r/explainitpeter • u/IAmABoss37 • 10d ago

I need your help. Explain it Peter.

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Is the implication that PC gamers pirate their games?

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u/Mysterious-Pack-5608 10d ago

Like Steam Sales don't exist...

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u/221b_Bkr_Strt 10d ago

Wondering why this is so far down, sales and bundles (Humble & Fanatical, mainly these days)

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u/Coplantor 10d ago

Right? I havent pirated since 2008 thanks to steam and HB

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u/West-Flow-577 9d ago

Only things I pirate are the things they won't sell me. Abandonware, games that never got PC releases of any sort, etc.

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u/Lipsahtelija 9d ago

IMO downloading abandonware isnt even piracy

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u/MrN33ds 9d ago

I miss the days when humble bundles were actually good, they just haven’t been the same since IGN took over.

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u/221b_Bkr_Strt 9d ago

I've been a yearly subscriber of Humble Choice since Dec 2017 and have never skipped. I've always found reason to get it, but I'm not picky. I love finding new games that I would not have considered buying if it wasn't in a bundle.

That being said, I'm also very vocal about warning people of Humble's tactics, like banning accounts.

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u/West-Flow-577 9d ago

I have rarely bought video game bundles from them in recent years, but they've had some pretty good TTRPG bundles.

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u/NimRodelle 9d ago

And freebies from EGS and Amazon Prime.

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u/CiccioGordon 9d ago

Not to mention GOG and Prime/Twitch/Luna/whatever it is now, I got free games from the latter every month for years. I have around 400 games and I paid very little except for a few selected titles I wanted to play immediately.

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u/Alertcircuit 10d ago edited 10d ago

Also ngl as someone who used to buy $60 games in the 2000s, seeing this huge uproar about $70 for a game in 2026 is kinda insane. Games are probably cheaper than they've ever been in the history of video games. Well, maybe 5 years ago they were.

But still. If 10 year old me could save up for months to buy a game that's like $100 in today's money, us adults with jobs can pay $70 instead of $60. Or just wait a year or two for the game to be like $30 and probably come with the DLC too. Or play any of the $5 or less classics from the past 10, 20, 30 years. A lot of those are better than the games coming out nowadays anyway.

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u/gaypornhard69 10d ago

See I've always had this argument too and half the time I get called a Boot licker. Lol People we're paying like $70, $80 in the '80s and with inflation, that's like a hundred and some dollars.

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u/MateoWarhol 9d ago

The same 80’s when the video game industry collapsed and nearly went extinct entirely…?

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u/gaypornhard69 9d ago

No, 1985 when the NES was released, bringing the industry out of collapse.

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u/rukh999 9d ago

This is why Steam ate the PC market.

Everyone else thought they'd use regulation and courts to fight piracy, Gabe made a platform that was more convenient than piracy.

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u/Jackal-Noble 9d ago

Yeah, I actually believe in paying for things I want, supporting the industry. I do love a good sale of course. I realize I'm an outlier.