When is the sale?
It started yesterday.
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STEAM 2013 Announcements & Updates VIII - Don't ask when the sales are starting.
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It started yesterday.
phantomspiker
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Not quite, but it was still really awesome.
checking out this post on r/gamedeals: http://www.reddit.com/r/GameDeals/comments/1rhfzu/amazon_black_friday_sale_day_6/
amazon is apparently giving $5 credit for every purchase made during their sale. the catch being that it can only be spent during a sale in january '14. but heres the interesting part: i currently have $63 dollars in credit, and i haven't made an amazon purchase in months. i have probably made 12 digital purchases over the past year or so through amazon, so it adds up. im wondering if a glitch gave out credits to more purchases then they intended. crappy part is you can't spend it til january so that gives them plenty of time to fix the glitch (if it is a glitch)
amazon is apparently giving $5 credit for every purchase made during their sale. the catch being that it can only be spent during a sale in january '14. but heres the interesting part: i currently have $63 dollars in credit, and i haven't made an amazon purchase in months. i have probably made 12 digital purchases over the past year or so through amazon, so it adds up. im wondering if a glitch gave out credits to more purchases then they intended. crappy part is you can't spend it til january so that gives them plenty of time to fix the glitch (if it is a glitch)
ashecitism
Member
Nailgun was cool. Usually had that with the shotgun and one of the machine guns. And of course the railgun, mmm.
Jawmuncher
Member
So far I have bought one game from Amazon since last week. I haven't received any credits yet. Seems like they are sending credits randomly
Jawmuncher
Member
Watch out for that.
If it's like last year the 5 credit can only be used once per game.
So if you have 10 in credit you don't get 10 off a game in january. Rather 2 purchases in january will get 5 off. From the selected list of games.
i haven't gotten any emails, but checking this link shows your (maybe) credit: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.ht...1401&pf_rd_p=1283575622&pf_rd_i=1000477021#gc
Correct, the credit doesn't stack. It's $5 off per purchase.
Atraveller
Banned
Must be one hell of a spreadsheet.
Uhh, wha? That's not my post...
It says that I have $63.90 in credits. I have no idea what credits what I have. $5 should be from my last purchase, but the rest of $58.90?
845 items totalling ~$3,854.87, representing ~$10,696.81 worth of content and an effective saving of ~$6,841.94. I'd guess I'm up to at least $5k by now.
Just... don't pay attention to him.
JaseC is living above a goldmine confirmed.
considering i did absolutely nothing to get these twelve $5 dollar coupons, ill take it! theres bound to be a few 4.99 games.
An Australium mine, to be precise!
Expect discounts no larger than 75% for the most part. In addition to Daily Deals there should also be Flash Sales and a Community's Choice poll.
That's surprisingly much less than I thought. Or is it only what you've spent buying directly from steam store? Still 845 games ... seems a bit too little, it's like less than $5 per game?
Atraveller
Banned
The spreadsheet is five months old now; I kept putting off updating it and eventually forgot all about it. I think I'll forgo Black Flag tomorrow and instead spend my free time updating it while idling for cards. It's not quite as easy as just copying and pasting from Steam/GMG/etc. receipts since I also include bundles (assuming I activated at least one of the keys) and these days most of my games I acquire through trading (which Valve doesn't offer history for outside of the recently-introduced trade offers feature), so I have to cross-check PayPal/Google Wallet receipts against my account history.
Mr. Poolman
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I quoted the wrong user. Sorry, forgive me.
As atonement you should play Bad Rats.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Around 80-85% of the stuff on the store will be at least 50% off. A lot of stuff will be 75% off. There will be featured sales every day. The thing about the major sale events is that if there's one game you absolutely positively want, then you'll probably be disappointed if the discount isn't big enough. And to be honest, if there's one thing you really really want, it'll probably be cheaper in later sales. But sales provide good opportunities to mop up a lot of the stuff on your wishlist, particularly older games, at a cheap price.
Another great thing about your first sale is that publisher packs go on sale for 50-75% off. Being able to get every game PopCap ever made for $49 is kind of nifty. Once you've already built up a huge library these become less appealing in general, but when you're just getting started they're great. I believe one of my first Steam sale purchases was every game iD ever made for $34.
In the age of indie bundles, your per-game cost is going to be higher on a steam sale than on a bundle so that takes some of the excitement out of it. And as Valve has reduced the meta-game aspects that's also drained some of my personal interest. But it's still neat.
The fall sale is comparatively minor to the Christmas sale.
