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[Bellular News] People Aren't Buying New Games, So Valve Changed Steam (www.youtube.com)
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[–] 9 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Why is Gabe now Hugh Jackman?

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    • [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    Honestly, nice feature! I went through my wishlist and grouped everything by genre. Now, if I feel like picking up a new action shooter, I can just click the Action Shooter category I created and see games I'll most likely enjoy. Cool!

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    [–] 4 points 2 months ago (8 children)

    Why is this being downvoted?

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    Some people don't like videos with no synopsis. Some people don't like Steam.

    Those are my two guesses.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    It's also a YT link, which's not welcomed here (for good reasons)

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I always feel annoyed when people are pissed about Youtube links. There are so many different frontends and other ways to watch Youtube videos that linking some one specific way that you like is just inconvenient. I have my redirects, let me watch it the way I like instead of adding 10th rule to handle your specific Invideous instance.

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    [–] 7 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    I can't consume YouTube, so what did steam better? I noticed nothing new....

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago* (3 children)

    I don't like this creator (Bellular News), so won't watch the video. Instead I copy description and timestamps over:

    How many games have been sitting on your Steam wishlist for years? New releases are struggling to turn that interest into sales, and Valve has changed how wishlists work to help. With more players waiting for discounts, developers need their games to keep selling long after launch.

    00:00 Steam's Wishlist Problem
00:34 Why New Games Are Struggling
01:23 Steam's Wishlist Changes
02:54 Do Wishlists Sell Games?
07:24 Waiting for a Sale
09:15 Surviving After Launch

    Ah, I see its about the new added wishlist feature. You can now add custom tags to group your wishlist items. That was indeed a feature some people requested and I would have benefited from this in the past too. It helps reminding you why you added the game to the wishlist. Maybe its about something else, didn't watch.

    Edit: In case you can watch videos on other platforms, and just don't want to or can't use YouTube directly, there is an alternative frontend: https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=9HPNlYot6uY

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    Thanks!

    And yes, it indeed sounds like a feature I also was missing. Got 500 items in the wishlist. Some for like "totally buy if slightly discounted" and some shit I just like to observe.

    I was close to making my own tool for that, but then it Wouldn't be integrated...

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    I don't know anything about this creator, what is it that makes you dislike them? It seemed like a fairly ordinary video to me, but this post is on -4 votes at the time I'm commenting so I must be missing something.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago*

    Usually the topics he choose are taking one thing, bringing it into controversial light often talk about bad things only for sensational effect. Mind you, not all videos are bad. Its also the overall style and feel of the channel, with the way he talks, the clickbait titles and typical YouTube thumbnails. And he also talks a lot about a subject, without adding real value, just stretches the topic out.

    I stopped watching this channel many years ago now, so it might gotten better (or worse?). BTW I didn't even downvote the post. I only do that when I really disagree or hate the content. I just ignored the content here and will not downvote a video I did not watch.

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