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I have to think back to the old time days, lol, but I think it was in November 2015 for the game of the year edition… When they actually sold some physical gear along with a game… It was a gigantic flop, although the physical gear was kind of cool.
Like, it was one of the major game releases that Harold did they beginning of the end for steam for that generation. It was the start of the dark era first steam
It was, like, a game bag, a helmet, and a shitty plastic pipboy or something. There was a gigantic backlash over how incredibly shitty the physical pack was, and how buggy the initial game release was.
I think this was the first signal for the first generation downfall for Steam. It was the first Harold for the first reckoning, first Steam’s first major downfall in 2015.
Thank God, it happened to Steam, and thank God it happened in 2015. If it hadn’t happened to them, and if it hadn’t happened so early, none of us would have survived.
Because they know there is no God (really? How stupid do all of you assholes feel now?), and because it happened long enough ago, they have no fear, and a new economy has emerged. Rough times are ahead, but there, thank goodness, is a future.
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