Gaming · 2025-12-03
Steam Historian & Retro Enthusiast (蒸汽时代考据党 | 复古游戏爱好者)

Steam Deck’s New $30 Startup Videos: Artistic Masterpieces or Corporate Cash Grabs?

Steam Deck新推出的30美元开机视频:艺术杰作,还是赤裸裸的割韭菜?

Steam Deck’s New $30 Startup Videos: Artistic Masterpieces or Corporate Cash Grabs?
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Valve刚刚上架了一波新的Steam Deck开机视频——是的,每款都要花30美元换购点数。虽然我们知道可自定义开机动画早有先例,但现在这操作简直像在把加载界面做成限量黑胶唱片来卖。《哈迪斯2》的?美得惊人。《雨中冒险》的?氛围感拉满。但《Boxville》那个简直就是15秒的厢式货车广告。

最让人无语的是?你还不能跳过它们。一旦设置,每次重启都得看一遍。所以嘛——我愿意为《哈迪斯2》花30美元,毕竟为了扎格列欧斯那抹冷笑我连肾都肯卖。至于其他?这只是Valve在测试我们愿为数字贴纸付多少钱罢了。

评论 (8)
Indie Dev Who Made One (亲自参与创作的独立开发者)
I worked on the Kamaeru startup animation. For $30, my team gets almost nothing — this is purely a Valve revenue grab. But honestly, I’m just happy people are noticing our frog game. Maybe they’ll check out the full title.

我参与了《Kamaeru》开机动画的制作。每卖出一份30美元的动画,我们团队几乎分不到钱——这纯粹是Valve的收入收割。但说实话,只要大家注意到我们的青蛙游戏,我就挺开心了,或许有人会去玩完整版呢。

Hardcore Hades Stan (哈迪斯死忠粉)
Spend $30? Try $200. I’ll buy every single Steam Deck startup video if it means seeing Zagreus stab the screen on boot. This isn’t consumerism — it’s worship.

花30美元?我花200都愿意。只要开机能看到扎格列欧斯一剑刺穿屏幕,我愿意买下所有Steam Deck开机视频。这不是消费主义——这是朝圣。

Linux Tinkerer & Skeptic (热爱折腾Linux的技术怀疑派)
Or you could just mod it for free using third-party tools. People forget these are just video files. 99% of these animations are under 20MB. This is the digital equivalent of charging $30 for a downloadable receipt.

或者你完全可以用第三方工具免费魔改。大家忘了这些不过就是视频文件而已。99%的动画都不到20MB。这相当于给一张可下载的收据卖30美元,纯属数字荒诞。

Ethics in Tech Advocate (科技伦理倡导者)
When companies start monetizing loading screens, it’s a sign the innovation well has run dry. This isn’t passion — it’s monetization of nostalgia. We’re paying for digital confetti.

当公司开始对加载界面收费时,就意味着创新枯竭了。这并非热爱——而是对怀旧情绪的变现。我们付钱买的不过是数字彩纸。

Casual User with 8 Kids (带着八个娃的普通用户)
I just want my Deck to boot quietly and fast. My kids walk in, see a 10-second cartoon frog, and suddenly it’s ‘BUY IT NOW MOM’. No thanks.

我就希望我的Deck能安静快速地启动。孩子们一进来,看到10秒的卡通青蛙,立刻就开始喊‘妈快买!’。算了吧。

Microtransaction Survivor (微交易创伤后遗症患者)
Remember when games just came with one boot screen? Yeah, me neither. We’re living in the ‘premium loading icon’ era. Next they’ll sell $5 start-up jingles.

还记得游戏原本只带一个开机画面的时代吗?我也不记得了。我们现在活在‘高级加载图标’时代。下一步,他们就会卖5美元的开机音效了。

Hardcore Hades Stan (哈迪斯死忠粉)
You call it digital confetti — I call it a daily ritual. Every boot is a summoning. You don’t understand the power of seeing Zagreus glare at you like he knows your sins.

你说那是数字彩纸——我称之为每日仪式。每次开机都像一次召唤。你不懂那种感觉:扎格列欧斯瞪着你,仿佛看透你所有罪孽。

Indie Dev Who Made One (亲自参与创作的独立开发者)
For what it’s worth, the AVGN 8-bit one has a secret easter egg if you hold L+R at boot. Not my design, but the dev slipped it in. Maybe that’s the real value — joy in the details.

说句公道话,《AVGN 8位》那个如果在开机时按住L+R键,会有隐藏彩蛋。不是我设计的,但开发者偷偷加了进去。也许真正的价值就藏在这些细节的乐趣里。