>90% |
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45.4% (69) |
80-90% |
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15.8% (24) |
70-79% |
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14.5% (22) |
60-69% |
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8.6% (13) |
<59% |
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9.9% (15) |
"Very few/None" |
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5.9% (9) |
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You should really torrent them if your not going to plan on paying more than a dollar, you're literally taking (albeit a small amount) money from charity. In my book thats pretty bad :/ | |
Eh, some of them. I do play every single game I purchase from steam. How long though, that is a different matter entirely. :P | |
I buy very few games on steam, but I do play them when I get them, it make take a little while to get to them (because I have to focus on school) but I do play them. side note, right now Portal 2 is $6.80 on steam, so if you want it it would make sense to get it now. | |
How fucking DARE they promote game sales by offering huge discounts. This is the first I've heard of this sonny, and rest assured I won't stop until they charge the full RRP - no, OVER the full RRP for every game in their store! (And all of them - except LA Noire, it's shit - assuming I haven't waited for the game to go on sale because it's shorter than 8 hours and not good enough to compensate for that.) | |
I've never bothered to count my steam games, but somebody earlier said I had 74, and their are only 2 I never intend to play again. And I love Metro, but I still haven't managed to sort out the whole PhysX thing that breaks it on everything, but oh well. Also. Too much praise? I just got company of heroes and all it's expansions for 80% off. And it's a fucking amazing game. Although I bought the bundle and looking at it just now, buying them individually is 2 pence cheaper. I'm confused.... But who gives a shit, only 2 pence. These sales have also introduced me to amazing games like Bastion, Orcs Must Die, Cthulu Saves the World, Dungeons of Dredmore, Psychonaughts, and a metric fuckton of other amazing games I would never have had the chance to play otherwise. And, I bought my girlfriend one of her favourite games for £1:50. TLDR: If you don't like Steam fine, but don't say the sales are over-rated, they really really aren't. | |
Well, i wouldn't say that i've played every game i've gotten off a steam sale for over 8 hours... but i'd definatly say that of the games i've gotten through steam sales that i've played my moneys worth. I mean i've gotten some games for less then 2$ through some sales, and they might provide only an hour or two of entertainment or nostalgia before i get tired of them... but 2$ was well worth the entertainment i got from it. I will say there are a couple of steam sales which have twisted my decision into getting a game i was on the fence about initially only to find out that i dislike the game. And while that is irritating, i still think it is better then dropping full price on some of these games only to find out you don't like it. | |
I heard of people doing this (never getting around to playing a game they bought in a steam sale). But I had no idea it was that common! Smart shopping tip of the day: if you didn't want it before it was discounted, don't buy it when it is discounted. | |
I never insinuated this.
I don't have a problem with the sales. Despite how I presented the subject, I just wanted to know how many of the games purchased were actually being used. | |
The only games I do't play are ones I have yet to play as I play until near 100% completion in most cases so far out of all of my games there are 2 I haven't really played because I disliked them greatly. They were part of a bundle though. For example, I have 52 hours on Terraria(more but some not counted) at this moment of speaking I have 2 counted hours of Cave Story+(actually a lot more but you know Steam offline doesn't track) but it will be more when I go for hard play through and best ending play through. I actually misread the poll and went for >90% when I meant to go for the last option. | |
This. I've played every game I've bought on Steam, with the exception of Killing Floor, which I didn't buy individually, I bought it in a pack of 13 games. | |
like...1/10 of them | |
All of them (1) Due to the awesome nature of major steam sales, it is quite possible that some of the games purchased will be shelved for 6 months to a year. (1) When a developer pack is bought, it is because 5 out of the 15 games are far cheaper to buy in this manor than getting them individually. The 10 other games may or may not ever see play. | |
I usually play most of the games, but usually I don't finish them. When I buy a game at a sale, it's usually because it didn't peek my interest at the time of it's release. I also got a bunch of games from various indie bundles. Also, I've bought a lot of game with the intent to play it, but haven't gotten around to it yet. I've probably wasted a lot of money on Steam's sales, but I've probably saved a lot of money to. I usually end up buying cheap indie games when Steam have their sales, so even though I don't get around to playing the game I can still go to bed knowing that I supported some indie dev with a couple of bucks :P On a side note; I've only paid more than 5 euros for a game I didn't really play that much, a couple of times. The first time was ArmA2, I bought it only to try it out though. The second time was GTA4, the poor port wouldn't even run properly. | |
I play most of them... the only ones I don't play come in bundles with games I do play - and then I still get the game I do play at a discount. Captcha: power tool | |
I fail to see your logic. Am I donating a lot of money? No I'm not. | |
The thing is, if you are paying a couple of cents for a game, then you will cost the company money. So in fact it's better for them if you pirate it then. | |
Don't have steam on computer. So, I guess I could go either way on this one - I have either played none, or alternatively 100% of the games I have ever bought. | |
It's that paypal takes a certain amount (set amount, not a percentage) from each transaction, so when you pay a small amount for the games, the indie companies actually are losing money. I'm not entirely sure on the numbers, but that's what I've heard. | |
Paypal takes a cut, credit card processing takes a cut, and bandwidth takes a cut. That's actually why they put up the official torrents; people paying $0.01 were costing them money, so they basically said "here, if you're not gonna give us enough to at least break even, just torrent it." | |
100%. Why would I buy a game that I have no intention to play? I am not going to buy games on sale just for the sake of buying them. | |
Mafia Barely played any of them but I have no regrets. My taste in games is very seasonal but I know what games I will like when the season comes. Also if I pirated some game in past and I liked it I buy it even if I don't intend to play it any more. | |
Just scanned quickly trough my games library and yes, I finished almost all games that I bought, with very few exceptions. There are however titles (two or three) that I regret buying, and will probably never touch again. | |
I have a terrible backlog. It got nothing to do with steam though. I got Xbox titles, Wii games, DS games, 3DS games and PC games in my backlog. I just have more money for games than time for games. I want to play them and I intend to. I got a lot of games with a lot of playime though. | |
I have a huge backlog of games to play. I don't have as much time to play games as I did at the Christmas sale when I got most of them and I've had a few more games since. I fully intend to play them though. However, even if I only play for a few hours and don't like it or something, I don't consider it a waste. If I can watch a movie for two hours for $10 and not consider it a waste, then spending 5 or so hours on a $10 or less game is totally worth it. Less than renting it, and I can always come back to it. | |
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Only games I don't play are Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines and Doom 3. The former because I haven't gotten around to it yet, and the latter because it came in a bundle with Doom 1 & 2, both of which I've completed.