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[StAidan]

Took about 30 minutes for the transaction to go through, but I finally got 5 games through my cart, including Rise of the Tomb Raider and Firewatch.

And with that, well... I guess I'm done until Christmas.

 

[mike6467]

Is project cars worth it?

Do you have a wheel? Definitely. If not I'd hold off, playing with a gamepad is...sketchy at best and seems to involve a large amount of tweaking. I have a G27, and the go karts alone have given me my monies worth in PCars.

 

[Mr. Doop]

Steam is getting hammereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed
Gonna start my purchases tomorrow at this rate.

Seriously. I don't think I've ever seen it this bad.

 

[Bytes]

If that's the case, then when the flash sale system was in place it was like this.

Add in a few of these somewhere in there and then'd you have it right:

 

[Haloid1177]

I'd like to know that, too.

I can get Just Cause 3 for 18 bucks thanks to already owning Rise of the Tomb Raider. Worth it or should I wait?

You can get JC3 codes pretty cheap in the BST thread. I'd pass.

 

[T.O.P]

Try going back to your library and see if they're listed at the bottom. That's how it works for me now since the last sale.

Yeah just accessed from mobile and they are in my library

 

[Knurek]

Seriously. I don't think I've ever seen it this bad.

Another user data leak?

 

[Grief.exe]

How are Valve not ready for this? It literally happens multiple times a year smh

I don't think it's possible to set up infrastructure that doesn't buckle under tens of millions of unique requests at the same second. There are even upstream failures from that kind of demand.

Someone with a better understanding of network infrastructure could explain it better than I can.

 

[CrazyHal]

Why isn't Dragon Quest Heroes on sale? Disappointed.

 

[Vuze]

I'd like to know that, too.

I can get Just Cause 3 for 18 bucks thanks to already owning Rise of the Tomb Raider. Worth it or should I wait?

Nah, 7€ game at most. So much worse than JC2 in basically every respect it hurts

Pre-Sale plan: "Let's pickup Skyrim DLC for cheap to get the Remaster for free"
> 13€ DLC bundle

 

[DaBargainHunta]

Sorry
The Steam Store is experiencing some heavy load right now. Please try again later.

Error 503 Service Unavailable

 

[Barzul]

I'd like to know that, too.

I can get Just Cause 3 for 18 bucks thanks to already owning Rise of the Tomb Raider. Worth it or should I wait?

Wait what's this, I have ROTR too. How are you getting JC3 for $18?

 

[tioslash]

So far I spent most of the time exploring the Steam error page.

 

[Puck Beaverton]

2 hours later and Steam is still shitting itself. I like to hope it's because the userbase has gotten bigger and it's not incompetence.

 

[Tryxx]

Crazy to think right now gta5 is like 2 bucks more on Xbox live than steam. These steam sales really just are not the same anymore.

 

[Ozium]

Does Evil Within still run like hot garbage or have they stabilized the game since launch fam

they've stabilized it but is the game worth 10 dollars or 15 for the game plus season pass? some people say it's good, some say it's hot garbage.

what to do

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Valve mandating sale prices onto developers sounds like a fantastic idea.

While annoying (and I fully understand that the base price of my game is $4.99, so that might affect it), the minimum discount limit is not that bad.

 

[haikira]

Pretty low on funds until I get paid next week, so I'm just going to keep an eye on stuff you guys recommend here, and build up a list. Think I'm going to grab a few gift cards, and keep within a set budget of about 40-50.

Oh yeah, pretty disappointed Obscure didn't get a reduction. Had my eye on that one for a while.

I'm gonna shill Catch Me.

It is only 25% off, but it's a recently released Early Access game + the base price is already pretty low.
Despite being Early Access it's already pretty fun, plus it isn't a story game.
I've already spent more than 20 hours with it and I give it two thumbs up, especially at the discounted price of 3,74€.

This sounds interesting. Think i'll add it to my list.

 

[wbEMX]

Wait what's this, I have ROTR too. How are you getting JC3 for $18?

Go to the Steam page. There should be the Ultimate Action Duo pack, at least in Europe.

 

[ISee]

they've stabilized it but is the game worth 10 dollars or 15 for the game plus season pass? some people say it's good, some say it's hot garbage.

what to do

But it, give it a try for 1,5 hours. If you don't like it... Steam Refund

 

[Daffy Duck]

What was the reason they binned the flash sales?

Was it purely because I built a PC or is there another reason?

 

[Intheflorsh]

Steam is... not great right now. I just want to buy cook serve delicious finally.

 

[mike6467]

So far I spent most of the time exploring the Steam error page.

That's the meta game, you just have to use your imagination REALLY hard.

I know it's had issues, but JC3 gave me a lot of entertainment, I had zero technical issues with it though. Otherwise the traversal and the gorgeous world and set pieces made for my wind down game, just jump in, run around and blow stuff up and do stupid shit. I know I'm in the minority, but I prefer it over 2 and have no regrets paying full price.

