Deleted member 7448
Name is Abdu, live in Laos, born on 24.08.1992.
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A few days ago I made a thread saying I was finally over owning Steam games. I'd go back to pirating forever and that I was past the cravings to own.
Idk what is it but the Christmas sales unleashed that feeling again. So I managed to convince some stranger on reddit to buy me a game, yet again.
If I had to guess why I do it, I'd say that when I pirate games, I uninstall them in minutes or hours at best. But when you own it, idk, even if I uninstall it, I end up reinstalling it several times, and before you know it I actually sit through the whole game and finish it. Idk why pirating games makes me give up quicker. Actually, it's the other way around, I give up even when I own it, but owning it means it's still in your mind, it's so easy to reinstall, and before you know it you're playing again and actually finishing.
There's nothing on Steam that I'd actually spend my own money on (third world country so I'm frugal as fuck, even when I do have a bit of money tucked away for entertainment). So I managed to convince somebody else to buy me a game. In this case I got Divinity Original Sin 2. A game I've installed twice and deleted in like half an hour, twice over the years. This time I own it though so I'm sure I'll play it all the way through.
Idk what is it but the Christmas sales unleashed that feeling again. So I managed to convince some stranger on reddit to buy me a game, yet again.
If I had to guess why I do it, I'd say that when I pirate games, I uninstall them in minutes or hours at best. But when you own it, idk, even if I uninstall it, I end up reinstalling it several times, and before you know it I actually sit through the whole game and finish it. Idk why pirating games makes me give up quicker. Actually, it's the other way around, I give up even when I own it, but owning it means it's still in your mind, it's so easy to reinstall, and before you know it you're playing again and actually finishing.
There's nothing on Steam that I'd actually spend my own money on (third world country so I'm frugal as fuck, even when I do have a bit of money tucked away for entertainment). So I managed to convince somebody else to buy me a game. In this case I got Divinity Original Sin 2. A game I've installed twice and deleted in like half an hour, twice over the years. This time I own it though so I'm sure I'll play it all the way through.