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CoolCly posted...

Foolmo's argument seems to be that creating these low sales has created a perception in gamers that games must be cheap and that gamers refuse to buy full priced games. But is that really the case? Has this even really changed anything? Games would become discounted, rereleased as "game of the year editions" with a lower price, or just sold as used games in the past, so low cost alternatives have always been a thing. It might be more accessible to PC Gamers than before, but is this really changing the industry?

Well, I can only speak for myself, but in my case definitely.

In the past, there was no guarantee that any particular game would go on sale, and I sure wasn't going to buy a newspaper to check the ads every weekend or whatever. I just bought stuff. If things happened to go on sale it was a nice bonus.

With Steam, there's regular sales at specific times of year, and super easy to check, and I get phone notifications if a game on my wishlist goes on sale. I sorta feel guilty if I spend more than 50% on a game, because I'm wasting money; and even 50% is iffy.
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