• Neato@ttrpg.network
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    6 months ago

    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.

    • PythagreousTitties@lemm.ee
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      6 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
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      6 months ago

      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.