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Steam does what Nintendoes and Nintendon't (lemmy.ml)
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[+] 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)
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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    10 year old mario kart 8 is like 70 bucks or somethingwith dlc. They have lost their mind and people still pay for it.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Why would people want to buy fun games and support their development? Are they crazy?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Something interesting is that Steam users, (myself included) will ignore a game not on sale, I couldn't tell you why. The only thing I can think of is that we are so used to things being "on sale" we forget that there was a reason it was priced at that amount in the first place.

    $60 $70 looks better than $60

    Factorio is an interesting example, its never on sale. It's just the price. In fact it keeps going up in price.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I couldn't tell you why.

    Because steam always has a plethora of amazing games on sale. You could never buy a full price game and still never run out of awesome things to play. And even if there is a particular game you want, it'll almost certainly be on sale within a few months. I'd have to double check, but I don't think I've paid more than 40 bucks for any single game in years.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    The Steam Deck can run Biebian and Hannah Montana Linux fairly easily. That's not really a selling point just another thing Nintendo isn't bringing to the table.

    I impulse bought a deluxe Need for Speed game a few weeks ago for $6.50. I've already played it 65 hours. I don't want to jump into the math of it but I reckon I would need to enjoy Mario Kart for much greater than 650 hours before I would get the same hours per dollar value NfS: Heat has brought me thanks to a Steam sale. And Mario Kart could never catch up in miles per hour.

    Just a heads up you'll get to learn how to navigate Linux if you change your mind on the starter car. The only way I could start a new save file was by manually deleting the old one in the file system. It was a little frustrating but served as a good reminder that it is a handheld computer not just an outlet for gaming.

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