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STEAM- Announcements & Updates 2011 Edition |OT2|

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PaulLFC

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I wish there was a feature on GAF where if someone asked "Has the sale started yet?", when they clicked post it'd automatically direct them to the Steam homepage to see for themselves.
 
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Drkirby

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DoctorWho said:
I think we've established that it will be "Your Wallet is Already Dead."

Or something like that.
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I liked "You are already broke"

Which is in fact true right now, because my bank will not post my deposit!
 
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morningbus

Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
It's a lot like dating a person for a month and having them put you in the friend-zone.

Which is to say that people here have a massive case of blue-balls. And it shows.
 
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Yaska

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PaulLFC said:
I wish there was a feature on GAF where if someone asked "Has the sale started yet?", when they clicked post it'd automatically direct them to the Steam homepage to see for themselves.
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Perhaps a under the logo should be another logo. That is either "Steam sales ON" or "Steam sales OFF"
 
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jaundicejuice

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Stallion Free said:
I swear this thread is about to become the virtual version of this:
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I'll start the Facebook group that wrangles up the volunteers to help clean up the mess afterwards.

I was walking through downtown Vancouver towards Yaletown and passed by the CBC and Canada Post building where that occurred. If it wasn't for a few boarded up windows on the BMO and a Budget Rental Center (really?) you wouldn't have known there had been a riot two days earlier.
 
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PaulLFC

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Yeah, "You are already broke" is a good title.

Have we established who's making the sale thread should there be a sale later?
 
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Drkirby

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Unless Valve pulls a fast one, I don't think a Summer Sale will start today. Maybe they will wait till the end of the week / Decide they have enough money for now.
 
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denomes

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PaulLFC said:
Yeah, "You are already broke" is a good title.

Have we established who's making the sale thread should there be a sale later?
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I think they already decided to use my suggestion: "Meet the Repo Man".

Just kidding.

I'm pushing for it, though.
 
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Sanjay

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Stallion Free said:
I swear this thread is about to become the virtual version of this:

2011-vancouver-riot-st7eh9.jpg
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What third world country is that?
 
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Toma

Let me show you through these halls, my friend, where treasures of indie gaming await...
toasty_T said:
wat?
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chance that its happening today = 44%
If It doesnt happen today, tomorrow the chance will be 33%. And if nothing happened until thursday, there will be a 75% chance that it will happen this day.

However, this is purely his logic, I am only explaining =P
 
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crimsonheadGCN

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nexen said:
Why thursday? What did I miss?
I'm all in for today. If it is thursday I will be very unhappy.
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It's when the Killing Floor summer event is starting up. Also a number of indie titles have achievements dealing with the summer sale but haven't been updated yet, so Valve probably needs a few days to update them all.
 
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amdnv

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DoctorWho said:
Percentage time.

44% Today
33% Tuesday
19% Wednesday
75% Thursday
23 % Friday
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LOLwhat? You think there is a 94.15% chance that a sale happens this week? You're sooooooo far off.
 
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morningbus

Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
As we approach 1EST, it seems likely the sale won't start today. The only problem with a Thursday sale is that it'd be more of a long-weekend sale than the summer blowout we've hyped it up to be (assuming it ends on the 4th).
 
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chessnut

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I plan to buy the complete valve pack if it comes on sale, but I have one question. Does steam sell a game at a sale price one day and then drop the price even further a couple days later during a sale like this?
 
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archnemesis

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b.mak said:
I plan to buy the complete valve pack if it comes on sale, but I have one question. Does steam sell a game at a sale price one day and then drop the price even further a couple days later during a sale like this?
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Yes, that has happened before. It's usually best to only buy games from the daily deal until the last day.
 
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Plasma

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b.mak said:
I plan to buy the complete valve pack if it comes on sale, but I have one question. Does steam sell a game at a sale price one day and then drop the price even further a couple days later during a sale like this?
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It depends, usually all the games go on sale so there is always something off of them.

But its always worth waiting to see if they're in a daily deal because then they might go down further.
 
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Joe Molotov

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b.mak said:
Does steam sell a game at a sale price one day and then drop the price even further a couple days later during a sale like this?
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Yeah. Pretty much everything is on sale like 25-33% or so, but sometimes during the daily deals they'll take a game that was already on sale a little bit, and make it like 75% off. The packs though, pretty much stay the same
unless they accidentally mark it down too much
 
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TheKurgan

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Thursay or Friday is my bet for the Summer Sale. I leave on Vacation Thursday and will be up in the Mountains with no internet for 5 days so there are pretty good odds I will get screwed.
 
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Drkirby

Corporate Apologist
b.mak said:
I plan to buy the complete valve pack if it comes on sale, but I have one question. Does steam sell a game at a sale price one day and then drop the price even further a couple days later during a sale like this?
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The only case they will do it is if they put an entire company catalog on sale, they may lower individual games even more. But they aren't going to lower a game to 75% one day, and 90% the next.

Now, they may sell a game on sale for $10, then in 2 or 3 weeks put it on sale again for $5, but what can you do.
 
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