No more than 75 %? Than I'll wait for the Holiday Sales, I'm sure some games will get better discounts and I can wait a month.
No. Pretty much confirmed that the percentages for both remaining sales this year will be the same.
MMBosstones86
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Discounts above 75% are something of a rarity, though in recent months have become slightly more common among indie/self-published games.
I am also wondering this, because I apparently received the $5 credit for purchasing a $0.99 game.
Figures that the november sale will be going on when my paycheck isn't till the 6th
MMBosstones86
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Only ones I can remember off the top of my head are Alan Wake (mainly because of the past bundle) and Tropico 4. I THINK both of those usually hit around 80% or so.
But some small games get even better discounts on Holiday Sales (Time Gentlemen Please usually goes to 90% off without Daily, for example) and those are the kind of games I'm interested in buying before Christmas. I guess I'll wait to see how this Fall Sale develops.
Atraveller
Banned
I'll do my best to increase my game count this winter.
Not really, with the upcoming Humble Popcap bundle.
Super Meat Boy (80%) and the Serious Sam games (90%) come to mind also.
Nobody should waste 50 dollars on Popcap games anyway.
Once the sale has started, a new Steam thread will be created. You should read the first post for the tips when buying games during the sale.
Here are 5 simple rules to follow
Rule number 1 - Wait for the daily deal
Rule number 2 - Wait for the daily deal
Rule number 3 - Wait for the daily deal
Rule number 4 - Wait for the daily deal
Rule number 5 - Wait for the daily deal
This picture is very helpful too
PandaPedinte
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There was a leaked email to developers. http://i.imgur.com/BazPkxO.png
I guess you could be right for the flash sales, but the base percentage will be the same, and we all know the game you want cheaper is never going to be in a flash sale anyway. It'll just be the same usual suspects over and over again =p
All that email says is that the Base Price discount will be the same on both sales.
I wonder if a game can NOT be featured on a daily deal on the Autumn sale, but on a Daily Deal in the Winter Sale.
Even if it doesn't, it'll be discounted for the same price on the Winter Sale, so you shouldn't buy a game this Autumn Sale, unless it's a daily deal.
I see. In that case I'll just try to spend a bit in each sale instead of the usual assault on my credit card on Christmas. Thanks for the heads-up.
Madrugador
Member
Hope we get Autumn Sale cards this time. I have 4 sets ready to craft as soon as we get anything like the Winter Sale.
It's the quality not the quantity that counts. If I could do it all over again there would be so many shitty games I wouldn't have tied to my account FOREVER.
Amazon Steam deals 27/11
Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition $9.99
Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition $7.49
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West Premium Edition $9.99
MUD - FIM Motorcross World Championship $7.49
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures $19.99
Pac-Man Championship Edition DX+ $4.99
RIDGE RACER Unbounded $4.99
Rogue Trooper $1.49
Sniper Elite V2 $5.99
Sniper Elite V2 - Kill Hitler DLC Pack $2.39
Sniper Elite V2 - The Landwehr Canal DLC Pack $1.49
Sniper Elite V2 - The Neudorf Outpost DLC Pack $1.49
Sniper Elite V2 Bundle $9.99
Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army v4.49
Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 4 $Pack 11.99
Star Trek $4.99
Test Drive Pack (Ferrari racing + Unlimited 2) $14.99
Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends $14.99
Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition $9.99
Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition $7.49
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West Premium Edition $9.99
MUD - FIM Motorcross World Championship $7.49
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures $19.99
Pac-Man Championship Edition DX+ $4.99
RIDGE RACER Unbounded $4.99
Rogue Trooper $1.49
Sniper Elite V2 $5.99
Sniper Elite V2 - Kill Hitler DLC Pack $2.39
Sniper Elite V2 - The Landwehr Canal DLC Pack $1.49
Sniper Elite V2 - The Neudorf Outpost DLC Pack $1.49
Sniper Elite V2 Bundle $9.99
Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army v4.49
Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 4 $Pack 11.99
Star Trek $4.99
Test Drive Pack (Ferrari racing + Unlimited 2) $14.99
Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends $14.99
Which is all I claimed
I'm calling the flash sale winners now:
Borderlands 2, Fallout 3, Super Meat Boy, Bastion, Serious Sam 3, Darksiders, Fez, Just Cause 2. Repeat as needed.
Jawmuncher
Member
I gave up on trying to do that. Mainly because of the fucking humble bundle deals that put all the games in 1 key. Now I just throw everything in.
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