Quote"The amazing thing about Steam and its player base is that they buy games they aren't going to play," says Zukowski in a new post (first spotted by GR+). "More than likely the person buying your game is not going to play it."
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"The reason Steam makes indies so much money compared to all the other platforms is that they have built up an audience that is full of super die-hard hobbyists... Basically, hobbyists buy stuff not because they actually want to consume it, but because they are collecting it."
Quote"Valve cracked the problem that Netflix was struggling with: how do you sell to people who have so much entertainment at their fingertips that they don't have enough hours in the day to play and watch it all," says Zukowski. "Valve basically added infinite hours to a gamer's day, it is a theoretical future day where gamers might someday spend hours playing your game (but let's be honest, won't).
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"If Steam shoppers were rational and only bought games they were going to play, we would sell a lot fewer games," says Zukowski. "Half this industry would be gone."
"Knowing Steam players are hoarders explains why you give [Valve] that 30%: you get access to a bunch of drunken sailors who spend money irresponsibly."
Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Today at 12:32 AMSome of the reviews feel like they're just sick of superhero movies.Good
QuoteHow many more superhero films in general, and Superman films in particular, do we need to see that all end with the same spectacular faux-apocalypse in the big city with CGI skyscrapers collapsing? They were fun at first ... but the thrill is gone.
Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Yesterday at 05:33 PMI think this might have made my first playthrough better. Not sure about other playthroughs.Me too. The game really needed to set expectations better.
But my first playthrough, the game felt really slow because I kept expecting that the other half of the story wouldn't be as big as the first half.
Quote from: Legend on Yesterday at 04:04 AMI always expected poor, but I will admit fixing the flinch in the trailer gave me a bit of hope.I'm not sure.
But now it seems even nerds will dislike it. What a bad start to the dc reboot. Maybe they'll bring back gal gadot and margot robbie since they are the only parts of modern dc anyone likes, assuming the batman doesn't get folded in.
Quote from: Legend on Yesterday at 04:33 PMhttps://blog.playstation.com/2025/07/08/introducing-the-last-of-us-part-ii-remastered-chronological-experience-out-today/?sf277879873=1I think this might have made my first playthrough better. Not sure about other playthroughs.
Cool update, but odd they are still working on it.
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