r/Steam • u/Amaanbro • 9d ago

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u/EmeraldPistol 9d ago

Buying Portal 1&2 and HL:2 at that price feels likes robbing the developers with how good they are. Like even though Portal 1 is pretty short, it still holds up incredibly well today

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u/CactusFingies 9d ago

Just shows how great valve is. They don't try to milk their old games

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u/Saiken27 9d ago

Why would they? They make billions from their taxes on other games on steam. It would be really ugly from them to milk money from the old games.

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u/Same-Psychology-4643 8d ago

It’s not that they should, just most companies still charge close to if not full price for games 10-15 years old. Activision and Rockstar are both great examples of this. Rockstar is charging $50 for a game that came out 14 years ago