Yep after seeing my friends Steam summer sale account, I am switching to PC next gen for sure.

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BasilZero said:

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Since you want to be on topic about Steam.

@ post your about finding cheaper games on other platforms - lol, why buy a used, possibly scratched/chipped copy of a game that probably would look bad on a HD tv (unless you have a SDTV but even than would look bad) when you can play it on a PC with better resolution and for new.

I've seen so many recent games going on cheap price on Steam, games that I still see for 49.99 and 59.99 at retail and online stores. Do you even have Steam?

A pre-owned Fable 3 on best buy (yes because I dont go/look at pawn shops to buy stuff) costs 19.99, a new one costs 29.99, yet on steam as we speak its going for $12.49. I consider Fable 3 as a recent game (definition of recent game to me is any game that came out within the last 2-3 years), anything that came out within a year would be considered new to me.

Which comes to another example, Max Payne 3 which was released like last month? 59.99 on online and retailer stores. 29.99 on steam few days ago. $40.19 as we speak.

Steam has been around for a long time and its gonna be around even longer, more people should check out steam especially the fact that technology is getting better and cheaper (in regards to PC parts that were expensive few years ago) that you can easily play a game that may of came out in early-mid 2000s and equally enjoy it (if not more) than on a outdated platform.

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If you can see my earlier post I was saying how if you are a smart shopper you could save money or pay pay near Steam prices. I bought Fable 3 for $9.99 new last week and Max Payne is $40 at Amazon and some other retailers. As I said the superior PC versions of last gen games can be had new and used for PC for near Steam prices. The only thing that Steam really brings is instant delivery of purchases. With many companies talking about microtransactions in game, Valve had the great idea to make full games the microtransactions. Id wager that >90% of Steam users have dozens of games that they will never play due to this business model. I personally dont care for Steam(yet probably own 100 games for it) as I dont like DRM but at $2 a game I can live with it. I still prefer to buy boxed copies so I can sell/trade/lend games if needed. PC is great because of mods, backwards compatibility, indy&exclusive games, not DD games.