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[Emerson]

What? Month+ old releases that are popular often get no discount until a daily.

It's not that unusual.

Not really. Until only a few sales ago it was considered that if you didn't have a baseline discount you would not get a daily deal. Fez may have been the first to break that as far as I recall. It's definitely not common.

 

[Deitus]

Zilch? The vote started a few hours ago. It doesn't change until ~19 hours pass.

Interesting, so they are only doing one vote a day this time around? And flash sales only update every 12 hours? That's kind of a shame. Now we'll get even less opportunities for good games to lose the vote against Borderlands 2 and Skyrim.

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

I pray for a 75% on Trails of the Sky.

C'mon Gaben. I praise to you.

 

[Smash88]

Yo, Euro Truck Simulator 2 better blow my mind guys.

 

[Slayven]

So Kerbal being a flash or daily deal is pretty much a given?

 

[Panda Rin]

So Kerbal being a flash or daily deal is pretty much a given?

Yep, probably 50% off.

 

[Sir Blaming]

So Kerbal being a flash or daily deal is pretty much a given?

Yeah, it did get flash some couple sale agos

So.... the winter sale cards are basically useless.

Judging by how valve are giving them, yeah.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

So.... the winter sale cards are basically useless.

 

[neoism]

awesome Im liking just 1 vote a day.. that 3 votes a day was basically the only reason to keep checking back all the time lol

 

[Smash88]

For those that want badges, just a heads up foil prices always go up to $1.50 - $2.

Get them while they are low.

 

[jerd]

Is there a chance that Brave New World is going to go below 75% off? It isn't even a featured sale right now and that's what it's at. I'd love to grab it for under 5.

 

[Toki767]

I pray for a 75% on Trails of the Sky.

C'mon Gaben. I praise to you.

Probably 50% off at the most.

 

[Panda Rin]

Is there a chance that Brave New World is going to go below 75% off? It isn't even a featured sale right now and that's what it's at. I'd love to grab it for under 5.

safe to say 75% is the lowest it will go since it's a part of the daily deal.

 

[metsallica]

I have Ground Zeroes on PS4 and XBONE. I have played it on neither console. I have not played Peace Walker. I have 100%'d all other MGS games. Do I bite on the PC version of GZ? Is it a great port? How will it run on my i7-2600K / 8GB ram / 570 GTX? Can I max it at 1200p? I prefer to play on PC whenever possible, assuming my semi-aging rig can provide a smooth experience.

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

So.... the winter sale cards are basically useless.

they've been available for over a week before the sale began and there's no metagame to help drive its price up. Combine that with the fact that they're giving away a holiday card for every community vote (instead of every 3 votes like previous sales) and you have yourself the situation we're in now.

I have Ground Zeroes on PS4 and XBONE. I have played it on neither console. I have not played Peace Walker. I have 100%'d all other MGS games. Do I bite on the PC version of GZ? Is it a great port? How will it run on my i7-2600K / 8GB ram / 570 GTX? Can I max it at 1200p? I prefer to play on PC whenever possible, assuming my semi-aging rig can provide a smooth experience.

check the PC performance thread for more info

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

Best deal for me was getting MGR at $6 (w/tax) on Amazon (price-matched!) with my old gift card balance. A shame I can't be cheap and get a similar deal for Ground Zeroes, lol.

Sale's gonna be decent at least, but I can't see it reaching the highs of past sales knowing Valve's recent decline.

 

[flyinpiranha]

Need a REALLY cheap Divinity: Original Sin because I gotsta buy two!

 

[Sir Blaming]

Need a REALLY cheap Divinity: Original Sin because I gotsta buy two!

Wait for the dailies you bastard

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

I pray for a 75% on Trails of the Sky.

C'mon Gaben. I praise to you.

I bet it will be 50%, it's an amazing game so it's fine.

 

[Toki767]

Need a REALLY cheap Divinity: Original Sin because I gotsta buy two!

Considering it's only 20% now, I'm expecting 40% like with the Autumn sale.

 

[Amneisac]

Need a REALLY cheap Divinity: Original Sin because I gotsta buy two!

Keep in mind the collector's edition comes with two copies!

 

[Lomax]

So Kerbal being a flash or daily deal is pretty much a given?

Yep, probably 50% off.

40% off. Kerbal is always 40% off.

 

[Reg]

Keep in mind the collector's edition comes with two copies!

Good to know.

 

[sqwarlock]

Forgot about DSII having a new edition next year. Still worth picking up? Also, is FSX worth buying for someone that lost their disc over a year ago and still has an itch to play?

 

[LProtag]

Oh no. It begins.

 

[pelican]

Bought Revengence.

Got it, and finished it on the PS3, but I really liked it and for £3.99 I can't complain.

 

[stan423321]

they've been available for over a week before the sale began and there's no metagame to help drive its price up. Combine that with the fact that they're giving away a holiday card for every community vote (instead of every 3 votes like previous sales) and you have yourself the situation we're in now.

That's still the same number of cards per account per day as ever.

