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ABI-DOS is now free forever (store.steampowered.com)
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[-] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

Is this a Stargate reference?

[-] brsrklf@jlai.lu 23 points 3 months ago

Abydos was a real place in ancient Egypt, the Stargate planet takes its name from it.

[-] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 3 months ago

I thought it was an Adidas reference, based on the logo.

[-] Bougie_Birdie 14 points 3 months ago

I paid a dollar for this two weeks ago

Worth it

[-] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 3 months ago

Heh I know that feeling, I bought CS:GO before it became free to play.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

Same, but with Rocket League.

[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago

Interesting that the dev decided to make the game free after a month. They announced that they'd rather have more people play the game even if it doesn't make money. While that's nice, some people actually did pay for the game. I hope they get the option of receiving a refund if they'd like.

[-] Anahkiasen 23 points 3 months ago

I mean if you liked the game and enjoyed the developper's work I feel like that's worth paying them a coffee unless you truly hated it ๐Ÿ˜…

[-] brsrklf@jlai.lu 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yeah, I expect it's a bit of trouble for the dev to refund stuff too. I can understand doing it if you've got something to complain about, but having paid like 8 bucks one month ago for a game that's now free is really not worth the trouble IMO.

Even less so if you actually enjoyed the game.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

I've only refunded one game, and that's because it literally went into a bundle the next week, where the bundle was half the game's sale price. And even then, I still feel kinda bad about it.

The game becoming free is a good thing and in no way changes the value for people who already bought it.

[-] adam_y@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

That's not how money works.

Those people bought it at an agreed value with the information present at the time. Why would they receive a refund?

If that was the case, if you bought something that went on sale next month, does that mean you are entitled to a refund? And if so, what is the cut off date for that?

[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

if you bought something that went on sale next month, does that mean you are entitled to a refund?

Steam literally gives refunds if you buy something and then it goes on sale.

[-] adam_y@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Sort of. Steam offers refunds for any reason. They use that phrase on their FAQ.

But if you already knew that, why did you bother with the first comment?

[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

I just think that if the dev doesn't care if they get paid or not then they should offer people back their money. I would assume few people would ask for their money back, but it just seems like the right thing to do. I'm not sure why I'm getting downvoting for suggesting the dev offer refunds. Is offering consumers a choice bad?

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 months ago

No, but suggesting they are somehow morally obligated to offer it is nonsensical. They didn't need to make the game free, they chose to in order to increase its reach. That choice doesn't hurt anyone who paid, it just benefits others going forward.

I really don't understand where you're coming from with this. If you bought it in the last two weeks (or more, Steam is pretty generous), request a refund through Steam. If not, nothing changes for you because you bought at a price you thought was a good deal.

I could understand if they broke some form of promise, like they stopped developing during early access, they promised to fix some things and didn't, or they disable multiplayer servers, but none of that seems to be the case here. In what way are existing owned harmed by them making the game free going forward?

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