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YellowKing wrote:Assassin's Creed: Unity: $19.99 - You serious, Clark?

How clever of you to work a Christmas Vacation reference into the summer sale.

Pyperkub wrote:Anyone interested in a 2 or 4 pack of Offworld Trading Company?

Other than the fact that the Deluxe Edition comes with two keys, where are you looking at multi-packs?

Saw a post at qt3


24.99 for 2, 39.99 for 4

Pyperkub wrote:Saw a post at qt3


24.99 for 2, 39.99 for 4

I see, it's through the Stardock webpage itself. Looks like it's still a Steam key.

I think I found it on the steam site too, but I may be mistaken

I wonder if this lame sale will be what we get for Christmas and if it will dampen our very fun Christmas giving thread and gifts? I have so much fun participating in that each year and save money I dont have just to do that.

No need to wonder - this is what STEAM sales will look like from now on. It all started last year and this is exactly what the Winter sale of 2015/2016 was like. At one point we'll all be able to sit around the retired gamer table and tell all the kids that we remember the flash deals and themed games Valve created to give away gems, sacks of coal and free cards.

With the ability to return games flash sales or timed pricing no longer makes sense. Pay $10 for a game today and it's on flash sale tomorrow for $0.37? That's madness.

YellowKing wrote: Wasteland 2: $19.99 - You've been able to get this game at this price for ages.

To be fair, this is the new "director's cut" edition. Which of course is probably just a justification for keeping the price high, but whatever.

You're larger point stands though. Steam sales ain't what they used to be... especially in this day and age of crazy humble bundles.

Good point, and I'd like to clarify that this is just personal opinion - if there are a lot of games on sale that you don't have, then obviously this may be the best sale ever for you.

Part of the problem is I already have so many games, that putting stuff on sale that has been out for 2-3 years doesn't do anything for me. Because if I wanted it, chances are I already picked it up in a Steam sale at some point within those same 2-3 years.

As a counterpoint, I have 500 games, a backlog a mile deep, and still found seven games to buy. Of course, I am no longer a cutting-edge gamer, content to play stuff that's a few years old rather than price watch stuff that's a recent release.

Counter-counter-point. We've gotten used to buying products at 80% or 90% off. Now we're complaining about 40% or 50% off being a bad deal. It isn't. It only looks like a bad deal because we're used to absurd deals.

Anywhere else, 50% off would be fantastic.

granite counter-top point... I have lots of games, no backlog at all and bought $200 in steam wallet cards... I can't find anything to buy.

Technically not true, I bought dead state for $5 and was bored by it within an hour. I also bought We Slay Monsters for $2.50 and finished the available content in a couple hours (it's early access and incomplete).

Counter-counter-intuitive point. I get that. I had two things I was looking for - The Witcher 3 for me, and Torchlight 2 for the kids for coop (no, not you.) Other than that, nothing is cheap enough for me to buy just because it is there and happens to be a dollar. There are other games on my list that I actually want, but they are games with good prices now, which means research and a concept of investment rather than the wild impulse buying of years past.

coopasonic wrote:granite counter-top point... I have lots of games, no backlog at all and bought $200 in steam wallet cards... I can't find anything to buy.

Technically not true, I bought dead state for $5 and was bored by it within an hour. I also bought We Slay Monsters for $2.50 and finished the available content in a couple hours (it's early access and incomplete).

I take charity!


On a serious note, there are games I'd consider... if I didn't have a backlog. If I move my arbitrary $10 threshold to $15 (which supports what others are saying), then there would be a few more. There are definitely ones that I *want* to get, that are sitting just a wee bit higher than I'd like. So with my backlog I've decided that I can wait. Maybe the next sale. Or the one after that. I'll probably get them eventually. But not now.

What I'm focusing on now is co-op games that I can play with friends that live elsewhere. Since the ones I'm looking at don't have great discounts, it is even less likely that I'll pick up any iffy ones.

I've shot myself in the foot because I have been so conscientious about that damn queue function. If I hadn't done so many, and "taught" it so well, I would just be blowing through the clicks to get my stupid, PITA cards, but it's actually showing me stuff I am interested in, and never knew existed. Foiled again!

Anyone interested in a 2 or 4 pack of Offworld Trading Company? (24.99/39.99) from Stardock?

Well, I figured that I'd waited long enough.

Grabbed...

Civ V bundle (really only wanted Brave New World, I had everything else except for a couple of map packs).
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Divinity: Original Sin EE - Collector's Edition (for the extra copy)
TableTop Simulator DLC - Zombicide
TableTop Simulator DLC - Mistfall

$54.05

That should be it for me on this sale.

