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amok: Except what I am as a customer is left feeling is "gog sales are a bit meh, but steam sales are a bit exciting". If the point in the end is that one company only cares about money, while another cares about customer relations - you are going a bit against the stream here :)
Depends what you expect. For instance, I don't like to be constantly disappointed by daily deals. So steam's relation with me is a downer.

I have almost 500 games on steam. Guess how many I bought this year.
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amok: Except what I am as a customer is left feeling is "gog sales are a bit meh, but steam sales are a bit exciting". If the point in the end is that one company only cares about money, while another cares about customer relations - you are going a bit against the stream here :)
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keeveek: Depends what you expect. For instance, I don't like to be constantly disappointed by daily deals. So steam's relation with me is a downer.

I have almost 500 games on steam. Guess how many I bought this year.
well, I have bought my first game on steam this year on this sale, and I just answered your question. How many games you have and bought this year is not really part of that equation, you are the one that brought up that all gog care about is getting my money *shrug*

If you have 500 games, it is more a point that you have reached a saturation point more than anything else. Same boat as me, you either do not care about the games on sale, or have the ones you want already. Your issue, I think, is more to do with your collection than with actual sales.

(I have never bought a Steam Daily game since it started...)


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keeveek: You come for sales as some amusement park with a strive for novelty. I come for games. But it's a new trend I believe, when sales, clients, stores are about everything rather than just games. You earn some cards, badges, "surprises", and forget that after all, it's just about buying and playing games.
I come for my enjoyment. Part of my enjoyment is not only getting a large horde of shines, but actually a little bit of excitement seeing what is being put on sale, and dig through the large sack of coal to see if I might find a nice little diamond there I might not have know about before. I do not care about clients, badges or cards - I collect neither of them.

I like to look what is there, see what I want, calculate against my budget, and forecast what I think I may need to spend in the next days. I am always wrong, and the last years spend a lot less than expected, but this is for me part of the fun. I like the treasure hunt aspect of the large sales.
Post edited July 12, 2013 by amok
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gandalf.nho: For this sale I guess will be hard to see a better price for the DLCs (don't remembered seeing a Dragonborn promo before this Steam sale, many Skyrim ones, but always without the DLCs...)
Actually on Nuuvem there is a better deal right now, at least when converted to Euros it's still cheaper than it's ever been on Steam so far. If it's really region free I might just try and get it there.
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gandalf.nho: For this sale I guess will be hard to see a better price for the DLCs (don't remembered seeing a Dragonborn promo before this Steam sale, many Skyrim ones, but always without the DLCs...)
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Smannesman: Actually on Nuuvem there is a better deal right now, at least when converted to Euros it's still cheaper than it's ever been on Steam so far. If it's really region free I might just try and get it there.
Don't saw this promo before, but at least I wasn't prejudiced to have buyed Dragonborn in Steam yesterday because in R$ I payed the same amount than the Nuuvem one
I can't seem to make any more purchases now - keeps saying
"There seems to have been an error initializing or updating your transaction. Please wait a minute and try again or contact support for assistance."
anyone else getting that?
Trying to but Just Cause 1 and 2 for 99p and £1.99 respectively

