Malix comments on [Steam] Hyper Hitmans (Will be paid Sept. 7)

[–] Malix@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Is it just me or do these "launching soon, free now, will be paid later" seem sketchy? The whole "act now or there's penalty" is straight up how scams operate.

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[–] plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago*

That’s just FOMO, Fear Of Missing Out, scams rely on manipulating emotions. In this case, I don’t know, I don’t see how emotions are being manipulated in this case, but someone else may.

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[–] smeg@feddit.uk 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Most of the ones I've seen are just early access games that will become paid when they do their first proper release. I guess some might be trying something dodgy, but it's not like someone adding a free game to their steam account is being scammed out of anything, right?

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[–] Malix@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago

yea I don't think adding a game to library will do anything on it's own. But there has been malware uploads to steam, so executing might not be safe.

Not saying this one here is malicious, but the "there's a hurry, get it, play it!!!" doesn't sit right with me :D

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