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Steam sales reportedly topped $11 billion during H1 2026 due to shifting trends — staggering growth driven by influx of Chinese players and booming legacy catalogues (www.tomshardware.com)
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[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Digitally, PC wins easily on game cost, but it evens out more when you add in physical media. Of course, a lot of games don't have physical versions. Aaaand the pay to play online thing adds to the cost. Consoles are (were) a "pay less now to pay more later" proposition. Now it's "pay slightly less now and more later".

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