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Re:Virtual reality ads make their way to Facebook's Oculus h... by tempoponet on Thursday June 17, 2021 @10:35AM (#27540007)
Steam sales aren't what they used to be. Once they added refunds the sales got watered down, because you could just refund and re-buy if the price got lower at a later date in the sale.

There's also a ton of free/discounted games on the Epic store, 3rd party key resellers, and subscriptions like Xbox Gamepass. These are all possible because the PC remains an open, competitive platform - so that point stands.

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Re:Virtual reality ads make their way to Facebook's Oculus h... by wlesieutre on Thursday June 17, 2021 @11:22AM (#27540589)
They also took away gift inventories, so you can't buy extra copies and send them out later.

Along with that they killed the four packs that used to be common for multiplayer games.

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Re:Virtual reality ads make their way to Facebook's Oculus h... by freeflight on Thursday June 17, 2021 @12:14PM (#27541266)
At least humblebundle still has the occasional good deals, but those also seem to get rarer.
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