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> FOMO happens typically when a big game is released

FOMO around sales: I've bought a bunch of games when they were on sale even though I was not going to play them right away, simply because I didn't want to end up wanting to play them later and have to buy them full(-ish) price. And then I never played them anyway.

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I understood what they were saying, I don't think that is generally true due to how Steam tends to operate.

There isn't going to be much FOMO when people know that a game is going to be on sale every other month. Maybe if you are unfamiliar with Steam you might do that.

I've heard people say plenty of times "I might pick it up when it is on sale again". That seems like the opposite of FOMO.

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