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STEAM | December 2014 - Read OP for winter sale questions
- Thread starter MRORANGE
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nuDante > Nero > Dante > that white goop that old people have in the corner of their mouths > Virgil
I think it auto-adjusts to the highest bidder, so the "highest bid" might not be the actual amount they bid for.
i just found out from you, so noWas I the only one unaware that gems are staying for good?(for boosters, not auctions)
lltq is another la-mulana kind of failure on my behalfLets talk about another queen then, LLTQ.
It's still being sold for 9$ of gems while it will be probably be 5$ when the sale starts.
¯\_(ツ
some day i'll really learn how to play it
i mean if we're going that way then lady > all
but that's just personal preference because i think a rocket launcher bayonet is both incredibly stupid and fascinating at the same time
Is that Dante in the nude?
Whoohoo! I think this is the first time I've actually been useful in this thread. Ever.
No. Calm down.
Fair enough.
I wasn't aware, that is good to know!Was I the only one unaware that gems are staying for good?
That is some hipster DMC character order
I don't hate the new Dante or Nero, honestly don't care much for any...
DmC Dante aka Donte aka Dino
Atraveller
Banned
I actually like the new Dante.
That is some hipster DMC character order
I don't hate the new Dante or Nero, honestly don't care much for any...
I dont care about anyone on the DMC series actually, they are all "cool flashy sword and gun guy" to me, I was just trying to invoke the wrath of Dahbomb and it didnt work
I dont care about anyone on the DMC series actually, they are all "cool flashy sword and gun guy" to me, I was just trying to invoke the wrath of Dahbomb and it didnt work
DahBomb doesn't really dislike Donte. But I do. He's WB teenybopper drama jackass.
it has little to do with new Dante and more to do with the white stuff in the corner of old people's mouthes being better than Virgil
Dahbomb is a Virgil fanboy
*brofist*I dont care about anyone on the DMC series actually, they are all "cool flashy sword and gun guy" to me, I was just trying to invoke the wrath of Dahbomb and it didnt work
He was legit losing it at the news of Vergil in DMC4 Special Edition. Not a criticism, but it was quite entertaining to watch. Between that and them basically incorporating all of his requested fixes into the DmC remaster and it must have been like Christmas for him.
But he doesn't post in this thread, so your troll attempt was in vain.
What's skeezy about it? They stated that they just asked for a donation for an event. Devs know they won't get much back from a donation, other than a small revenue of cards and exposure and possible future sales.
I give to a homeless man, I don't expect something back at all.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
he does...sometimes
Not sure why you're trying to evoke someone who hasn't ever posted in a steam thread.
pretty sure he has
corrosivefrost
Member
I'm sorry. LOL
It's just that Valve had to know they would profit from this, so getting all the games as donations just seems unnecessary. At least they could make the pretense of it being some sort of charity event. Instead it's just "hey, thanks for the millions in free games that we made millions in profits off of, appreciate it guys!"
I'm not saying it's a horrible thing, just seems more, I dunno, Ubisoft-ish.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Pizza crust will never be the same.
lashman
Steam-GAF's Official Ambassador to Gaming-GAF
yeah - because if there's one company that REALLY needs more money it's definitely volvo ... I mean - if it wasn't for that auction they'd probably be homeless by now
oh, wait ...
FTFY
They net 10% of every transaction as revenue. How many gem sacks have already been moved in the market?
Having more money is not a bad thing. Valve's gotta pay for their continued development of tech we'll never see and their company vacations somehow.
Also, Valve has been completely transparent in what they accomplished with the gem rackets. Of course anything meta done by Valve serves to fill their coffers. It's not new, we all know this.
Gems they get 100%
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
I do hope DMC4 SE gets a PC release as well but I'll play the PS4 release till it shows up. *waits in snow*
I mean just purely from market transactions.
They then net an additional cut from people selling boosters or cards. No costs for that
Games in the auction are donated, so no costs for that.
People crafting badges from cards get items which are then sold/converted into gems
More cuts
Getting rich by a thousand cuts
Congratulations!
Don't think I've gotten this lucky in a raffle before. Very happy.
lucky bastard =<
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Don't think I've gotten this lucky in a raffle before. Very happy.
Congrats on beating insurmountable odds. o: My word of advise is to try bustering everything.
Auction pumps money to the market. And by market, I mean people who play in it. Market give people steam wallet funds. Those people then use their Steam Wallet to buy games. Also need to be remembered that in order to make gem, transaction need to be made among people, not directly to Steam.
Which in turn profit: A. Game dev & publisher (70%) B. Steam (30%) C. User, if you consider getting games as a gain.
Of course Valve also got profit from market transaction. Pretty clever actually.
There's a message about that behind the Naughty List comic. A win-win indeed.
Not directly, you need to buy bgs and emoties from users.
Yeah, I'm not like "omg valve is so evil" or something, I guess since it took me a while before I noticed the whole donation thing I had just assumed they were paying the devs for the games, and it took me a bit aback when I realized that they had to have made millions off of this event largely on the back of that generosity.
MGSV launching December 18th at 10 AM Pacific with a base price of $20
http://www.konami.jp/mgs5/gz/en/products/steam.php5
http://www.konami.jp/mgs5/gz/en/products/steam.php5
corrosivefrost
Member
Just another reason for me to get that PS4. No release date yet though, right?
Called it (sorta).
Hey, my wallet went from $5 to $18 since this gem thing launched, I don't feel like a chump ;-)
NingenJanai
Member
I'm not too angry, I got a 20 game from my wishlist for 1.2 and got the badge, but now I'm done with the auction stuff, I don't wanna end with a lot of useless gems.
Keep in mind we are likely to see a discount from the base price due to the winter sale.
Sell them, price has never been higher.
Sell them, price has never been higher.
corrosivefrost
Member
If you play the auctions right, it's just like eBay, where you can end up getting a great deal on something you want. If getting a good deal on something I want makes me a chump... well then...
Maybe... maybe not.
There's no guarantee (are the odds even in FAVOR?) of a discount on a game that just released.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Just a general Summer 2015 so we'll probably find out after DmC: DE comes out.