 

[RealityCheque]

Sorry
The Steam Store is experiencing some heavy load right now. Please try again later.

Error 503 Service Unavailable

That's a great game. Apparently everyone gets multiple copies for free today!

 

[Hero of Time]

heh GTAV top seller at $30, maybe I'll be able to buy it at $10 3 years from now lol

 

[MMBosstones86]

Ah yes, I see this thread is going to be moving too fast to be useful.

Shame the other thread had to close.

 

[zulux21]

2 hours later and Steam is still shitting itself. I like to hope it's because the userbase has gotten bigger and it's not incompetence.

it's a peak moment with a sale.

likely half the reason they got rid of flash and daily sales is so that after these first few hours the sale runs smoothly without needing more servers to run the site.

it sucks right now but there isn't a big reason to need to rush and buy stuff.

just play a game from your backlog for a few hours, come back, and then you will likely be able to buy things just fine.

 

[VinFTW]

Is it just me or is this sale absolute garbage?

 

[Barzul]

Go to the Steam page. There should be the Ultimate Action Duo pack, at least in Europe.

Thanks I see it.

 

[Lashley]

store still down?

 

[Xux]

Oh yeah! Momodora was the game I was waiting for. What a sick looking game.

 

[ramoisdead]

30% off Shower WIth Your Dad Simulator.

Has Death Stranding already released?

 

[morningbus]

Ah yes, I see this thread is going to be moving too fast to be useful.

Shame the other thread had to close.

But how will people know that I'm very disappointed right now.

Or that things aren't working for me right now.

 

[Annubis]

Is it just me or is this sale absolute garbage?

My entire wishlist says "Wait for Winter 2016" =/

 

[OnionPowder]

30% off Shower WIth Your Dad Simulator.

Yeah it's exactly 69 cents lol

 

[ShadowElliot]

Thinking about getting Stardew Valley. Was going to buy it full price, then the sale came through. Have that Harvest Moon itch. Worth it?

 

[Sheriff_Battlesnake]

I want all the JRPGs...

this is hard. How is Lightning Returns, btw?

 

[Aaron D.]

these prices and "deals" are garbage. i swear sony does better sales now what the fuck valve

Let me guess, you're a Millennial?

Freakin' Entitlement Generation.

** shakes old-man cane **

 

[Grief.exe]

Thinking about getting Stardew Valley. Was going to buy it full price, then the sale came through. Have that Harvest Moon itch. Worth it?

Yes.

I'm buying it too based on word of mouth, check those Steam User Reviews.

 

[SSPssp]

store still down?

I still can't purchase anything. Just going to wait another hour.

 

[RealityCheque]

Thinking about getting Stardew Valley. Was going to buy it full price, then the sale came through. Have that Harvest Moon itch. Worth it?

Do it now. GOTY.

And farm berries if you know whats good for you!

 

[jshackles]

What was the reason they binned the flash sales?

Was it purely because I built a PC or is there another reason?

Mostly due to refunds. Publishers were worried that if they super-discounted something (even for a short amount of time) they could potentially lose the difference in price for all the sales of that game in the past two weeks.

 

[mike6467]

Thinking about getting Stardew Valley. Was going to buy it full price, then the sale came through. Have that Harvest Moon itch. Worth it?

It's the best Harvest Moon ever. Seriously.

 

[Ezalc]

Momodora or Axiom Verge? There's also Environmental Station Alpha that is supposedly really good. Hmm

 

[KarasuEXE]

Thinking about getting Stardew Valley. Was going to buy it full price, then the sale came through. Have that Harvest Moon itch. Worth it?

Wondering that too.

EDIT:

Yes.

I'm buying it too based on word of mouth, check those Steam User Reviews.

Do it now. GOTY.

And farm berries if you know whats good for you!

It's the best Harvest Moon ever. Seriously.

Ok then

 

[Nordicus]

What was the reason they binned the flash sales?

Was it purely because I built a PC or is there another reason?

Something about the user experience of more casual gamers who don't want to search for new daily deals every day, or even every 8 hours.

Edit:

Mostly due to refunds. Publishers were worried that if they super-discounted something (even for a short amount of time) they could potentially lose the difference in price for all the sales of that game in the past two weeks.

Derp, forgot about this. Scratch my explanation, this was the real reason

 

[Instro]

No Ori sale? Bummer.

 

[JoeyJungle]

Stevens Sausage Roll not on sale

 

[Mr. Doop]

2 hours later and Steam is still shitting itself. I like to hope it's because the userbase has gotten bigger and it's not incompetence.

It can be two things.

 

[Dr. Zoidberg]

I finally got logged in. Checked my 50 game wish list.

Yup, same weak sale prices as the last 4 sales. <Sigh..>

Why don't the games continue to drop in price over time? I could've sworn they used to. Now they all hit a certain level and stay there forever. With the same weak 50% off during sales. Shit, I'm looking at Odallus on Steam and it's more expensive than it was on GOG's sale the other day.

The magic is gone for me.