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A gaming community free from the hype and oversaturation of current releases, catering to gamers who wait at least 12 months after release to play a game. Whether it's price, waiting for bugs/issues to be patched, DLC to be released, don't meet the system requirements, or just haven't had the time to keep up with the latest releases.

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Any recommendations from the Steam Spring Sale? (store.steampowered.com)

submitted 2 days ago by Forgottengoldfish@lemmy.world to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

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[–] index@sh.itjust.works -1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, there are videogames sales no wonder there are sales for every other product. Originally sales are made because grocery expire, you can have sales for any reason you want such as tricking people into buy more of your products but then that's what you are doing: tricking people.

[–] DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz 2 points 9 hours ago

Yes my department store example was kind of alluding to that. As far as video games go, either sales are poor, or the game was never worth the original price. Also sales such as the ones Steam has are often great for advertising. I always see games I've never heard of. Those developers take a hit on their per unit price so that they can potentially sell more units. The fact that these are digital items means they aren't losing money on manufacturing costs. Patient gamer communities exist for customers that smell the bullshit.