, and more of that was in the early days of my account when I used to get sucked into sales (which also used to have those crazy huge discounts pop up for a game that lasted 8 hours) and before I had a giant backlog.

These days I almost never buy a game unless I want to play it immediately.

[-] Etterra@discuss.online 7 points 2 weeks ago

Mine just says "2018 Ford Focus."

[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

i mean 10 years for £549 isn't all that bad considering

oh wait i was using the external tool, i found the one linked in this thread and it was £1526 still not bad

[-] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 5 points 2 weeks ago

5380 USD here. About a quarter of that was my steam deck and my Index. About 250 USD a year on average spent on just games then 🤔

[-] BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Mine is about the same. Totally forgot it included by Steam Deck and my Index. Makes me feel a little better!

But then when i look at the number of unplayed and unfinished games in my library I feel bad again.

And then I feel worse remembering I also have a large GOG library which isn't in that Steam spend and also lots of unplayed games...

[-] glimse@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

18+ years, $2339.25

[-] a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

about 5500$ in 20 years, so

edit: i've gotta remind myself to not fall asleep while commenting

first, i was shocked seeing the amount, then i calculated the daily costs, which were around 0,60€, and was relieved.

[-] beastlykings@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

Wait, is packagespend included in totalspend? Or do you have to combine them to get the real total?

[-] big_slap@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

this is my question too, cause there's just no way I spent this much money on steam, and I spend a LOT on steam

[-] MoogMuskie@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago

I am pleasantly surprised to find out that I've only spent $559 (356 USD) since joining Steam in 2016. Especially since I'm GOG only now.

[-] wirelesswire@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago

$6114 for me, 16 year old account. Not terrible I suppose, I got wrapped up in a couple f2p games at different points, and bought a Steam Deck.

[-] nik282000@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

3.3k over 19 years isn't too bad considering I bought an Index and Deck :/ If anything I need more games!

[-] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Only $738 for me, this thread is making me feel good about my spending habits (in this one particular area)

[-] Zikeji@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago

Somehow not surprised I'm at just over 21K spent. That being said, that was from half a decade ago when I uh... Wasn't as mature. Probably only 1K since then and strictly on games, not micro transactions.

[-] xavier666@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

Gabe : Thank you for your service

[-] Kualdir@feddit.nl 3 points 2 weeks ago

4k in 8 years, my old steam account probably has about the same amount in 4 years depending on how they count buying and selling CSGO skins

[-] truxnell@infosec.pub 3 points 2 weeks ago

9k USD, one steam deck in there, 20 year old account. Zero micrograms, all collecting games

[-] Klanky@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

A little over $1000 in the past 16ish years. I assume it’s not counting a Steam Deck in there.

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