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Posted April 04, 2016
So years of getting awesome GOG DRM free games for cheap prices has completely jaded and morphed me to the point where I cringe, or get major hearburn, over paying anything beyond $5 for a game on here. It may be that I am a "deal-hunter" in life overall, but as much as I WANT Armello, Hand of Fate, and Chaos Reborn from this weeks staff picks sales, I just can't bring myself to do so! I feel bad, yet justified based on all the great sales and my backlog of games currently.

So who's the leader of this "cheap buyers" self help support group????
Posted April 04, 2016
Yes, you're cheap.
Post edited April 04, 2016 by omega64
Posted April 04, 2016
So? If you have more than enough games to play and you're waiting for a cheaper price, then yeah, you're doing the right thing. Unless it's something that you really want or you want to support the devs, just wait for deals, why buy it now at 50% discount when you're not even going to play it when it reaches the 75% discount (or beyond that)?
Posted April 04, 2016
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Cyraxpt: So? If you have more than enough games to play and you're waiting for a cheaper price, then yeah, you're doing the right thing. Unless it's something that you really want or you want to support the devs, just wait for deals, why buy it now at 50% discount when you're not even going to play it when it reaches the 75% discount (or beyond that)?
Of course it's fine.
Posted April 04, 2016
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dal4fsu: So years of getting awesome GOG DRM free games for cheap prices has completely jaded and morphed me to the point where I cringe, or get major hearburn, over paying anything beyond $5 for a game on here. It may be that I am a "deal-hunter" in life overall, but as much as I WANT Armello, Hand of Fate, and Chaos Reborn from this weeks staff picks sales, I just can't bring myself to do so! I feel bad, yet justified based on all the great sales and my backlog of games currently.

So who's the leader of this "cheap buyers" self help support group????
Cheap, you mean you charge!

**Sorry, someone had to lower the tone :o)
Posted April 04, 2016
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Cyraxpt: So? If you have more than enough games to play and you're waiting for a cheaper price, then yeah, you're doing the right thing. Unless it's something that you really want or you want to support the devs, just wait for deals, why buy it now at 50% discount when you're not even going to play it when it reaches the 75% discount (or beyond that)?
This is pretty much the point I'm at. It's just a struggle to resist some of these great looking games even if I won't get to play them for a while LOL.
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omega64: Yes, you're cheap.
LOL, I feel the love!
Post edited April 04, 2016 by dal4fsu
Posted April 04, 2016
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omega64: Yes, you're cheap.
Tell me about it. dal4fsus are a dime a dozen over here.
Posted April 04, 2016
Nah, that's just being smart about being dumb.
Posted April 04, 2016
Hey, this was started by Steam in the first place.
It's horrible for devs, but great for customers.. maybe we should find a good middle ground :P

(btw, I'm a bit cheap too lol)
Post edited April 04, 2016 by phaolo
Posted April 04, 2016
Shep, the cheap chap, chopped some chips.
Posted April 04, 2016
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dal4fsu: So years of getting awesome GOG DRM free games for cheap prices has completely jaded and morphed me to the point where I cringe, or get major hearburn, over paying anything beyond $5 for a game on here. It may be that I am a "deal-hunter" in life overall, but as much as I WANT Armello, Hand of Fate, and Chaos Reborn from this weeks staff picks sales, I just can't bring myself to do so! I feel bad, yet justified based on all the great sales and my backlog of games currently.

So who's the leader of this "cheap buyers" self help support group????
I totally get you. I don't have a lot of spare cash to spend on games, and considering how cheap I can eventually get them, I almost always wait for a good sale, playing games I got on a previous sale while I wait. And try as I might I'm in no danger of running out of games.
Posted April 04, 2016
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phaolo: Hey, this was started by Steam in the first place.
It's horrible for devs, but great for customers.. maybe we should find a good middle ground :P
BURN HIM!

The games I've bought full price can be counted on 1 hand. Though I might be off by a few so 2 hands I guess.
Post edited April 04, 2016 by omega64
Posted April 04, 2016
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Maighstir: Shep, the cheap chap, chopped some chips.
Shush that chat!
Posted April 04, 2016
Downward class migration. You're slowly becoming aware of the evils of inflation.

30 becomes 20. 20 becomes 10. 10 becomes... I think I'll just wait for a better sale and go have a light lunch instead.
Posted April 04, 2016
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phaolo: Hey, this was started by Steam!
It's horrible for devs, but great for customers.. maybe we should find a good middle ground :P
I agree.
GOG tried, though. It was one of their base ideas to have lower base prices instead of extremely heavy sales. Didn't work, people said "<game> is only 50% off at GOG (with a 10$ base price) so I'll buy it at Steam where it's cheaper because it 75% off (from a 20$ base)".

Eventually, they realised that final price doesn't matter whatsoever, only the sale percentage does.
Post edited April 04, 2016 by Maighstir
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