A reason to get this instead of Playstation/Xbox is that games on Steam are significantly cheaper through keys sites like g2a.com or just waiting for discounts.

Playstation/Xbox know you're locked in because you've already sunk money into the console, and they use this pricing power against you.

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maccard 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I work in games.

Please don't buy games from g2a and the likes. In the best case, g2a make money and the developer doesn’t . in the worst case you're buying bogus keys or stolen accounts.

Please, just pirate games instead.

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bhelkey 5 hours ago | parent [-]

> in the worst case you're buying bogus keys or stolen accounts

Maybe this is just a hole in my knowledge but I don't see how this could be the case.

Regarding stolen accounts: Once I activate a Steam key, I can't deactivate my copy to get my key back (I don't think anyways). How would a stolen account generate steam keys?

Regarding bogus keys: If the keys primarily didn't work I suspect that we would see deplatforming of the site by payment processors. They generally don't like when all their customers issue chargebacks.

I think there is some risk that keys sold in a grey market are purchased by stolen credit cards but I can't imagine that this is too prevalent. I would think that the credit card owner would dispute the charge and Steam would deactivate the key.

	▲	small_scombrus 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> I would think that the credit card owner would dispute the charge and Steam would deactivate the key There's a real issue for both Valve and the game dev if this happens. The public isn't going to take this key doesn't work or worse my game stopped working after I bought it and blame nebulous credit card fraud, they're going to blame Valve and/or the dev

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jeroenhd 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Just pirate the games instead of using key sites, they're full of chargeback scams that often end up costing developers more money than piracy. Those ten bucks you save really aren't worth the trouble of losing your account over.

With how often Steam games are on sale, you may ass well wait a little longer and buy directly through Valve.

The beauty of PC is that you can also buy games through GOG and Epic if they offer a better price.

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PeaceTed 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

A big thing here is that you can always buy another or build another PC that can run this stuff if you don't like the Steam Machine. You cannot build a PS5/Xbox to do the same.

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guyforml 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Don't forget the subscription-free multiplayer

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squigz 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

https://isthereanydeal.com/ is a great resource