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Steam users have spent $19 billion on games they’ve never played

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Steam users have spent $19 billion on games they’ve never played

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  1. meatbeater

    In an odd way I’m proud to be part of this. I’ve bought games I had little interest in just to support a developer I liked

  2. SAULOT_THE_WANDERER

    I’d say the actual value is probably significantly lower because most of those games were bought on sale and the calculation was based on the games’ normal values. If Steam is selling a $20 game for $2, I’ll buy it even if I’m not that interested, incase I want to play it later or it gets better with time

  4. ironmemelord

    Yeah I’m also a sale shopper. I bought elden ring and Harry Potter during the winter sale because they were half off. Just started Elden ring six months later

  5. Taowulf

    I was wondering where I put the 18.5 billion dollars I should have.

  6. Saddest_Sloth

    I contributed about 350 games towards that.

  8. ALUCARDHELLSINS

    In other news the steam summer sale is tomorrow

  9. m_csquare

    I have 3k games in my steam library and have only played 10% of that

    Guilty as charged

  12. Anoninomimo

    Never understood why people buy stuff they aren’t going to play.

  13. dinduet

    Maybe there should be a “**Lend**” feature to let the buyer share some of those games with anybody they want for a specified # of days, even non-family members.

    Y’know… just lending and borrowing games amongst friends.

  15. zakabog

    I bought a few Humble Bundles, and I donate a decent amount typically since it’s a charitable donation, but I’m usually doing it for one game. I just happen to get a handful of other games I never intend to play. I also bought a few bundles on sale when I just wanted the main game, so I end up with half my library being unplayed bundle games or sequels or prequels.

  17. ACrucialTech

    And I have absolutely no problem financing gabens yachts by doing this.

    All other big corporations can fuck off.

  23. Jhwelsh

    Some guy left a comment one time that was like “who would buy a game that they never played??”

    A lotta people dawg, a lotta people.

  25. Fawkter

    Ok, yes I have 100 games I haven’t played. I’m still buying a few during the summer sale.

  26. Khazzy1

    And it’ll be 20 billion tomorrow. I’ll play tropico 4 tomorrow stop asking.

  27. Bacon_Crispies

    But the Steam Summer sale is so good.

  28. Various-Parsnip-9861

    This hits a little too close to home. Gotta make some progress on that backlog.

  33. Roar_Intention

    I blame Humble Bundle for alot of my pile of shame. It’s just so tempting to buy more.

  34. Logical_Brain28

    Guilty. But I didn’t have any racing game at all in the 400+ games already. So I got Forza Horzion 4 for $25

    Eventually I’ll play it.

  35. funme

    We’re gonna play them, just waiting for the right moment when we feel the urge. Plus, they were like 90 percent off, it’s fine.

  36. DMA99

    Funny to see this article right before the Steam summer sale starts 😂.

  37. Vegetable_Safety

    Jokes on you, when a solar flare knocks out the Internet I’ll be playing all the single player games I’ve saved up but been too distracted to play because of multiplayer games.

  39. Mygaffer

    How many times is this going to get reposted I wonder. 

    Their data is incorrect btw, likely wildly so.

  40. LemurMemer

    These billion dollar companies really need my money more than I do, it’s the least a man can do

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