What’re you buying?

  • JackbyDev@programming.dev
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    5 hours ago

    People got wise to it lol. People were posting flowcharts about not buying games until they were on flash deals if you want them. Also some years I think they did something that led people to believe only having specific games on your wishlist was advantageous which led to people removing everything from their wishlist except for stuff that was more expensive. That disproportionately hurt indie devs.

    All in all I think I’m glad it’s gone. Plus the games (like that racing thing) never made sense to me.

    • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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      5 hours ago

      i remember one year there was a game i wanted all year

      and it came up on flash sale finally for like 95% off, and steam shit the bed for two hours and I couldnt check out, presumably from the crush of purchase attempts.

      I emailed and asked if they’d honor the price given the issues on their side, and they said no, I missed the sale. Not gonna lie, that kinda heated me up quite a bit, cause I didnt miss the damn sale, I wasnt able to check out cause their end shit itself.