Not too different here in the states! Steam sales aren’t quite the cultural events they used to be about 10 years ago but they’re still great ways for getting cheap games!
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frenchfrynoob@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Quick add to my library pic above:
You might notice no Battlefield 6 there. Truth is, my PC can barely run it smoothly, so I didn’t buy it. That’s the reality for a lot of us.
And yeah, you see all those games? We have a tradition in China: buy first on sale, think about playing later. 😅 It’s a whole thing.
EA has a special pattern in China — either no discount at all, or suddenly 90% off. So we wait. We always wait. That’s the “Pin Hao Bing” (Scrounged-Together Soldier) way.
“Pin Hao Bing” is a joke in the Chinese Battlefield community. It means someone whose rig is barely holding on, but they’re still out there grinding, dying a lot, and telling their squad “I gave it my all.”
That’s me. That’s the French Fry Noob way.
Thanks for reading the small print! 🍟
FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
I think we share this tradition on the whole globe 😄
blacksheep_dev@mastodon.social 1 day ago
@Atherel @frenchfrynoob scarcity and urgency sells