Is there an 11%rebate?

While I agree with the mind set, I don’t feel the industry is set up to allow consumers to make such informed decisions.

We have review embargos (hey just don’t preorder bro), paid for reviews, blatant lies or mis representation in ads. Demos are few and far in-between. It’s hard to want to pay for more than 60 these days given the constant anti consumer practices that happen in the gaming industry. Why would I pay you more when you clearly don’t respect your customers (most publishers)

I’m at the point where I don’t buy a game until it is on sale and has a ton of reviews. I have such a huge backlog, it doesn’t bother me to not play the latest thing.

I should read the comments before posting. I had the same thought.

I’ll never get a hand held gaming PC with out track pads. So fucking useful and add so many more games you can play comfortably.

My maternal grandmother is more of a mother to me than my own mother, so very close.

I don’t even have to pay postage!

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This one shows the steam deck in its info

Women are so cute and adorable and cute but I don’t know if they are going to be able to get together with you

Looks amazing.

Any news if it will be playable in the steam deck?

Edit: Overcame my laziness and sharing the fruits of my websearch lol for others.

Yes it’s optimized for steam deck

Dude when we had our kid and one hour after birth some guy rolls in a computer and goes “and what’s your kids name… And his insurance provider?” I shit you not, one hour after birth he was getting charged for his birth (cause Mom AND Baby get cha ged for a delivery) Like what the fuck America…

Fuck original sin, in the US we have the original debt…

I don’t see how it’s far off already from this comic we are already a step away.

I love this chart but it so out of date. The big companies have consolidated more and bought even more brands in the last t10yrs

Oh the perfect cover for massive bribes got it.

For a gallon or per liter?

How about taking action against the billionaires? Private jets, industry emissions, subsidized lab grown meat etc… nah fuck the average guy who can’t defend himself…

I wish I had friends like this…

Is this poe II or an expansion of the first game. I’m interested in starting but thought waiting for 2 would be best?

I don’t think I’ll ever get a hand held pc that doesn’t have track pads. To many titles it’s useful for.

Oh for sure they are there for a profit. But as the best example in the industry let’s not unnecessarily attack them. Imagine how much more money they make if they did go public and how awful it would be for all of us.

Total fair always room for improvement, no ones perfect.

Appreciate the good discussion!

My reference to free market is only a means of saying customers choose steam because of its offerings not that they have too.

I agree it would be nice if they charged less. However do we know their full PNL/balance sheet? People just keep taking revenue/employees as if employees are the only overhead.

They provide the servers, and do have an rde cost for development for services we discussed like cloud saves, control support etc. if people have this much energy over it attack pharmaceutical for there insane mark ups that would drive way more positive social change. But the people driving are mostly trying to make more money by cutting there publishing expenses through steam. I’m sure psn and Xbox also take 25 to 30percent cuts.

They also championed low publishing costs of only 100 dollars to list a game. I don’t know enough to speak to their update charges though. Hell psn been known to charge 25k for visibility in top of their 30% cut and there are no other market options Reference

Everyone focuses here cause developers and publishers want more of this cut and to me seem to try to push steam into regulator cross hairs as a way to force the changes they have failed to negotiate.

I would also point out brick and mortar sellers also take 15 to 20% cut and then also charge for storage, disposal, fulfillment, return on and on. Amazon does the same. It’s the nature of a market place. Reference

Overall it doesn’t make sense to me as a community that we attack our best example of what a game market place should be.