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Steam users have spent $19 billion on games they have never played. (www.pcgamesn.com)
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[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

I have stopped buying games that aren't on 90% off sales, and even then mostly stopped. I only buy a game that I want to play immediately. I have way too much to do and play and it's not worth building a backlog since I'll just forget it anyways.

Long gone are the days of super sales where 75-95% off were common.

Edit: clarification: I buy very cheap games for my backlog and buy games full price as long as I want to play them right now.

[–] PythagreousTitties@lemm.ee 35 points 4 months ago

Steam just had a 90% off sale from an entire publisher. Right now, looking at the stores front page there is
86% off a call of the wild
70% off hell pie.
90% off dragon age.
85% off a worms game.
75% off blasphemous.
90% off another dragon age game.
80% off kingdom Come.
75% off riders Republic.
90% off team17 games.

You're yelling at clouds, old man.

[–] Brokkr@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There are a few games that you might miss out on with this method. Some devs (it's not many) list their games at what they think is a fair forever price and will not ever offer the game at a reduced price. Again, this isn't a lot of devs, but one notable one is Wube, makers of Factorio.

I generally agree with your method, mostly because I have a large enough backlog to be able to wait for sales, but it is also worth doing research on some devs to see if a sale will ever happen.

[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 1 points 4 months ago

Corrected my first post. I don't just but deep sales. I only buy games at full price of marginal sales if I want to play them immediately.

[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The key thing indeed is to only buy what you need right now. This philosophy is also very helpful in other areas of lives to avoid wasting money on discounts (elg buying clothes you’ll never wear).

I’d rather pay full price for a game I start laying immediately, than to put something 90% off in my backlg, with no guarante I’ll ever play it.