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If Steam were to shut down tomorrow how much money would you have lost in total on games / DLC ?? (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/games@lemmy.world
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For me the answer is 847 USD over 14 years …

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[–] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

€100k more or less. I boycotted steam until left4dead2. Then I caved in. 50k was for the level though. And yes I know how stupid that is. The rest was games bought on steam. Then there might be more through other sources that provide steam-keys.

But it Wouldn't be really lost. At least not the games I already downloaded. Steam's DRM is trivial, so I would have at least those left.

Also, nothing to worry until gaben signs off. I predict it will then be turned into the usual us-american enshittification-craphole everything else is.

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    I don't understand

    It's just your steam-level. Which you can basically push with money or time (a bit at least). It has no real inherent benefits beyond a certain level. It's to show off basically. For me it was the thrill of finding the most efficient automated method to gain it as fast as possible. A silly idea in hindsight, but I can get pretty obsessive 😑

    Also how big is your steam library

    Too big. And while it might sound much, it's over a course of over a decade. And I buy whatever comes out and is adjacent to my likings. So my backlog is too vast to manage in this lifetime. Nowadays I buy much less. Either to support indie devs or those I REALLY wanna play.

    And where I live, this money wouldn't buy you a house. Not even an apartment. Except you don't mind burned down houses or so 😁

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