*edit* managed to get it to go through now after many tries

Healthy Steam = Healthy PC games market I suppose!
Post edited July 12, 2013 by Fever_Discordia
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Smannesman: Actually on Nuuvem there is a better deal right now, at least when converted to Euros it's still cheaper than it's ever been on Steam so far. If it's really region free I might just try and get it there.
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gandalf.nho: Don't saw this promo before, but at least I wasn't prejudiced to have buyed Dragonborn in Steam yesterday because in R$ I payed the same amount than the Nuuvem one
I'd say is a good advice to check Nuuvem deals before buying on Steam, as it seems they're trying to beat the Steam price sometimes, even in R$... last one I remember was Baldur's Gate enhanced a week or so ago, it was cheaper on Nuuvem and it lasted more time... And even with that, I managed to miss.... lol
I HIGHLY recommend Just Cause 2 at that price. That is a really fun game with a great PC port. The fact you can now get it with all the dlc for about $4 is a steal, quite possible one of the best deals so far.
Furthermore, while I'd recommend Blood Dragon at its usual price, it's now about $8. Another recommended game, I love it.
Tempted by Darksiders 2, but I've heard issues about the port. Is it worth getting it and the DLC for its price now? Or should I wait for another price drop? Also, what DLC is included in its Season Pass?
Also, I'm kinda excited by the prospect of 75% off Sleeping Dogs
Post edited July 12, 2013 by FantasyNightmare
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gandalf.nho: Don't saw this promo before, but at least I wasn't prejudiced to have buyed Dragonborn in Steam yesterday because in R$ I payed the same amount than the Nuuvem one
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Stooner: I'd say is a good advice to check Nuuvem deals before buying on Steam, as it seems they're trying to beat the Steam price sometimes, even in R$... last one I remember was Baldur's Gate enhanced a week or so ago, it was cheaper on Nuuvem and it lasted more time... And even with that, I managed to miss.... lol
Normally when I see a good deal in Nuuvem, I alread have buyed the game weeks or even months before or isn't a Steamworks game (I prefer not spread too much my games), but I remember buying 2 or 3 games with them in the past
Glad for the XCOM sale, it's just too steep otherwise.
Wizorb and Puzzle Dimension are a couple of good little sleeper hits for under 50 pence each (around $1)

Wizorb: http://store.steampowered.com/app/207420/?snr=1_7_7_151_150_1

Puzzle Dimension: http://store.steampowered.com/app/57200/

(Edits are links.)
Post edited July 12, 2013 by serpantino
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pen_sq: Put it in your wishlist, and Steam (should) inform you when they have it on sale. Look it up on isthereanydeal, look up other games from that publisher, and get a feel for their strategy.
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nijuu: Wouldnt rely on Steam informing... if it works they are anywhere up to 8-10 hours later...
Just a warning. I had some games come up both today and yesterday that are on my wishlist and I've had no emails so as Nijuu says don't rely on the wishlist emails.

Edit: Whoops double post ^_^'
Post edited July 12, 2013 by serpantino
By the way, I noticed that the Bioshock 1, Bioshock 2 are ALSO on sale, even though not posted on the frontpage. (Bioshock Infinite on Daily Sale).


Make sure to check related games for daily discounts.
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gandalf.nho: For this sale I guess will be hard to see a better price for the DLCs (don't remembered seeing a Dragonborn promo before this Steam sale, many Skyrim ones, but always without the DLCs...)
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Smannesman: Actually on Nuuvem there is a better deal right now, at least when converted to Euros it's still cheaper than it's ever been on Steam so far. If it's really region free I might just try and get it there.
It´s not an EA game right? (sorry, I know nothing about Bethesda). Only EA games at Nuuvem are region locked if not mentioned on game description.
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FantasyNightmare: I HIGHLY recommend Just Cause 2 at that price. That is a really fun game with a great PC port. The fact you can now get it with all the dlc for about $4 is a steal, quite possible one of the best deals so far.
Furthermore, while I'd recommend Blood Dragon at its usual price, it's now about $8. Another recommended game, I love it.
Tempted by Darksiders 2, but I've heard issues about the port. Is it worth getting it and the DLC for its price now? Or should I wait for another price drop? Also, what DLC is included in its Season Pass?
Also, I'm kinda excited by the prospect of 75% off Sleeping Dogs
The issues with Darksiders 2 have been mostly ironed out. It was a poor pc port before the patches, which improved the graphic options and took care of the bugs.

TB said in his video it's the cheapest it's ever been outside of the humble bundle. The game itself does not go on sale usually. So go for it. Weighing up the dlc, it seems that the season pass gets you the most meaty DLC is size and content. But there is another piece that's outside that pass. Here in the uk, it's actually cheaper buying all three separate then the pass+ content.
FWIW despite my own reservations about the odd title TB has a decent summary of each days dailies.
Oh and definitely browse, there is good value for some games which are on sale :).
Post edited July 12, 2013 by nijuu