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[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 13 points 8 hours ago (7 children)

i'm surprised, i just thought if you couldn't afford a game these days you waited till it was 90% off on steam

I thought there was something like patient gamers who only played games a year after release or something like this but I can't find it

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 22 points 8 hours ago

!patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

[–] damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 10 points 8 hours ago

Steam doesn’t release every game in every market, do they?

[–] JokeDeity@sh.itjust.works 9 points 7 hours ago

That's me, I have a MASSIVE wait-list on Isthereanydeal.com and buy most games at strong $5, including triple A games, assuming I haven't already gotten them for free from Epic, Amazon or Good Ole Games.

However, if I know it's NEVER going to go down or it's from Nintendo, torrents all the way.

[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I used to, but steam is based in a banana republic where I don't want to send a single avoidable cent anymore. I stopped buying anything from steam months ago. Haven't gotten a new game since, but I will look into gog, who are based in Europe if I am not mistaken.

[–] ScoopMcPoops@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] slampisko@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)
[–] Goretantath@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago

Still is more than a dollar so would rather play first and pay later when I'm not having to go to the food bank.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 3 points 8 hours ago

!patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

I was checking this year and most of the things I want from a few years ago are still at 50%. But I don't have enough time to play everything so I won't likely pirate new stuff even though I very much know how to do so safely.

Hell, new games aren't even competing with just each other- I've had a blast playing a lot of PS2 and PSP this year. When you don't give in to hype and peer pressure, you've got near limitless options for entertainment.