'Knowing Steam players are hoarders explains why you give Valve that 30%,' analyst tells devs: 'You get access to a bunch of drunken sailors who spend money irresponsibly'

‘Knowing Steam players are hoarders explains why you give Valve that 30%,’ analyst tells devs: ‘You get access to a bunch of drunken sailors who spend money irresponsibly’

Hold up folks: games industry analyst Chris Zukowski has cracked it, and knows exactly what you’re all like. Nothing but a bunch of hoardy hoarders! Yes I’m looking at YOU with your huge Steam library, bulked-out greedily during every big sale, and which you’ve only ever played half of (and that’s being generous). The truth……

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Marvel Rivals digs its heels into the gooner dirt as it reveals five new swimsuit skins, giving the people what they want: Punisher in a Speedo

Summer’s here, and you know what that means: swimsuit skins, swimsuit skins everywhere. And this year, Marvel Rivals is coming out swinging with five new skins, all of which look amazing and are just as scandalous as you’d expect from NetEase. “The legendary Marvel Swimsuit Special returns on July 9 in ‘Marvel Swimsuit Special: Friends,…

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Borderlands 4 certainly looks like it’s taking its story more seriously: ‘We wanted to go back to this sense of dread about the villain of our game’

I’m downright curious about Borderlands 4—having played most entrants in the series, it’s been interesting to see it mostly capture a good narrative essence with Borderlands 2, then spend the rest of its library uh… not doing that. Which is why this sequel’s been intriguing to me, given promises the game’ll be cutting back on…

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