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Re:Steam Now Offers 90-Minute Game Trials, Starting with Dea... by 000ooo000 on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @06:47PM (#35968790)
>2 hours isn't enough

MS Flight Sim comes to mind. Apparently game content is downloaded in-game, and it's in the region of 120GB, so many folk blow through 2 hours before they even get to play the game.

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Re:Steam Now Offers 90-Minute Game Trials, Starting with Dea... by em-bee on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @08:49PM (#35969910)
i had a few games that racked up hours before i even got to play anything, so i agree, this is an issue. somehow play time should not start counting until you actually get to enter the game (after character creation and any other setup that needs to be done)
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