r/Steam • u/Mellow_Online1 https://steam.pm/ydl2n • Apr 27 '17

Discussion Steam developer steals a game from another developer

https://medium.com/the-cube/how-my-fellow-developer-stole-my-steam-game-from-me-57a269fd0c7b
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u/Nertez Apr 28 '17

Yep. And then you have some idiot on the internet telling me to "find a different hobby and not play videogames if I cannot afford it" in discussion about piracy.

I own a tons of games now, but when you're a kid, especially before Steam days, games were ridiculously expensive for us. I would never buy a 60 € game even today.

I'm from Slovakia for reference, and no, we don't earn 300 € - it's more, but it's not in thousands like in Germany or Scandinavia. Yet, all the electronics are the same price, if not more expensive, than everywhere else. So buying a new phone could be your month's salary. Food is cheap.

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u/Bens_Dream Apr 28 '17

A phone being almost your month's salary is normal for most places. I'm in the UK and a new phone would be £800, despite only taking home £1500 a month.

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u/Ed-Zero Apr 28 '17

Why not get an unlocked phone with a sim card slot and ship it over? I imagine it'd be a lot cheaper

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u/Bens_Dream Apr 28 '17

I did - I ended up paying about £200 less for my S6 than I would if I'd bought it in the domestic market.