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Then explain all the steam sales.

• conductr 5y ago
  I feel like steam sales validate this point. Steam provides a better service than downloading warez and cracked games from p2p sites. For many, it's better than visiting a local retail/GameStop and buying the game. It also unlocks a world of indie games that would otherwise be not so easily discovered/attainable. So, people pay.
  • postalrat 5y ago
    I meant to say all big sales steam has. You know, the ones that brought in like 80% of the users since they were getting such a good deal. “One thing that we have learned is that piracy is not a pricing issue. It’s a service issue,” - GabeN Seems like a pricing issue as well as a service issue.
    • MAGZine 5y ago
      sure, until you look at the completion% of those games. People are buying things not to play them, but because it's a good deal/easy to do. Many of the games on the sale are acquired and not played.
• shkkmo 5y ago
  Revenue maximization.
• colinmhayes 5y ago
  People are willing to pay steam $X for a game. If it's not available for that price they just won't play it.