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Play Before You Pay: Steam Allows 90-Minute Gameplay Before Purchasing a Game

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chrcoluk said:
Love it, Steam and Epic are polar opposites when it comes to consumers.
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does epic not allow refunds? i haven't actually dealt with epic before, outside of the free games they give out.
 
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Metroid said:
90 minutes is not good enough, 24 hours is all right.
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24h is enough for playing through the whole single-player campaign on a lot of games. Battlefield series, COD etc. I welcome it as I refuse to pay $40++ for 12-24h of gameplay. I never play online these days. But... if I really enjoy playing the campaign mode, I might pick it up. Cheats, bad behavior and unbalanced game dynamics are all eradicated these days, right?
 
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This is great! I'm still upset about purchasing Diablo 4 $70 and uninstalling it four days later.
 
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You can borrow the game for couple of dollars on www.cheaap.com they will borrow you steam account with game you desire and after time runs out just log you out.
 
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siuxo said:
You can borrow the game for couple of dollars on www.cheaap.com they will borrow you steam account with game you desire and after time runs out just log you out.
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That domain is dead and this thread was inactive for almost an entire year.
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Vayra86 said:
They 'borrow' your Steam account?

Sounds totally trustworthy, I'll send them my bank details too while I'm at it.
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I expect that person meant they lend you an account with the game you want (against TOS, but that's another matter).

Other languages can use the same word for borrow and lend.
 
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