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STEAM announcements & updates 2012 Thread 2 - Bad Rats Daily Deal for next 6 months
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valve is out to steal our money confirmed
ClosingADoor
Member
During the sales the Steam Wallet is useful, since you don't have creditcard companies rejecting payments then (lots of small payments in short amount of time). And it's a way to set a limit for yourself. If the Wallet is empty, don't buy more games.
Piercedveil
Member
I use my wallet for the sales so if I buy 4 cheap games in 5 minutes my bank wont throw a fit
Train of Midnight
Banned
ClosingADoor
Member
It would actually be pretty stupid for the developers to put that game on sale as long as the demand keeps up. It's been topping the charts for some time now I think.Same exact situation as you. I'm sure many, many people are waiting for this as well
Nabs
Member
Yeah, this is why I use the Steam Wallet.
Yup, thats why the wallet rocks
Dog Problems
Banned
My wallet is loaded and ready
for mid-July
DenogginizerOS
BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
Is LA Noire plagued with the Social Club login error problems that GTAIV has? I gave up this weekend on GTAIV because of it.
scorpscarx
Member
TBH I simply appreciate that they aren't called 'gabenos,' or 'steam bucks.' Calling a wallet and displaying currency in $ shows respect for the gamer, I appreciate subtle things like that.
Koroviev
Member
Yep, same here. Why should I impose reasonable limitations on myself?
Well, Forbes seems to believe that Gabe owns more than 50% of the company, but I've never read anything else that pretends to have knowledge of how Valve issues shares among employees, if at all.
Fuck, they SHOULD be called Gabenos. Just make it 1 to 1.
scorpscarx
Member
It does have a ring to it, ahah.
I remember reading I think here on GAF that if there is a popular game, steam will put it on sale to drive extra sales
I don't think most people here have Norton as their antivirus but just in case if you do and bought LA Noire, you're going to want to turn it off until LA Noire downloads and then add the .exe to your exception list. It's some glitch that makes Norton flag it as a virus and despite Rockstar saying they were going to fix it months ago they never did.
Jive Turkey
Unconfirmed Member
Dear God you're right! I've wasted an entire fraction of a cent in interest due to me had I left that money in my bank an extra two weeks!
I think I'm going to be sick...
ClosingADoor
Member
It depends on the amount of people buying of course. We don't really have any number for that. If the sales quadruple with a -50%, it would make sense I guess, but on the other hand, if the game is already popular, why not get people to buy it full priced as long as you can and then put it on sale.
Piercedveil
Member
I guess we'll see what happens.
I'm glad to see you put more thought into clicking the post button than into the content of your post. Thanks for letting me know who's another one of the useless members of the forum.
Jive Turkey
Unconfirmed Member
You can't possibly be serious. There's no way.
......come on, that's super uncalled for. The amount of interest one would earn in the current economy from $50 over a couple of weeks is practically microscopic, and that's even aside from the tone/content of this post. :|
Clever Pun
Member
I also find that the wallet helps me stay within a budget for the big sales. I got a $50 card for father's day and that's the max I'll spend during the summer sale.
wat.
Snkfanatic
Banned
I wonder if credit card companies have actually noticed the trend of "STEAMPOWERED.COM PURCHASE WA, USA" appearing on many statements during the summer (and the winter too)
EDIT: I also meant, what if they were aware of it and expect it possibly and perhaps they have documented it as normal
EDIT: I also meant, what if they were aware of it and expect it possibly and perhaps they have documented it as normal
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Why is that Rockstars responsibility? Shouldn't it be Norton's responsibility to not make a shitty anti-virus software?
Mine does. And they lock my credit card if I get too feisty.
The same should be said to AVG, a number of Steam games flash up red with them.
Why not just transfer funds to your Steam Wallet? That way a) it's a single transaction so no problem and b) your spending is automatically sensibly limited!
I'm sure at some point there would have been a review of it, somewhere, especially as there would be massive spikes at weird times of the year. As stated in this thread, some people get their credit cards locked thanks to Steam so it at least shows credit card companies are vigilant!
Wow
Meh. I just call them and tell them to knock it off. I don't want to sensibly limit my spending. This is my x-mas in july.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
You know what would be funny? Anticipated games (e.g. Rayman Origins, Binary Domain) not getting any huge discounts!
Dog Problems
Banned
You know what would be even more funny? The sale starting in the middle of July.
If you don't use Steam Wallet then just stare at the daily deals, put everything you want in it and buy it all at once instead of game by game. That's what I do. You still have the extra 3-4 hour grace period when they switch to new dailies if you changed your mind.
Because 99.9% of games work fine with it. Only rockstar seems to have a problem with it. Also if you say you're going to do something then do it, and they haven't yet.
Dr. Zoidberg
Member
Yes, the software developer is supposed to report "false positives" to the AV maker, and the AV maker is supposed to take care of it. That's how it's supposed to work, anyway. In some circumstances they may have to work together.
If Rockstar reported the false positive and then never heard back from Norton, I would guess it's on them to follow-up. Maybe they don't care anymore, or the Norton guys are being douches for some reason. We'll probably never know.
Nabs
Member
Hide the expensive stuff.
fluffydelusions
Member
I'll never play/buy LA Noire again, I don't care how cheap it is. Was OK for about the first 2 hours or should I say until you realize it's the same thing over and over and over and over again.
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