It figures the day after I go off on a rant about how meh the sale is, I find three or four titles I want to pick up.

I don't see any reason this should kill our Christmas wish list giving.

JetFred wrote:I don't see any reason this should kill our Christmas wish list giving.

Agreed.

But that say more about the community than steam prices.

Stellaris and Total War:Warhammer have backlogged me heavily, and then there's Witcher 3.

Still, I'm interested in more non-violent games for the girls (7 and 8). They love the LEGO and Sky Fox adventure games. Any other suggestions?

Rip wrote:

JetFred wrote:I don't see any reason this should kill our Christmas wish list giving.

Agreed.

But that say more about the community than steam prices.

We aren't typically gifting AAA titles within the first year, anyway. I have numerous things in the wishlist that go on sale sub-$10 on the events, and I've not seen many people participating that aren't the same.

Im just collecting cards. I am making badges from both the normal cards and the foil ones if anyone wants to trade for my extras.

Zarathud wrote:Stellaris and Total War:Warhammer have backlogged me heavily, and then there's Witcher 3.

Still, I'm interested in more non-violent games for the girls (7 and 8). They love the LEGO and Sky Fox adventure games. Any other suggestions?

If you're looking for point and click adventures, there's the Nancy Drew adventure games. And there's Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet, which I've only started, but seems very much like a Secret of Monkey Island game.

Zarathud wrote:Still, I'm interested in more non-violent games for the girls (7 and 8). They love the LEGO and Sky Fox adventure games. Any other suggestions?

Check out "Book of Unwritten Tales".

My two girls (currently, 9 and 11) also loved one of the Broken Sword games, I think it was the last one (but the earlier ones are actually better IMO, if not as pretty).

Done with the normal card badge now I just need foil cards.

By far worst steam sale. I bought exactly one game, "its a wipe" and everything else were just too high priced to rationalize with my backlog. Certainly one of the worst summer sales in memory.

Pyperkub wrote:Anyone interested in a 2 or 4 pack of Offworld Trading Company? (24.99/39.99) from Stardock?

Going in on a 2-pack with a qt3er today. Anyone want to jump in and make it a 4-pack? Cuts the price to <$10 each...

Okay, folks, sale prices last until Steam refreshes on Monday.

I picked up Age of Wonders 3 at 75% off and The Vanishing of Ethan Carter at 80% off.

Ethan Carter has been on my wish list since release, so I figured I may as well nab it.

AoW3 was a pure impulse buy, but I enjoyed the first two and I've read that patches have fixed many of the issues AoW3 had at release.

I have less than $10 and I cant find a thing to get.

I've bought over 20 games and I don't think any were more than $4. What are you looking for?

Sort my wishlist by price. There's plenty under $4.

Massive Chalice is supposed to be good.

JetFred wrote:I've bought over 20 games and I don't think any were more than $4. What are you looking for?

No idea...just nothing grabbing me. I looked at my wishlist and theres stuff I could get on it but they just aren't interesting me right now enough to spend the last of my money on.

Oh. Well then you really weren't asking for help, then.

Daehawk wrote:No idea...just nothing grabbing me. I looked at my wishlist and theres stuff I could get on it but they just aren't interesting me right now enough to spend the last of my money on.

You could...not spend it and have it for the identical STEAM sales that will be here in a little over 5 months?

Smoove_B wrote:

Daehawk wrote:No idea...just nothing grabbing me. I looked at my wishlist and theres stuff I could get on it but they just aren't interesting me right now enough to spend the last of my money on.

You could...not spend it and have it for the identical STEAM sales that will be here in a little over 5 months?

But..but...what about Gabe's children?!

To date, Valve made $175 on the sale of a single regular version of one of the holiday trading cards (175,000 sold), so back of the napkin math tells me it's likely closer to $200 by tomorrow and then $2,000 for their cut on all the regular Summer 2016 card versions sold. Even with giving us all free imaginary cards, they still managed to make money. $2,000 is peanuts in the grand scheme of things but it's still impressive for doing nothing but hosting the transfers and data structure - so Gabe's children will be ok.

Smoove_B wrote:To date, Valve made $175 on the sale of a single regular version of one of the holiday trading cards (175,000 sold), so back of the napkin math tells me it's likely closer to $200 by tomorrow and then $2,000 for their cut on all the regular Summer 2016 card versions sold. Even with giving us all free imaginary cards, they still managed to make money. $2,000 is peanuts in the grand scheme of things but it's still impressive for doing nothing but hosting the transfers and data structure - so Gabe's children will be ok.

They probably spent more than $2000 on the graphics development and web development to deploy the cards.