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STEAM | December 2014 - Read OP for winter sale questions
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YianGaruga
Banned
Is there any list with the cheapest auction games?
And congrats you guys who got the piece of the pie. Maty
You can sort by lowest bid directly on the page now.
durante made another article on ff13/13-2
http://www.pcgamer.com/final-fantasy-xiii-and-xiii-2-port-analysis-durantes-verdict/#page-1
http://www.pcgamer.com/final-fantasy-xiii-and-xiii-2-port-analysis-durantes-verdict/#page-1
AlphaProspector
Member
I don't get this auction thing. Take for example Momodora III, costs $5 and the highest bid is 5,100 already. I mean, at that rate you are better off buying the bloody game rather than stressing into a bid war...
Some bids are simply baffling. I mean, Valkyria Chronicles is at 33k gems. Given 1k gems are almost $1 atm. That's $33. Words fail me. Given how GMG and others sell the game for even cheaper than its base price with coupons and such, this is aimed at the younger portion of the user base who can't buy things, right? Else I can't make heads or tails of this whole situation.
This is, as we say in spanish from Argentina "un negocio redondo" for Valve.
Some bids are simply baffling. I mean, Valkyria Chronicles is at 33k gems. Given 1k gems are almost $1 atm. That's $33. Words fail me. Given how GMG and others sell the game for even cheaper than its base price with coupons and such, this is aimed at the younger portion of the user base who can't buy things, right? Else I can't make heads or tails of this whole situation.
This is, as we say in spanish from Argentina "un negocio redondo" for Valve.
corrosivefrost
Member
Is there any list with the cheapest auction games?
And congrats you guys who got the piece of the pie. Maty
Click on the lowest bids tab on the auction page?
Standard Auction/Gambling behavior. There is nothing unusual about the situation.
Baron_Calamity
Member
The game with the lowest bid isn't available in my country. What the heck could that be?
Maybe a link would help:
http://steamcommunity.com/auction/item/1180
I just get an error when I click on it.
Maybe a link would help:
http://steamcommunity.com/auction/item/1180
I just get an error when I click on it.
MarcoZombieCannon
Member
True enough!
So it's time for Valve to let people sell games that promotes hate and racism in their store?
corrosivefrost
Member
I got like 3000 gems from clearing out all the stupid backgrounds and emotes I had sitting on the market not selling for $.03. If I had kept all those extra emotes and backgrounds I donated to others, I'm sure I'd have had 6000+ gems for no cost to myself other than cleaning up stuff that didn't sell.
And that alone would get me momodora III for free, apparently.
You can't assume that everyone is buying sacks of gems to get the required amount to win an item. That's faulty logic.
AlphaProspector
Member
I've never been into an auction so I had no idea. Now that I see it? Daaaaaaamn.
It doesn't seem to me that Hatred was pulled from Greenlight because it was "too violent", but rather because of the racist undertones of some of the footage shown from the game. In fact, I've read that some of the devs have connections to far right groups.
Spring-Loaded
Member
They did.
Jawmuncher
Member
Games are games.
Just like movies are movies.
Never understood why one can do it and not the other.
Also the only info I had was that you run around and kill stuff. Similar to postal just that it didn't have the humor.
corrosivefrost
Member
possible with a 970?
Pupo
Member
Mal, altos bananas, yo gasté 12 gemas a ver si gano algo (?)
just imagine that many people got dozens of thousands of gems at 0.30 per 1k. Dont think with current prices.
Widdly Scuds
Member
This is a neat game that I won from the auction
It's twin stick shooter with an rpg-like upgrade system. It can be a little grindy but it's perfect for short play sessions plus it has local co-op. i dunno i just think it's a cute game.
It also has fun backgrounds
If you're looking for something to pickup near the end of the winter seal i'd put it on your wishlist and hope for a decent discount or you should bid on it since it's pretty cheap under 4000 gems.
It's twin stick shooter with an rpg-like upgrade system. It can be a little grindy but it's perfect for short play sessions plus it has local co-op. i dunno i just think it's a cute game.
It also has fun backgrounds
If you're looking for something to pickup near the end of the winter seal i'd put it on your wishlist and hope for a decent discount or you should bid on it since it's pretty cheap under 4000 gems.
Hero Prinny
Member
hey pals, what have I missed?
Hatred is a vile game, made by vile people and designed to be played by the vilest of people. But I am uncomfortable with Valve deciding, on a moral stance, to become gatekeepers for their store, especially after so much talk from Valve recently about wanting to step away from that role.
corrosivefrost
Member
Never checked out eBay?
Thinking outside the box... Is it worth it?
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Welp, confirmed the winter sale begins on Thursday.
AlphaProspector
Member
Ah, that makes more sense then. I didn't even bother to check this until today, heh, too busy with Valkyria Chronicles and other things.
Never checked out eBay?
Nope. Given where I live I prefer not to deal with eBay since it would be an obvious target for the customs, making any bidding/dealing become way too costly.
Quién entiende a esta gente, ¿no? En fin, no sé, habría sido más lindo que no destruyeran el mercado de cartas, como para poder vender todo lo que sobra y llenar la Steam Wallet. A este ritmo, con los boosters... Tch, tch.
YianGaruga
Banned
holy crap guys
Nyteshade517
Member
Hoping Wolfenstein: TNO is in the Winter Sale. I checked Enhanced Steam to see what the current lowest price was and it said Gamestop had it for $30 but they don't.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Yep, other than when the screen is packed with alphas (bonfires etc.)
corrosivefrost
Member
I stand corrected. Here is the new Sherlock... I will settle for merely being his faithful Watson.
Oh... I see.
YianGaruga
Banned
I choose to believe it's an undercover guy from FROM who posted that info. Would be a cool thing.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Lol holy shit pc gaming has some smart dudes
Jawmuncher
Member
I just can't buy that hunter : primal
19.99 is too much for me on a EA title.
19.99 is too much for me on a EA title.
Hero Prinny
Member
what about them steam auctions? are they actually reasonable auctions going on now? the first day was just silly, was better off just buying the game. and how are the steam card prices, did they drop drastically? I like crafting badges for games i enjoy :3 id check myself but steam mobile doesn't do that, well at least on android
It will however turn more and more people towards the Paypal route which is even less secure for the buyer because every seller uses the "family&friends" route to avoid extra Paypal fees.
It will help Valve directly, but customers are once again losing ground.
corrosivefrost
Member
What in the holy fuck?
How did someone not tell me about this?!
Russia, my friend.
Good, leave my beloved FFXIII alone and go relish in your VC.
Kurt Russell
Member
4 keys from the land of freedom and bears.
MMBosstones86
Member
Finally finished Dragon Age. Clocked in around 45 hours after I gave up and plowed through the last 3 story missions. Slightly anticlimactic ending to an otherwise stellar game. Still my GOTY by far.
dude is a machine
dude is a machine
...and I just got a hankering to have another go at Dark Souls in the past week (somehow unaware of the incoming abortion of GFWL). Perfect.
Sure, I don't dispute that PayPal requires more due diligence; I was simply making the point that two-way trades aren't the be-all end end-all of trading (i.e. the dream isn't dead).
Wait, your subnautica was an auction win?
It doesn't even show up in the list here.
Damn you, Volvo.