We worked out the total of everyone's Steam pile of shame and the result is scary
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Whether it’s Diablo 4, Cyberpunk 2077, or Red Dead Redemption 2, our collective Steam pile of shame is worth enough to buy a country.
    • collapse_already@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      6 days ago

      Saving them for my retirement. (I will probably only retire when my health is so poor that it is clear that I won’t outlive my retirement resources.)

  • blady_blah@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25·
    7 days ago

    Yeah, guilty as charged and I don’t even mind.

    I buy the games on sale if I play them then good for me, if I don’t then I supported developers. I see no problem here.

  • callouscomic@lemm.eeEnglish
    272·
    7 days ago

    This is bullshit analysis. People can buy their steam keys from endless sources and sales. Some games that would have been $20+ some people can get for as little as $0.50 depending on circumstances.

    It’d be impossible to calculate how much has been spent. They also just straight multiplied the amount of public ones instead of better estimating that using data they had.

    All you can do is say how much they are currently or were worth. Considering how steep the price drops can be for many games, it’s a pretty wide range of possibilities and makes estimating this fairly worthless.

    Just a deliberately bullshit headline made by idiots wielding “data science” hype.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      8·
      7 days ago

      Exactly. I almost never pay full price on Steam, and I add a lot of keys from Humble or Fanatical bundles where I only intend to play half or so.

      So yeah, I’m guessing it’s actually 10% or so of that figure if we make a few rules:

      • count bundles as a single game, and if one game is played from it, that counts for the whole bundle
      • assume games added to Steam are part of a bundle (perhaps in groups of 5)
      • don’t count games that were ever given away free
      • assume all games were purchased at a discount

      That would probably get us pretty close to the real number.

    • RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      19·
      7 days ago

      Just want to add, not only is it a ridiculous number because of sales, there’s also free games that wreck the numbers.

      Glancing at my unplayed library, sure there’s a bunch of leftovers from Humble Bundles I got ages ago for what amounted to a fraction of retail, but there’s also things like BioShock 1&2 Remastered - games that were given out FOR FREE to owners of the original. I’ve PLAYED the originals, but I assume the powers that be would tell you I have $60 worth of unplayed games sitting there since I haven’t opened the remasters.

      • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        6 days ago

        Also depending on how theyre counted some games have beta servers and shit listed separately also mod kits and the like can be included in this.

    • CrabAndBroom@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      6 days ago

      I think the summer sale starts tomorrow, definitely gonna add a few more to the old backlog lol

  • SupraMario@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    7 days ago

    Wondering how much the budle deals effect this number. I’ve got a lot of games from bundles and a lot of them I didn’t really want but they came with the bundle, so they’re added to my library.

  • FenrirIII@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    5 days ago

    The problem is that you pay $20-30 for a game that ends up sucking when you finally get to play it 2 months later which is past Steam’s refund date. If you never play it, it may still be a fun game and not a bad decision. Schrodinger’s game.