SG and our game buying habits [+hidden GA]

Reserved because I might add some extra GAs later.

I'm buying less from Steam because I'm leeching on SteamGifts? :)

In all seriousness though, I rarely, if ever, buy outside of Steam these days. The only other platform I even consider buying from is Origin and that's just because EA stopped putting their games on Steam.

Even prior to joining SG, I've been buying mainly on Steam. Because

1. most of my friends that I play with with are on Steam (which is probably because my playmates tend to like DOTA lol), and
2. Steam is the only platform so far that supports my country's currency (PHP).

But I did notice that my rate of buying for Steam increased because I like doing giveaways, but I stopped buying from Steam because the games were region-restricted.

I have never spent as so much as now I am using SG...

I don't buy more than I used to. I also buy more from Steam key re-sellers than Steam. I don't plan on buying Steam games much anymore now that there are restrictions on gifts as well.

Was already like this before being active here. I use the other platforms only if the game is not available on Steam (or less price cuts, especcially Ubi/EA games).
Would be great if we could do GAs for the other platforms here as well.

I definitely started buying more from steam after joining SG but that pales in comparison with the increase of what I bought for steam (a.k.a. keys from bundles and other stores). But then again before joining steam I mostly pirated games and I found SG in the same year so is hard to say if it was this site that made me buy more or just me going legit and drasticaly changing my buying habits when it comes to video games.
I also wouldn't even have accounts on other platforms if it wasn't for bundles that gave me keys for them.

I still buy from steam a lot, since it really is the easiest way to get a game, unless it happens to be a Blizzard or EA game. Plus all my friends use steam so it makes lobbying and joining friends so much easier.

but a bunch of people here are big spenders.

I guess this includes me :/.

Umm ... I've bought more than I ever should have from both Steam and various 3rd party sites. Steam itself as a store is generally better for me due to regional pricing, though a few games (i.e. AAA games) have custom prices that make it on par with the US. The only time that 3rd party sites can outdo Steam is either through bundles, or unique sales that are unlikely to be repeated on Steam anytime soon (e.g. Activision BYOB on HB).

This was not always the case, for when I first came back to Steam (fall of 2014), the CAD was a lot stronger which made 3rd party sites much more appealing. This is the main reason why my GoG library is as large as it is, for I bought the bulk of my games on that platform during this time. Now I get the occasional retro game that is not on Steam, but it has been months since my last purchase.

I tend not to buy games from other platforms since I prefer not to split my library as much as possible. Unless it is an exclusive to that particular platform (e.g. retro on GoG), I don't bother buying it even when it is a bit cheaper than a Steam copy. I like to keep everything in a single place and Steam just happens to be the largest of the bunch.

I also know that we're STEAMgifts, but would you like to have the option to create GAs for gog, uplay, origin or b.net games?

More options are always welcomed but I'm probably too invested into Steam to ever care about an alternative.

Do feel like we could help fight against Steam's Monopoly if we were given the choice above?

Of course. The only constant in life is change. Steam will lose its monopoly one day; it is only a matter of when.

After I joined SG when I wasn't region locked I still created several giveaways for gifts bought from Steam store of course.
After being region locked for each purchase, the number of gifts bought or bought to create giveaways decreased severely.
Now they region locked it further with the price lock and without the inventory gifting system I'll probably buy zero gifts.

As to games for myself I mostly or only buy games during sales, so I still buy a good number of games for myself on Steam, but always on the cheap. But the majority (# of games) of my library comes from bundles or other deals.

I buy way more games since I have joined steamgifts. I have also gog, origin, battle.net and uplay, but use them mostly for "exclusives".

Interestingly, my time on SteamGifts made me realise that I really should distance myself from Steam, and now I am mostly buying stuff on Humble and GOG.

I started actively using Steam after finding out the bundles, using SG didn't really change on it besides being more aware of bundles I bought quite some games for GOG, but exactly 0 on Uplay, Origin or battle.net as I get most of my games from bundles or third-party resellers, Steam store itself is not a priority for me.

I mostly buy from HB and then Steam during sales, but with the latest developments, I'm now actively watching out for sales in Uplay, Origin, and GoG. GAs for Origin and Ubisoft games would be very much appreciated too, especially since Mass Effect: Andromeda isn't likely to get to Steam. -_-

Actually SG made me buy way less games each day. Because i started to realize i don't like collecting games i just want to play them. So i made a rule if i don't finish 2 games i won't buy a new game unless i want it really bad. There isn't much games that i want really bad so i am keeping up with it for now.

Also i would be stuck with steam for while because of regional pricing. It helps a lot.

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I do indeed buy more Steam games after joining Steamgifts than before, but then again I joined about a month after I started using Steam so there's that. I've never bought anything on other (PC) platforms, except a few games (exclusives) on GOG, so yeah, I'm definetly 'helping' the monopoly. And also use my PS2 or play some SNES/PS1/GameCube games whenever I feel I poured too much of my soul into GabeN's Big Bag of Wonders also known as Steam.

Well, before SG I was mostly pirating, sometimes buying boxed editions (that's how I accidentally got steam, but intially I didn't use it much). After I got on sg I found out about bundles, steam sales etc. and for some time I had buying and winning fever. After I acquired more games than I had time to play, I kinda stopped (I still sometimes win something). Nowadays I prefer buying on gog and I'd love if there was SG equivalent with gog games.

Before SG I wasn't buying much from Steam.
But after Valve's latest screwup I'll probably stop buying from Steam.

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I started to use Steam a lot shortly after discovering it - I found it terribly convenient and with loads of great deals through Steam sales and bundle sites. But as somebody with a spare bedroom full of console games I'm also somebody who could probably just about cope without it. Recent changes have disappointed me and are going to affect my buying but won't cause me to abandon Steam. I worry that this might be the first stage of a crackdown on keys, bundle sites and official resellers and if that were to happen I'd shift to GOG, etc as a matter of principal - and I'd hope other people would also do that rather than chow down on that shit.

I only used Steam. But it wasn't until I started using SG that I found out about bundles. Or at least around that time. :p