 

[Torraz]

Revengeance's discount says it's a daily but it doesn't appear on the front page. Howsat work.

I think its a franchise sale, due to the other metal gear solid being a daily.

 

[shockdude]

Oh wow, $6 Revengeance is tempting.

 

[Sulik2]

Ok so is Dark Souls II a daily so I am good to buy it now?

 

[Jirotrom]

Should I bite on rome total war 2, does the empire edition come with the DLC?

 

[cicero]

there's no metagame, if that's what youre asking. It appears the auctions was as far as that stuff was going.

I liked it better when Valve was a bit hungrier and more interested in gaining our interest as consumers for their sales.

 

[Jirotrom]

Ok so is Dark Souls II a daily so I am good to buy it now?

I'd wait for the revamped version... unless you must play it now.

 

[demolitio]

I can maybe get one or two games this year so I'm going to have to plan this out and then pray for it to work as planned.

 

[Unkle]

Got a new laptop so I officially purchased my first ever Steam game. Age of Empires II HD at 66% off. Fitting really, one of the only PC games I played much of back in the '90s. Picked up Super Meat Boy (hooked a DS4 up) and State of Decay. I'll be keepin' an eye on the rest of the sales!

 

[Uchigatana]

Hurry up, Shovel Knight! Lower the price so I can buy it! D:

 

[Lomax]

That's still the same number of cards per account per day as ever.

Yes, but in past sales the first card hit at the end of the first day, after demand had a chance to push prices up. Instead this time the cards hit immediately and were then dumped on the market due to the lack of a metagame, which resulted in an immediate price crash. So a lot of us with cards expected the 25 cent price to go to 40 cents, as it has in past sales, instead it went to 15 cents. For comparison, card prices are already lower now for these cards than they ever got at any point during the summer sale.

Hurry up, Shovel Knight! Lower the price so I can buy it! D:

You'll be waiting a while, Devs stated there would be no discount this sale.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

The meta game is real.
Do I convert cards into gems to get booster packs? Do I then sell the booster packs or should I seperate them and then sell them? Or should I just sell the cards separately without gems.
....fuck

Keep in mind that the booster pack is 3 cards, that's on average (if you open it, which you may not want to do) $0.12 x 3 depending on the game. Which means that if you have 1000 gems for a booster pack, instead of selling them for the $0.57 price they have right now, you are losing money. Also, Do not transform cards into gems, you are losing money. Only Wallpapers and Emoticons are worth it. A card gives you around 20 gems, that's roughly $0.0114 and you could probably sell that directly in the marketplace for ten times that price.

but the price of gems is going to keep crashing, keep that in mind that they were $1.17 last night.

 

[Grief.exe]

Forgot about DSII having a new edition next year. Still worth picking up? Also, is FSX worth buying for someone that lost their disc over a year ago and still has an itch to play?

Depends.

You can play the game now over waiting months for the New version. Most of the enhancements are getting patched into this version, other than DX11 and alternate enemy spawns.
DLC should drop in price, unless Namco is keeping the price locked in order to artificially inflate the value of the new version.

Either way, the remastered version represents a significantly reduced value to PC players.

Ok so is Dark Souls II a daily so I am good to buy it now?

Always wait for the dailes.

 

[NewVegasDog]

Ok so is Dark Souls II a daily so I am good to buy it now?

Yes it is, but the dlc isnt discounted if you want to get that as well, or you can wait till April for the version with all the dlc in it.

 

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[cicero]

Probably 50% off at the most.

This is the conclusion that I came to as well, so I just bought it from GOG at 50% during their sale.

 

[Uchigatana]

You'll be waiting a while, Devs stated there would be no discount this sale.

What?! No way! I'll see what happens then.

 

[metsallica]

they've been available for over a week before the sale began and there's no metagame to help drive its price up. Combine that with the fact that they're giving away a holiday card for every community vote (instead of every 3 votes like previous sales) and you have yourself the situation we're in now.



check the PC performance thread for more info

Thanks. It was $9 on Nuuvem so I bit.

 

[Sulik2]

Yes it is, but the dlc isnt discounted if you want to get that as well, or you can wait till April for the version with all the dlc in it.

Ok, I was under the impression the base game would get updated in April. Guess not. I will wait it out then.

 

[OcarinaOfDoom]

You'll be waiting a while, Devs stated there would be no discount this sale.

Interesting. Didn't know that

 

[KillerDark]

Thinking about Beyond Earth... so many games to play already though haha

 

[Anustart]

Booted up MGR again because of the sales hype, nope, game is still boring as fuck :/

 

[Grief.exe]

Got a new laptop so I officially purchased my first ever Steam game. Age of Empires II HD at 66% off.

Violated the first rule of Steam sales

Booted up MGR again because of the sales hype, nope, game is still boring as fuck :/

That's a different opinion to say the least.

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

That's still the same number of cards per account per day as ever.

If the average person was getting holiday cards just once per day for voting 3 times in the community vote, it's not the same as that one person getting 3 cards - one for every vote - in a day. It's going to drive the card prices down because there is a larger supply of them, lessening demand.