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STEAM | December 2014 - Read OP for winter sale questions
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NingenJanai
Member
I'd eat a chocolate and vanilla sandwitch
ohblahitsme
Member
Oh man, steam sale happening and I wasn't even aware! Grrrrr still having finals right now.
So GAF, I've been waiting for dark souls 2 to go on sale for an acceptable price and it's on sale for an acceptable price. However, I hear there's gonna be a souped up version next year and I'll have to wait another year for it to go down in price again. What do you think? But it now or wait for it?
So GAF, I've been waiting for dark souls 2 to go on sale for an acceptable price and it's on sale for an acceptable price. However, I hear there's gonna be a souped up version next year and I'll have to wait another year for it to go down in price again. What do you think? But it now or wait for it?
DillonMabry
Banned
Roll out of bed, make breakfast, excitedly sit down too see what glorious loot I can get for cheap, open the Steam store, and...
I've never had a good first day of the sale. That's really disappointing.
I've never had a good first day of the sale. That's really disappointing.
Phawx
Member
15K XP?
LurkerPrime
Member
Roll out of bed, make breakfast, excitedly sit down too see what glorious loot I can get for cheap, open the Steam store, and...
I've never had a good first day of the sale. That's really disappointing.
This post is worthy of revengeance.
There's only one badge for winning that.
Cyberquake
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I like this.
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i suspect this neat feature being responsible for both my client and browser showing just blank black page. i have huge wishlist (1000+) and so far i only found one more person with same issue. he has 700+ items on his wishlist.
anybody here having same problem?
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
Weird to see people not holding off on Dark Souls 2. Don't see a reason to jump in with the remasted edition coming soon.
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
the sooner you buy it, the sooner you can't struggle to buy it again.
LurkerPrime
Member
Last I heard, the old PC version is getting a partial update. It will be everything except the new graphics and some game design tweaks (perhaps to accomodate the graphical overhaul?). So it's not as crazy as it seems.
Phawx
Member
Then just because they can.
BinaryPork2737
Unconfirmed Member
Blak_Status
Member
".... on a Thursday, There's some sales on Steam so who's choosey?"
Sorry, I couldn't resist. It's a song.
i am selling them as we speak.
all of them.
a bit loss is still better than a huge loss.
Come on guys, I told you sale cards are going to drop on the day of the sale
freshVeggie
Member
eh? i should have waited.
sold them immediately when value fell.
i. forgot. everything.
Roll out of bed, make breakfast, excitedly sit down too see what glorious loot I can get for cheap, open the Steam store, and...
I've never had a good first day of the sale. That's really disappointing.
You have to look at these things objectively. It might be bad for you as you already own everything. Think of it from the perspective of someone else.
MGSV launches on Steam, with MGR for $6
Dark Souls II record low price, with Dark Souls, post Steamworks patch for $5.
ETS 2 ties record low price.
Styx record low price.
Kind of a pet peeve of mine when people like to be hyperbolic about the state of the sale. Could it be better? Of course, but it's fucking nothing?
Valve is training a generation of stock brokers.
Widdly Scuds
Member
The sale cards drop in price once people get their 1st card from the community vote.
I was expecting valve to use the usual one vote every 8 hours and card on the 3rd vote formual not this new 1 vote every 24. During the previous sales the sales cards increased in price between the 1st and 2nd vote.
derExperte
Member
i am selling them as we speak.
all of them.
a bit loss is still better than a huge loss.
Panic selling when everyone else does is always the worst option. But, like on the stock market, much appreciated by those with better nerves.
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
it doesn't include the DLC and it's not going to use DX12. Pretty big things to ignore when considering a purchase.
I should've listen to you when the cards were at .25 each. Panicked and sold some of my stock for half that because i didn't anticipate a lack of a metagame + 1 card per holiday vote instead of every 3 votes. Gonna heed your advice from now on, bro
BoosterDuck
Banned
If Civilization V is a daily, why isn't it on the featured titles list?
edit: oh wait cause Beyond Earth is a daily right now that's why
edit: oh wait cause Beyond Earth is a daily right now that's why
LurkerPrime
Member
Bingo.
It's unlikely they'll break this trend for any other franchise unless there's two releases close together.
You were only right because Valve did something completely new, which is hand out cards to everyone the moment the sale started. Otherwise they would have at very least held their value or gone up a little, and any event would have driven them up substantially. Every other sale before this one, cards at least doubled in price on the first day. Waiting was the smart gamble to make, it just didn't pay off this time.
The remastered version represents a significantly reduced value to PC gamers. Most of the changes are getting ported into this version, and any toaster can already run the game at 1080/60. We are left with some vague promises of DX11 and shuffled enemy placement, without any tangible examples.
Not to mention the utility of playing one of the best games of 2014 now, as opposed to 6 months in the future.
freshVeggie
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Panic selling when everyone else does is always the worst option. But, like on the stock market, much appreciated by those with better nerves.
damn you capitalists!
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If I don't receive a reccomendation in 24 hours, i'll get one of the titles some other nice Gaffers recommended or choose one myself.
Happy holi(seal)day's!
You know what sucks? When you save back money for the holiday sale and then you end up having to buy more things to pay for other people's gifts. Mom got my kid a bike, so now I gotta get a bike lock. Brother got my kid a new game, now I gotta get him more memory because it has an install disc. FUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!
#firstworldparentproblems.
#firstworldparentproblems.
freshVeggie
Member
what the hell?
what's the point in arranging your wishlist by typing the number, just to see so many games getting mixed up after saving it?
fix this valve
what's the point in arranging your wishlist by typing the number, just to see so many games getting mixed up after saving it?
fix this valve
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
as someone who waited like 3 years to play DS1, i guess i can wait for a DS2 complete edition to come out with some quirks fixed. So i dunno, paying for a version w/o DLC and the possible promise that some things will get worked out kinda sounds equally baffling.
Well, two games can't possibly occupy the same number. Everything at that number you entered and higher will be dumped backwards one space.
Seems logical to me, though I would appreciate more organization options.
freshVeggie
Member
but that's not what's happening
i put a game from #30 to #15
after saving i see that the game is at #15 but #20 is now at #37, #10 at #6 etc.
makes no sense
billmcdougal
Member
I don't understand how some steam levels could be worth $40.
YianGaruga
Banned
Are you sorting by rank (options in the upper right?)
BoosterDuck
Banned
So is Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin going to be sold separately from vanilla Dark Souls 2? meaning it'll be stupid to buy DS2 right now
PetriP-TNT
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freshVeggie
Member
yes. of course.
thesaucetastic
Unconfirmed Member
Wait, is that 50% off coupon from Square Enix's gift on the SE store, or Steam?
SE Store, but you get a Steam key there anyways, so~