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Steam does kinda bait that compulsive behavior though, if people didn't buy games idiotically because they're on offer their sales wouldn't be such a cornerstone of their business. It's still possible to be a savy consumer and take advantage of them just to get the one or two cut price titles you actually want but it's kinda sleazy they're selling them that way to begin with
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im a games poster and therefore unable to understand that sales existed before steam
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Mar 13, 2015 18:08
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corn in the bible posted:im a games poster and therefore unable to understand that sales existed before steam Black Friday is a prime example of healthy human interaction, for instance
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Mar 13, 2015 18:12
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life is sleazy, grab it by the balls and caress it till it comes up winning
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Mar 13, 2015 18:12
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ah yes, i remember when people were trampled to death while trying to log into steam
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Mar 13, 2015 18:14
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corn in the bible posted:ah yes, i remember when people were trampled to death while trying to log into steam I'm guessing your trolling but whatever, I was only pointing out sales have always been kinda sleazy and preyed on peoples stupidity
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Mar 13, 2015 18:19
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Selling things for less money is a crime
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Mar 13, 2015 18:25
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I'm reporting steam to the department of commerce as we speak
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Mar 13, 2015 18:26
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A Steampunk Gent posted:I'm guessing your trolling but whatever, I was only pointing out sales have always been kinda sleazy and preyed on peoples stupidity well it's true that sales cause people to buy things that they may not really want and would not have bought otherwise, but I feel that a condemnation of sales might as well extend to a condemnation of advertising, which is not a worthwhile position imo.
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Mar 13, 2015 18:26
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actually i think we should be placed in to dark rooms and sensory deprivated to get the best possible experience at life.
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Mar 13, 2015 18:29
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I vote for Anime Marxism.
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Mar 13, 2015 18:31
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A Steampunk Gent posted:Steam does kinda bait that compulsive behavior though, if people didn't buy games idiotically because they're on offer their sales wouldn't be such a cornerstone of their business. It's still possible to be a savy consumer and take advantage of them just to get the one or two cut price titles you actually want but it's kinda sleazy they're selling them that way to begin with How is this any different from the brick and mortar stores which offer seasonal sales prices on games, or anything, or even Amazon, which offers many sales?
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Mar 13, 2015 18:39
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To be fair it's wrong to take advantage of the mentally ill.
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Mar 13, 2015 18:40
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We all must make our concessions to the great juggernaut known as capitalism, and if the one I make is buying things when they are hitting me with slightly less of a ridiculous upcharge, then so be it. full steam ahead.
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Mar 13, 2015 18:48
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Ehhhh I really didn't want to go into a dissertation on the psychology of advertising in the Games Chat thread let's just forget I said anythingProblem Sleuth posted:Selling things for less money is a crime Problem Sleuth posted:I'm reporting steam to the department of commerce as we speak But let's not do this either, putting words in peoples mouths is really obnoxious and uncalled for
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Mar 13, 2015 18:50
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"Sales are bad because my compulsive tendency to vacuum up anything that appeals to my impaired judgement and lack of pattern understanding like an obese Labrador eating an entire jar of mayonnaise, throwing it up and eating it again without understanding why it feels sick is the fault of my parents, crazy ted the toilet bully, sociertys lack of appreciation for the needs of the introvert and Gabe Newell." - a gaming goon
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Mar 13, 2015 18:51
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One great thing about Steam sales is I can buy last season's flavour of the month AAA game for £7.99 and still be disappointed with my purchase, that a hell of alot higher dissatisfaction:price ratio!
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Mar 13, 2015 18:53
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I do agree that Steam encourages impulse buys especially with the flash sales, but if you're not an idiot and you have a single ounce of self-restraint, there's nothing wrong with it. Yeah the lowest common denominator will fall for it every time but who gives a gently caress about them it's their money they're wasting on games they won't play.
