MMBosstones86
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Newcomer here. New to PC gaming and Steam, and the impending Summer sale will be my first sale
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STEAM | June 2014 - Enhanced Electronics Edition
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Newcomer here. New to PC gaming and Steam, and the impending Summer sale will be my first sale
first time always hurts
your wallet
Newcomer here. New to PC gaming and Steam, and the impending Summer sale will be my first sale
Always read the rules before buying games during the sale, else it will hurt a lot
(your wallet that is)
Newcomer here. New to PC gaming and Steam, and the impending Summer sale will be my first sale
Welcome to STEAM-GAF.
The first time during these sales are always the best since there's a lot of great titles for great prices. Hope you find something that will fit your taste. I'm sure you will. If there's anything we can do to help during these times feel free to let us know, there's plenty of helpful people in here to help!
It hurts so good.
oh no, not only that, so much more than that!
buying habits, backlog, sanity, sleeping schedule, etc.
lol noob thats why you werent getting playfire rewards
you asked for it!
It hurts good if you do it correctly, else it will hurt a lot
How is the PC port of BG&E?
Newcomer here. New to PC gaming and Steam, and the impending Summer sale will be my first sale
Your best sales will always be the first two. As you collect your favorite games on a platform with infinite BC and allows you to scale with future hardware upgrades.
The_Super_Inframan
"the journey to a thousand games ends with bad rats. ~Lao Tzu" ~Gabe Newell
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Adequate. No controller support and graphics settings are lacking, but it runs well and is certainly playable with a kb&m. I've no idea why the HD remaster skipped the PC.
I couldn't tell. I played the console version long way back when I had my 360. He just had a memory flashback from those old days. It was the "HD" version and it was good enough for me to have a decent time with it.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Newcomer here. New to PC gaming and Steam, and the impending Summer sale will be my first sale
Good luck.
Some tips:
- Everything is on sale for most of the sale, but some things are featured in daily deals at steeper discounts than the normal sale. If there's something you have your eye on and it's, say, 50% off... you might want to consider waiting to see if it's featured in a daily deal or other deeper sales. A lot of people buy a great game for $15 and then get mad when it's $7.50 two days later. Don't be that person. When the last day comes around, anything that hasn't been a daily deal is fair game.
- Every day when the daily deals switch over it takes a few minutes. So if something is a daily deal with 25% off, resist the urge to spam "what a bad deal lol this sux". It'll be fixed in a few minutes. But do pay attention, because this is the most likely time for pricing mistakes. If a game seems to be, say, 95% off... especially if it's a brand new game that really shouldn't be 95% off. Pricing mistakes generally only last a few minutes, so you want to get in on the ground floor if you can.
- This is your first sale, but it won't be your last sale. If something is 75% off $40, that's a great deal. But if you're not planning on playing it until the next big sale... well in that sale, the base price might be down to $30 and it'll probably be 75% off. In general most retail games keep dropping until their base price is $24.99 or $19.99, so if you're just buying something because of the discount and not because you're playing, there's not really much reason to jump in at $10-15 instead of $5-7.50. If there's something you want to play right now and the sale is good, buy it, but if you're playing the long game focus on the stuff that probably won't be any cheaper next sale.
- If you install Enhanced Steam, you'll be able to check a game's price history. If something is on sale but the price history says it's been lower in the last year or 18 months, chances are it'll be lower again in the future. If you want to buy it, by all means, buy it. But if you're just pumped because it's on sale, well, maybe hold out.
- If you add stuff you're interested in to your wishlist now, it'll be easier to keep track of later.
- Expect the Steam servers to crash at some point during the sale.
Personally I try to spend $50-100. I try to get a few indies that are on for pretty cheap, whatever price errors I can get my hands on, and normally a few retail games that have finally hit rock-bottom prices.
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is it bound to account or everybody can use it? you probably don't know, but maybe it's stated in the e-mail you got it with.
why, Ubisoft?
PandaPedinte
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Because Ubisoft. It's going to be my default answer to any PC related problem.
"Why Bad Rats sucks?"
"Because Ubisoft"
"Why Valve is letting so much crap in their Store?"
"Because Ubisoft"
"Why the Steam thread moves so fast?"
"Because Ubisoft"
Atraveller
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Considering last 200 pages are basically related to the WD downgrade, I guess it's true.
Tizoc
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Newcomer here. New to PC gaming and Steam, and the impending Summer sale will be my first sale
Welcome young padawan, make sure to watch this
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoGxA48HQ1g
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Didn't even realize this was coming to PC.
Ogedai_Khan
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It's Steam Summer Sale this week and my most anticipated D-Day Wargame (not a video game but counters on a map with dice rolling) just went up for preorder?! I need more money!
MMBosstones86
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edit : oh, you said AFTER the sale and not during. my bad.
oipic
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Newcomer here. New to PC gaming and Steam, and the impending Summer sale will be my first sale
Welcome to Steam (and to SteamGAF), Astute.
On top of the great advice Stump has posted already, keep in mind that the community here knows Steam (and its sales) inside-out. JaseC is the resident guru - listen to his advice and you can't go wrong.
The Steam sale threads here move very quickly, but if you have any questions or just want to double-check to see if something is a good deal etc, just shout it out in the sale thread - there's always someone on hand to help.
Enjoy the sale.
Edit: and also to you, SeZMehK.
HO-LY SHIT! That's amazing.
Tizoc
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Would 2 TF2 keys suffice?
Garcia
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We're together in this. My first Summer Sale and 2nd big Sale total. Had I known everything there is to know I would've crafted last year's Winter Badge. :-/
Tizoc
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I dunno, HB has 2 bundles atm and one of them ends just as the Summer Sale begins.
This is my first big sale but I'm not really feeling the excitement. I'm getting mystery cards but don't really know why. All I really want is a stupid cheap Rogue Legacy; I think I might want all the FPS roguelites at a low cost too. I'd love to get Paranautical Activity for like 99% off, because I don't want to give them any money but, damn it, it looks pretty good.
It's working out because I've decided to order my new PC parts like today or tomorrow and I'm more excited about that...
It's working out because I've decided to order my new PC parts like today or tomorrow and I'm more excited about that...
Stop preordering things! Stop it!
Garcia
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I'm laughing so hard right now. Amazing!
Tizoc
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I thought the one that's active atm is the weekly humble deal? Would be interesting to have another one start today though.
derExperte
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That's what you get for only reading the PSN blog.
CosmicQueso
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Newcomer here. New to PC gaming and Steam, and the impending Summer sale will be my first sale
It's kinda like the first time for a lot of things. You'll be nervous, you'll make some mistakes, you'll learn a lot. But it will be a glorious rush.
then, for the rest of your life, you'll chase that initial high, and never quite get there.
but you'll remember just how great that first time was.
enjoy it. Enjoy it for the rest of us addicts, enjoy it for the community it spurs every year. But, most importantly, enjoy it for yourself.
go with Gaben.
I'd rather PayPal. I don't have any PayPal Bucks remaining and I'd like to avoid dipping into my bank account unnecessarily.
MMBosstones86
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I shall conquer my white whale this summer sale, this I sware
especially because I just bought DLC for it and cant even activate it without the game >_>
Are you sure you want this game? Heard it's terrible
you're terrible
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