If you return ‘too many’ items they may suspend or even ban your account. I’m not sure what the threshold is.

Right, and you can easily monitor sales and specials on Steam.

People are struggling to pay rent and buy groceries. Entertainment will always be the first thing to cut.

A lot of it is untracked, though. I know we live in the era of big data, but Blizzard et al has no clue how many people are playing TIE Fighter Total Conversion and countless other old games. 5% is way too low of a made up estimate.

Hell, classic arcade emulators are ubiquitous.

My point here is not that game publishers aren’t making money. My point is, gamers don’t have to buy into it to have fun.

Shit like this is why people go back and play much older titles and have a great time with them.

c/patientgamers rise up! Or maybe not. We’ll just wait until it goes on sale and maybe give it a try down the road.

I do love Technology Connections. When I was a kid, my uncle had a pinball machine in his game room and we would play that thing for hours on end. It was really fun seeing Alec crack one open and give us an extended tour.