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"We've been told our games are too expensive in some countries but we've been using Steam's recommended pricing for a while. We trust Valve enough to not change this. If our games are still too expensive for you, you can pirate them until you have enough to support us."

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[–] sunaurus@lemm.ee 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (15 children)

This approach makes so much sense from a business perspective.

How many here have this experience: out of my entire friend group that I grew up playing video games with, I can't think of a single person who kept pirating games after acquiring disposable income, even though we all exclusively played pirated games as teenagers. Without piracy, none of us would have had access to any games, and very likely none of us would still be into gaming today, spending probably thousands of euros every year on games, consoles, PC components, etc.

[–] rynzcycle@kbin.social 29 points 1 year ago (11 children)

I miss the era of freeware and demos. Give me a taste with no strings attached and you are far more likely to get my money at some point.

[–] Gordon_Freeman@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Demos have returned, on PC at least.

"Steam Next Fest" are events when devs launch demost for their upcoming projects. it's like 3 or 4 times per year

[–] mabd@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I love Next Fest, I usually end up wishlisting like 3-10 games. Lots of good stuff that I'd never know or care about otherwise.

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