Prepare yourselves, the Steam Winter Seal comes on Dec. 22nd 2015

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No dailies again? That's stupid. Was part of the fun to check Steam every day for the dailies.
Now I'm just gonna check the first and last day. I am disapoint Gaben.
 
Unlike others, I'm pretty happy there are no dailies. I can check what's on sale at my own leisure without having to worry about missing something, or waiting until the last day to get something I really want.
 
Twas the nigth before Steam sale, and all through the house
No peripheral was utilized, not even a mouse
The wallet was ready, placed down with care
In hope that st. Gaben soon would be there
The master race were nestles all snug in their beds
Whilst visions of discounts danced in their heads
And Mama in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled our brains for a resless winter's nap-
When down the router there arose such a clatter
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters, and threw up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new fallen snow,
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below;
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny rein-deer,
With a little old driver, both kind and cruel,
I knew in a moment it must be Newell.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and call'd them by name:
"Now! Scout, now! Soldier, now! Medic, and Freeman,
"On! Sniper, on! Spy, on! Pyro and G-man;
"To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
"Now spend away! spend away! spend away all!"
As dry leaves before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky;
So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,
With the sleigh full of discounts - and Lord Gaben too:
And then in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
As I drew in my head, and was turning around,
Down the chimney Lord Gaben came with a bound:
He was dress'd all in beard, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnish'd with ashes and soot;
A bundle of games was flung on his back,
And he look'd like a peddler just opening his pack:
His eyes - how they twinkled! his dimples how merry,
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry;
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow;
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath.
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Gotta get into the holiday spirit.
 
So I'll finish most of my shopping on the first day? More time to play games instead of waiting for deals on them.
lol
 
Ventara said:
Unlike others, I'm pretty happy there are no dailies. I can check what's on sale at my own leisure without having to worry about missing something, or waiting until the last day to get something I really want.
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As someone who works 12+ hour shifts on reg - I'm ok with this.
 
Ventara said:
Unlike others, I'm pretty happy there are no dailies. I can check what's on sale at my own leisure without having to worry about missing something, or waiting until the last day to get something I really want.
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While I'm glad I don't have to check the store every few hours any more, I do think it'll discourage publishers from offering the best discounts since they have to have them live for days at a time rather than a few hours. I can't see many of the bigger games going over 66% off, but I'd be happy to be proven wrong.
 
So exciting. Its almost here! I hope Dragon Quest Heroes goes on a huge sale or something. I'm super excited to get some new games.

Everything on sale today will be the exact same price all throughout the sale this time around, right? No Flash sales?
 
I wonder if the new Adventure Time game will get a decent discount. It's only been out three weeks, but it's price has already dropped $10 in that time and the Adventure Time game that came out in November last year was 50% off during the winter sale and that's from the same publisher. Also wondering if it's too soon to expect any sort of discount on the RWBY game.
 
Hoping against hope that the Star Wars Collection goes down again. Would be super-happy if the X-Wing/TIE Fighter bundle goes on sale too.
 
Ventara said:
Unlike others, I'm pretty happy there are no dailies. I can check what's on sale at my own leisure without having to worry about missing something, or waiting until the last day to get something I really want.
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Same here. I think I prefer not having to check in every few hours.
 
Platy said:
No countdown at the OP ?

I expected more, GAF
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What do you need a countdown for?
Sale goes up when Steam updates
In case of Winter Seals, Autumn Sales and Summer Sales, the discounts become active minutes after the regular store update.

At least itsn't running on Grace Chen time :V
 
Tizoc said:
More games get added to the sale, being discounted of course.
During Autumn sale, Ubisoft games went on sale for a few days only for example.
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Ubi's "daily deal" for AssCreed was the exception, not the rule. Barring such cases and instances where a developer contacts Valve to apply a discount during the sale because it forgot to do so beforehand, the day one slate is that for the entire sale. Virtually nothing is going to change between the first day and the last.
 
Slayven said:
So no daily or flash sales? Everyting will be at it's lowest price at day one?
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By and large, yes, but I'd keep a close eye on recent releases, as well as franchises that were expanded in 2015, until the last day, just in case.
 
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