Steam had their exploration sale over the Thanksgiving holiday, and although they had some decent stuff on sale, I didn't pick anything up. Mostly because I had the few things I would have gotten, and adding to an already big backlog just doesn't make much sense.
Of course, that probably won't matter during the Winter sale.
helm's deep (lotro).... then promptly taking a break for the next couple of weeks to give ff14 trial a go.. might get the base game when the trial ends.. not sure.
Do you think the backlog phenomenon will eventually cause Steam to change their business model? E.g. transition to subscription based.
Nada. Waiting for wasteland 2 to come down in price. And any home-world type games. Hoping the homeworld w graphics upgrades is reasonable.
AOW3 is on sale now over on GOG.
Could you elaborate on this?
I don't know what "backlog phenomenon" means in this context.
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People not buying anything, even at great discounts, because they already have a huge library full of unplayed games bought in previous sales.
If Steam goes to a subscription based model, I will find a new pastime.
Ah, yeah, that's me.
No.
Just an EU4 DLC - Wealth of Nations for 75% off. I don't even have time to mess with it though
Just an FYI, I have a PC game deals thread where people can post sales they see.
https://forums.stardock.com/420381
Legends of Xulima. This is the best and most fun Wizardry type combat game I have played since . . . well Wizardry and the first few M&M games.
I highly recommend Xulima. The developers are top notch, and the game is bug free and almost perfectly balanced. Give these developers some money visibility, so they can continue to make excellent games.
The one thing a subscription based model will do is give competitors a chance. Steam won't do that. Also, I suspect Stardock would drop Steam in such a scenario because it would be screwing their customers. (I'm sure Brad has a contingency plan in case Valve goes evil, even if it's unlikely)
I think the PS4 switching to an online junk fee has done wonders for the PC as is- Street Fighter V is going to be a good test of how much it hurt the PS4 ,which has been successful in spite of this, but I think if they kept free PSN Microsoft would have been completely blown out of the water and ended up like the Saturn.
The reason I say SFV is a test is because the game is PS4-PC exclusive and will have cross-play, so folks can choose which version to play and can play against folks on the other platform. Fighting game fans see Street Fighter as their system seller for the most part as well- even if I don't (my all time favorite fighting game hits Steam Friday) The downside if the PC port of SFIV has a bit of a bad reputation, albeit undeserved- so that might hurt PC sales of V, especially since the crossplay is going to force Capcom to work on online harder.
In short, Valve isn't dumb enough to kill the goose by going to a subscription model, it's better to have a monopoly on the eggs.
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