It’s really sad to see games at 40%+ discounts still end up being almost $40.

I guess it’s not that much of a difference back (in my day) when games MSRP’d for $60, but psychologically… nope. Not doing it. Dragon’s Dogma 2 is probably not the best example either.

Even with all the other sales going on, it was ironically Satisfactory that most recently broke my internal FOMOmeter. I typically try to stock up on cheap games to assuage my ephemeral gaming moods, as not doing so can lead to ruining an experience by forcing myself to play something else. In the depths of mainlining Satisfactory though, I would throw some discounted games in my Steam cart… and leave them there. A few days later, I would check back and realize they were no longer on sale. *Empty cart*.

A few cycles of that and the spell was broken.

We’ll see how long it lasts, but so far, so good. If nothing else, the fact that Satisfactory is an indie game that consumed my life for 120+ hours whereas I have a literal graveyard of half-finished AAA titles should give me pause. Or maybe I’m just fully into survival-crafting/deckbuilding/roguelike/automation territory now. It can go either way.