Comment on 9 months after its 1.0 launch flopped, an indie dev just learned that Steam never emailed the 130,000 people who wishlisted its game

WaitThisIsntReddit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• apex32@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I find it useful. They send an email when a game on my wishlist goes on sale. When it’s a steep discount, I’ll take another look at the game.

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Really?

    I just open the Steam app on my phone periodically. I have over 100 games there, so there’s usually a few on sale on any given day. I have my wishlist set to “discount” so only games on sale are shown, and I check it periodically and buy when a game gets to an interesting price.

    I never look at Steam emails.

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• BigPotato@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I have games on my wishlist from 2015. Almost a decade at this point.

  My wishlist exists more to let Internet friends know what to get me when they feel like it.

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Your friends buy you stuff?

    Mine exists so I can avoid the front page. I have it filtered to show only discounted games, so when I need a game, there’s almost always something I’m interested in that’s on sale since I have over 100 games on that list.

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    • BigPotato@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Goes both ways, buy the homies a gift.

      Also, know their birthdays and things.

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