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I re-read your comment 5 times and I still don't see the difference you're trying to highlight. What I got is: people buy games and they don't play most of them. Is it wrong?
I think they're saying it's top heavy. There are some people (rich whales) that buy lots of games and don't play them, while most people on steam are playing the (numerically fewer) games that they buy.
I wish more game developers adopt the “no sales, period” policy of Factorio. Here’s a relevant quote from the developer. > Not having a sale ever is part of our philosophy. In short term, they are good and bring extra money, but we are targeting long term. I believe that searching for sales is wasted time, and people should decide on the price and value, but putting option of wasting time to search for deals or waiti…
Seems like basic price discrimination. Occasional sales let you capture some of the people for whom your game (or the option to play your game, maybe never exercised...) is worth $10 instead of $20 (or whatever). I don't really see who is harmed here, other than players who say "well maybe the game will go on sale..." -- but did they really value the game at its sticker price to begin with?
Factorio is a game that's sold at 35$ price point - half of the usual new game price. Does that mean that the developer doesn't value his game when it's so cheap?
What a silly notion.
What games do you guys recommend to me? Also any hardware accessories, other than GPU's, that is?
I just tried Steam, and was completely overwhelmed by choice.
I won't say it's not hording, but there are also some other reasons you can't well untangle from hording: - buying games you played pirated before (now that you can afford them), but you already played them so no need to play again - buying games you played at someone else place, lend to you etc. Again you already played them but want to give back to the authors. - buying games you will play later, and once you play…
Looking at my queue over 20 years... likely hording. Nuts. One of the gotchas I bumped into was I really need a larger disk for games. Some of the newer stuff takes an enormous amount of space, which means it waits and waits.
Taking a segue, I am a 50+ man who hasn't played any games in my working life. I did play Prince of Persia 2 but never crossed level 1. Played Doom in the network mode with classmates. Now I want to start exploring games. I am on Ubuntu with Intel graphics. I am ready to invest in a joystick or gamepad. What games do you guys recommend to me? Also any hardware accessories, other than GPU's, that is? I just tried Stea…
It’s a deep sea exploration / builder with a story that gets crazier and crazier.
It’s also very approachable and mostly easy to play.
I won't say it's not hording, but there are also some other reasons you can't well untangle from hording: - buying games you played pirated before (now that you can afford them), but you already played them so no need to play again - buying games you played at someone else place, lend to you etc. Again you already played them but want to give back to the authors. - buying games you will play later, and once you play…
- donating to a charity event that gives you games
Taking a segue, I am a 50+ man who hasn't played any games in my working life. I did play Prince of Persia 2 but never crossed level 1. Played Doom in the network mode with classmates. Now I want to start exploring games. I am on Ubuntu with Intel graphics. I am ready to invest in a joystick or gamepad. What games do you guys recommend to me? Also any hardware accessories, other than GPU's, that is? I just tried Stea…
I started out on Microsoft Flight Simulator back in 99-2000. I feel like that was the peak joystick purchase era.
Get a monitor with a good refresh rate, get a good gaming keyboard and mouse, potentially look into mechanical keyboards if you watch some videos and find it interesting.
Watch some YouTube PC gaming channels.
Also there's SO many games you're right it is overwhelming.
You could easily go ten years back. And buy the top ten games on some gaming site rank list.
Obligatory mentions: - Red Dead Redemption 2 - The Last of Us - BioShock Infinite - The Witcher 3 - City Skylines (Sims City like)
Really depends on what category of game you like. Highly highly subjective thing these days.
You can almost make friends by aligning on the types of games you like because it's a bit of a personality litmus test.
I'd imagine a lot of people in HackerNews play Factorio quite seriously.
I wish more game developers adopt the “no sales, period” policy of Factorio. Here’s a relevant quote from the developer. > Not having a sale ever is part of our philosophy. In short term, they are good and bring extra money, but we are targeting long term. I believe that searching for sales is wasted time, and people should decide on the price and value, but putting option of wasting time to search for deals or waiti…
I don't know.. maybe if you cannot control your impulses.. For me Steam sales are great. I have things in the wish list and when the sale is good I might buy it. I always check if it's a good sale on SteamDB. I usually play these games but most of the time not for long. That's why I don't want to put in the full price.
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One stat in here supports a third, slightly different statement. The median player has not played 51% of their games, so: "most people who buy games on steam have not played most of the games they own."
Correlates with my experience. Sometimes sales are so attractive you buy several games for cheap, or even an entire franchise, but playing them all can take enough time that another sale comes again. Red Dead Redemption 2 has been collecting digital dust in my library because I'm still playing Fallout 76. I stopped buying more because it feels wrong.
(I'll get to you someday, Mass Effect)