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[–] y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 1 day ago (12 children)

Are non-Steam gamers not also hoarders? Because if they are, that whole argument falls apart.

[–] HalfSalesman@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (4 children)
[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (3 children)

My wall of shelves loaded with board games says otherwise...

[–] HalfSalesman@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

When I say to the same degree I'm not saying there aren't people with thousands of games elsewhere. I'm saying there are more of them on Steam and they tend to collect higher amounts of games on average.

Board game enthusiasts don't always have thousands of board games, most console gaming enthusiasts don't have giant walls of games lining their house, etc.

That said, I don't have sources to cite here other than my personal interactions with other steam users on social media and my steam friends list number of games. I could be wrong as this isn't hard data but I'd bet money I'm correct though if there was a way to verify the comparison.

[–] Zoot@reddthat.com 3 points 1 day ago

Could that just be due to the fact that things like humble bundle would give 10+ games a month for like 20$? Or the amount of sales that steam has allowing you to get another another 10 - 20 games for 50$, or the price of a board game?

If Nintendo, still epic, or Xbox had sales of this magnitude I'm certain you would see significantly more "hoarding" there as well

[–] doughless@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Unfortunately, the article doesn't really compare to other collectors. My wife's bookshelves are full of a much higher cost library than my Steam library could ever hope to achieve, and many of them are still on her "TBR" list. She'll also never read those physical copies, so she's buying them twice so she can read them on her Kindle or listen on Audible.

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