It turns out that gamers, despite being the people who fund my existence, are not fully rational actors, unless we consider some externality like they are buying games for the mental satisfaction of collecting or something.
Most people who buy games on Steam never play them
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#192Why just Steam?
I buy my ps5 games on disc. Most of them I treat the same as Steam. I wishlist them and occasionally do a round of checking which ones have cheapened enough to get. That because physical cheapens faster than digital on console, and you also retain long term access no matter what Sony may decide next year.
And yes, I have a few never opened console discs as well. They definitely weren't full price...
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#193I 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 waited for Elden Ring to be on sale because I wasn't sure if I will like it, and 2 hours is not enough to try a game like this. No other reason.
Lot's of people buy on sale because it's too expensive for them otherwise. Factorios sales model does mean lost sales, they have just decided that it is okay for them. Game is DRM free, can be pirated with no problems if you can't afford it.
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#194My library has quite a few games I haven't played, but most are from bundles that cost as much as or slightly less than the other bundle parts I actually did want. A couple are from friends posting keys from bundles, and then I got sidetracked by something before seeing if whatever game was actually as interesting as it sounded. The only one I actually properly paid for and haven't played is Elden Ring. Because I got…
There are mods to disable online play and anti-cheat with it.
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#195Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's hard to recommend games when you don't have a baseline taste. The past couple of years having a demo became very common on Steam, so I suggest trying some demos. You've played a 2D platformer and a multiplayer shooter, two very popular genres with massive offerings. If you're interested in more along the same lines, just off the top of my head I'll say try Hollow Knight as a 2D platformer, and Overwatch 2 as a m…
Journey seems something I will like to try :-) I wasn't aware of cozy games, but I guess that's what I am looking for. Thanks for the keyword
Then more along those lines is the walking simulator genre. It's called walking simulator generally because combat is not emphasized, with focus on immersion, exploration, and narrative. How puzzly it is varies from not at all to all about the puzzles.
Steam has awesome genre pages so you can search by tag then go to the tag's page and you can see what's hot right now in the genre, what's top selling of all time, what has demos etc. that's why I'm mentioning all the genres.
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#196Earlier quoted context omitted.
% of people vs % of games. A single person who "collects" games or buys them because it seems like good value can have thousands of titles in their steam library. Someone who actually plays all of them will have a much smaller number.
On a sad follow-up, (because it happened 'near me'), once the 'collector' dies, his/her kids will never play those games. Today's 15yo boys will never try to play Zaxxon, Wizball, Saboteur 2. So someone who is 30+ buying (e.g.) 100 games, should know that their kids will safely ignore 99 of them. As game-tech progresses, I think that it's only me (the dinosaur) or few of us that play on a PC and all youngsters play o…
I think it depends on the upbringing on such kids: if you collect alone in the dark and share none of it with your kids before you're gone then it's not surprising that they wouldn't know what to do with any of those.
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You should play RDR2, it's absolutely phenomenal. That and Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 are the best role playing games I've played in the past decade.
Full agreement. Rdr2, Witcher 3, and mass effect trilogy for me.
You should try KCD2, can not recommend it enough
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#198I 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…
The point of sales is that you sell the game to people who think the game is worth full price at full price and those who have less money or think the game is worth less to them at the price they would rather pay.
It's basically a reverse auction process, where the bids start high and get lower over time.
The KSP1 DLC is basically never worth it at full price to me.
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Tell me you don’t really know how insurance works without telling me :) You’re not “buying it and then not using it”.
> Tell me you don’t really know how insurance works without telling me :) This will be interesting news to the insurance company I co-founded :) :) :) > You’re not “buying it and then not using it”. This boils down to semantics, but most consumers feel like they're "using" their insurance plan only when they file a claim. Unused games in my Steam library are basically insurance against being bored.
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#200Earlier quoted context omitted.
Tell me you don’t really know how insurance works without telling me :) You’re not “buying it and then not using it”.
> Tell me you don’t really know how insurance works without telling me :) This will be interesting news to the insurance company I co-founded :) :) :) > You’re not “buying it and then not using it”. This boils down to semantics, but most consumers feel like they're "using" their insurance plan only when they file a claim. Unused games in my Steam library are basically insurance against being bored.
Oh so then you’re just walking around pretending you don’t know how insurance works ;)