irate944 comments on Former Valve writer says Gabe Newell has been pretty clear about Steam: "It's an MMO"

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[–] irate944@piefed.social 27 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

10-15 years ago, I knew a guy that bought games and traded cards just to level up his account. I remember asking him why he did it - since the levels are pretty much just cosmetic after the initial levels - and he straight up just said he liked to see the number go up

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[–] yakko@feddit.uk 13 points 3 weeks ago

Ahh jeez, fuck I hate it

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[–] epicurean_toast@lemmus.org 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

There's a bevy of "idle" games that are all about that. One if the most popular is literally called Numbers Go Up Idle

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[–] PatheticGroundThing@beehaw.org 3 points 3 weeks ago

That's pretty much the whole point of the incremental genre.

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[–] 46_and_2@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

A friend of mine told me you get some additional discounts during Steam sales if you craft badges with cards. Never tried it or cared enough to do it, but if it's true that might be another motivation.

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