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ezst036 A lot of people do not understand the loyalty that Valve receives. This is a (simple)good example of it. The money that Valve takes in is shown by the evidence as being returned back to the consumer in the form of investments in infrastructure that customers can then have their lives enhanced. Money that Valve takes in is not just a money grab. Valve is resoundingly pro-consumer. Reply
WolfEisberg ezst036 said: A lot of people do not understand the loyalty that Valve receives. This is a (simple)good example of it. The money that Valve takes in is shown by the evidence as being returned back to the consumer in the form of investments in infrastructure that customers can then have their lives enhanced. Money that Valve takes in is not just a money grab. Valve is resoundingly pro-consumer. It's not known if this is an update to the already existing system that will still only be shown in countries they are legally obligated too or if this will go globably. But other stores like GOG and Epic Store have showing this globably for several years now while Steam has only showed it in countries they were legally obligated too. Reply
Notton I don't think I've ever seen or heard of anyone else encountering fake discounts on Steam. Are there some examples? Either way, I check SteamDB price history for historical low compared to it's current discount. Reply
m3city Great news. There is an extension for firefox called augmented steam that shows historical priced, but also where to buy a game, often cheaper than on steam. Info about price during last 30days of discounted items is mandatory in my country and applies to everything, both online and retail, from potatoes in a grocery store to new electric VW. And while there was some whining how difficult it would be to implement such policy, now it just works. Reply
FijiBang Hopefully its a feature you can disable cuz it looks like bloat to me. Why would I need a price tracker for Steam? The price tracker on the Augment extension exist because you can see prices from key sellers and Steam, what's the point of only having one for Steam? Reply
baint From Valve's developer documentation: A product cannot be discounted for 30 days following a price increase in any currency. Insinuating that game developers are faking discounts "for a day" when it's literally impossible to do on Steam is irresponsible and harmful to what little goodwill is left between gamers and developers. Reply
thesyndrome WolfEisberg said: It's not known if this is an update to the already existing system that will still only be shown in countries they are legally obligated too or if this will go globably. But other stores like GOG and Epic Store have showing this globably for several years now while Steam has only showed it in countries they were legally obligated too. I guess it's good that Epic beat Steam to something for once, instead of neglecting features and then complaining about people using Steam, as if it didn't take 3 YEARS for Epic to add basic features like a shopping cart and not ban people for buying too many things at once Reply
JohnyFin Steam become platform of total crap games or trials probes. Is covered by this trash. Maybe 1% of games are worth and good but rest is swamp money slope. Reply
bill001g JohnyFin said: Steam become platform of total crap games or trials probes. Is covered by this trash. Maybe 1% of games are worth and good but rest is swamp money slope. Not a real lot different that the shopping mall or walmart. They are targeting the stupid customer who seem to have too much money and need to be told what to buy. I use steam as a destination to acquire a game I already know I want to buy. I never just wander around a shopping mall looking for things to buy. I go in, buy what I came for and leave. I don't even remember the last time I went into a shopping mall. The closest I get to browsing on steam is during their demo days and even then I tend to have heard of the couple games that are worth trying out. Reply
scottsoapbox baint said: From Valve's developer documentation: A product cannot be discounted for 30 days following a price increase in any currency. Insinuating that game developers are faking discounts "for a day" when it's literally impossible to do on Steam is irresponsible and harmful to what little goodwill is left between gamers and developers. Is it actually impossible (the store enforces the rule) or just a rule? Reply
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- https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/valve-might-be-adding-a-30-day-price-tracker-to-steam-feature-is-already-available-in-some-eu-countries-to-spoof-out-fake-discounts#main
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