submitted by mongre to gaming3.4 yearsNov 28, 2021 10:46:17 ago (+11/-1) (gaming)
I used to pirate EVERYTHING. Got tired of paying $50 for games that sucked. Free is better than paying, especially when you realize it's a terrible game, get screwed on the amount of gameplay, find microgrind transactions, etc.
Along comes Steam. They not only gave us all a central place for games but their sales made many titles reasonable. It's easy to open steam and click the game you want to play.
Fast forward several years and now they control the market. Now they don't have to treat us nicely because...well...they OWN the market.
Being the old man I am I don't want to track down titles on torrent, scrub through them to see if they're malware...I'll just wait till titles I like come around for a reasonable price...like the autumn sale going on now.
NOW....I spent a good part of yesterday compiling my titles in my cart. Wife planned on getting me the gift of everything in my cart...total about $90.
Woke up this morning with my cart ready to go. Prices all the same but when she went to check out I happened to notice THEY JACKED THE PRICE UP 10%. Not IN THE CART, MIND YOU! I went back to see if my cart reflected the new prices and NOPE...all titles still there at the original sale price. Checkout again...STEAM IS JACKING PRICES AT CHECKOUT!!! WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS BAIT AND SWITCH SHIT!!!
BUYER BEWARE.
THESE SNEAKY FUCKERS ARE ATTEMPTING TO JEW YOU HOPING YOU DON'T NOTICE BEFORE YOU CLICK "CHECKOUT"
Well wouldn't you know it? Every one of the titles I was about to buy are available on torrent. Later fuckers.
Along comes Steam. They not only gave us all a central place for games but their sales made many titles reasonable. It's easy to open steam and click the game you want to play.
That's not really how it went. The first few years of Steam it was called "STEAMing Pile of Shit," because it was just that, a steaming pile of shit that was required to launch Valve games (an internet connection was also required, this was 2003, mind you), but didn't fucking work half the time, so your physical, offline, single player games were often useless and unplayable.
I remember buying The Orange Box when it came out and being pissed off because this collection of offline games (other than Team Fortress) required you to connect it to an online Steam account to play them, and that was teh only account that could ever play them. Unfortunately this shit is the norm now. Steam has always fucking sucked, but it unfortunately became the best choice outside of piracy.
IfuckedYerMum 0 points 3.4 years ago
That's not really how it went. The first few years of Steam it was called "STEAMing Pile of Shit," because it was just that, a steaming pile of shit that was required to launch Valve games (an internet connection was also required, this was 2003, mind you), but didn't fucking work half the time, so your physical, offline, single player games were often useless and unplayable.
I remember buying The Orange Box when it came out and being pissed off because this collection of offline games (other than Team Fortress) required you to connect it to an online Steam account to play them, and that was teh only account that could ever play them. Unfortunately this shit is the norm now. Steam has always fucking sucked, but it unfortunately became the best choice outside of piracy.