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• drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  About people buying more games then they need. you are acting like that is gabe’s fault.

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  • Skankhunt420@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Its even crazier when that dude realizes that Steam doesn’t even set the prices, the game developers and publishers do.

    I feel like people don’t understand this a lot

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  • chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I mean you can blame gamblers for losing all their money to Las Vegas too but that’s not a common opinion on Lemmy!

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    • drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      How are those the same?

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    • Rbnsft@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      A sale that happens every few months or even weeks is the same as gambling? Sure i buy more id a game is on sale… But not because of fomo but because i can save money?

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      • chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        No, it’s not the same as gambling, but it does exploit weaknesses in human psychology to get people to buy things they don’t need.

        If you’re buying a game that you’ll never play just because it’s on sale, you’re not saving money.

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• Skankhunt420@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Developers and publishers set the prices of sales like CD Projekt who makes Cyberpunk and has a 65% off sale right now.

  So look at that, the company that owns GOG is one of the companies you’re upset about making all those sales and “taking money” from people.

  Wheres the hate man? Why not boycott?

  Or is that only for Steam and not really about who sets the sales?

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  • chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s not sales specifically that I have an issue with, it’s a business model based on selling people tons of games they don’t play. Is GOG doing that too? Well I don’t like that either, but at least I can take my games with me when I leave GOG because they’re DRM free downloads from a web browser.

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• Skankhunt420@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yeah the owners of GOG (CD Projekt) aren’t rich either?

  Idk man the games you play are designed by groups of people (maybe except our Stardew Valleys and whatnot) and those people spend hours upon hours developing said games.

  You know that takes money to make happen right?

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