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Steam Users Are Being Called Out, As Analyst Says The Platform Is Thriving Because We're All "Hoarders"

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If you're reading this, there's a high chance that you have a backlog of some kiꦚnd, whether it be on a console or on PC. We're all guilty of buying a game, putting it on a shelf or downloading it onto our systems, only for something else to come along and have us completely forget about it. Personally, the majority of my Steam library is unplayed games that I keep swearing I'll get around to at some point. I'll play you some day 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:1000xResist, I promise.

It would be kind of embarrassing, but the fact that I'm definitely not the only one makes me feel a little better. In fact, that very habit of buying games only to never play them is apparently a large reason why developers and publishers are so kee🦩n to release their games on Steam, according to industry analyst Chris Zukowski.

Steam Is Thriving Because We're All "Hoarders", Says Analyst

(), Zukowski argues that one of the best things about Steam and its playerbase is that it's full of peopleꦯ that "buy games they aren’t going to play". Zukowski believes that this fact gives Steam a leg up when it comes to competing for time with other services like Netflix and Fortnite, as Steam is full of "super die hard hobbyists" that will buy games just for funsies.

"Knowing Steam players are hoarders explains 🌃why you give them that 30%: you get access to a𝔍 bunch of drunken sailors who spend money irresponsibly."

As a result, Zukowski believes that developers shouldn't be too nervous about releasing games on the platform, as it's very possible that "most people will probably buy your game and never play it". In fact, , in which it's claimed that a whopping 51.5 percent of the median Steam user's library is unplayed games, and I've never felt more called out in my li🌞fe.

Zukowski even believes that this phenomenon is a reason why smaller indies can get away with launching right next to the biggest games of the year, as making an interesting-looking game will get people to buy it either way. A good example of this would be Peak, as it launched smack bang in the middle of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Stellar Blade, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Death Stranding 2, and Rematch, yet i🌄s easily ♈the most successful game to come out of June. Yes, I have bought Peak and haven't played it.