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Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases (www.gamingonlinux.com)

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[–] vega208@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, it dawned on me a few years ago that games are being sold in an unfinished state just so they can sell us the rest later.

If you're still naive enough to spend money on things you can be getting for free (just to make someone else richer), at least wait until what you're buying is complete.

[–] BilSabab@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

yeah, i don't mind DLC being sold separately, especially when it's a full-fledged expansion like a good old add-on - not just an extra mission and stuff - proper 5-10 extra hours. But when you get this impossible to follow selection of options - it annoys the hell out of me and i switch to something that has only one package and doesn't require market analysis skills to figure out the best version to buy. Or just yo ho ho fuck'em all instead because that's what happens.