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Mar 13, 2015 18:55
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loving hell i cannot believe ive been tricked into buying goods and services yet again
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Mar 13, 2015 18:56
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it's sometimes very good sometimes having the OCD that is obsessed with not spending money at all, and constantly obsessing over a spreadsheet of once's finances, as opposed to the kind of OCD that involves compulsive purchases to fill a collection.
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Mar 13, 2015 19:00
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It helps to have a wife though, so that when you're like "Do we really need a potato masher?" there is a person to convince you that the answer is yes.
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Mar 13, 2015 19:03
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roughly a third (about 36%) of all steam games are never played even once. fact
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Mar 13, 2015 19:36
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I just find steam to be a convenient platform for games I already know that I want to play. I think I only own the Myst games, Portal 1-2, and and maybe one or two others I'm forgetting, so I am probably not the average steam user, but it's always worked better than the stuff I bought on disc. Once I had to rename that dot blob thing like everybody does.
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Mar 13, 2015 19:40
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anyway, how in the heck else would you play PC games? buy a physical DVD disc? yeah, okay. maybe if it's the renaissance and you want to pay a horse drawn carriage a few ducats to take you the marketplace.
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Mar 13, 2015 19:41
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I have a steam library full of games I don't play, but never once have I come to the conclusion that it's steam's fault for swindling me out of my money
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Mar 13, 2015 20:04
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Excels posted:roughly a third (about 36%) of all steam games are never played even once. fact This does not make Steam or sales on Steam scams of any kind you dope.
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Mar 13, 2015 20:07
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People keep giving me crap out of indie bundles so I have a huge pile of unplayed Steam games. Anyone want to play Worms Armageddon?
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Mar 13, 2015 20:22
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The only game I've ever bought on Steam (other than indie games for pennies) that I have no interest in playing ever is Overlord 1. It was cheap and I bought it but I played like an hour of the second one that I got in the same bundle and it was awful.
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Mar 13, 2015 20:32
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PantsBandit posted:The only game I've ever bought on Steam (other than indie games for pennies) that I have no interest in playing ever is Overlord 1. It was cheap and I bought it but I played like an hour of the second one that I got in the same bundle and it was awful. 1s better but still bad imho
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Mar 13, 2015 20:34
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Problem Sleuth posted:I have a steam library full of games I don't play, but never once have I come to the conclusion that it's steam's fault for swindling me out of my money codenameFANGIO posted:This does not make Steam or sales on Steam scams of any kind you dope.
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Mar 13, 2015 21:04
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Excels posted:why don't people realize steam is a massive scam, oh boy another sale, can't wait to put 20 more games on my list of poo poo I'll Probably Never Even Install Lmfao
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Excels posted:roughly a third (about 36%) of all steam games are never played even once. fact Oh, well clearly what people do with their games is steam's fault
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Mar 13, 2015 22:40
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oh my loving god, a second time today ive been conned into buying something i needed. when will the capitalism end?!
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Mar 13, 2015 22:41
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VideoGames posted:oh my loving god, a second time today ive been conned into buying something i needed. when will the capitalism end?!
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Mar 13, 2015 22:56
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capitalism is cool and good, especially when combined with a left-liberal reformist regulatory schema
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icantfindaname posted:capitalism is cool and good, especially when combined with a left-liberal reformist regulatory schema I guess you never played Civ IV
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Mar 13, 2015 23:12
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Adam Bowen posted:Game of the Decade Rayman Legends how can anyone not buy this at 10 bucks come on you assholes do it ----------------
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Mar 13, 2015 23:13
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elf help book posted:Please don't buy Ubisoft games. buy rayman and if you feel like it call of juarez gunslinger ----------------
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FactsAreUseless posted:People keep giving me crap out of indie bundles so I have a huge pile of unplayed Steam games. this and an exhorbitant amount of gifts account for over 70% of my steam library
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ArfJason posted:buy rayman and if you feel like it call of juarez gunslinger
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