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Thursday, February 05, 2026
Recalculating and changing my mind
In direct contradiction to what I said in my previous post, I bought Menace on Steam today, on release day. That was basically because of the price. Menace is a €40 game, but for the first two weeks after release it only costs €30, a 25% reduction. Now once upon a time, the PC Game Pass was €10 per month, so for €40 I would have gotten 4 months of PC Game Pass. These days, the PC Game Pass is €15 per month, and given the discount, Menace costs the same as only 2 months of PC Game Pass. Also, it will presumably be quite a while before Menace is discounted by more than 25% in a Steam sale, so I might as well buy it right now.
An additional consideration for me was that I expect Menace to have several patches and content additions for a year or so, and then a release version. Buying the game now means I can play now, stop, and play again when there are additions or changes I like. While I still don't technically "own" my Steam games, I do at least have access to them unlimited in time. If I had paid the same €30 for two months of Game Pass, I would have to worry about timing, doing some research at what state the game is in at the moment I "rent" it for 2 months.
But I would say that this is a borderline case. If Menace had been a €60 game with 10% discount, I would probably have gone the PC Game Pass route. For €30, I don't regret adding it to my Steam library for a longer time.
- posted by Tobold @ 4:10 PM Permanent Link
