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[Ozium]

Gotta love when devs make these kind of decisions with no prior announcement or anything. BSing at its finest.

it usually says in the EA banner if the price is going to be raised or not

edit: the mystery game from the groupees be mine will be unveiled friday

 

[someguyinahat]

According to the Official Eidos FAQs

Just because I've been burned on this before (oh yeah, Arkham uses Steamworks! Did we forget to mention it uses GFWL simultaneously with it? oops!) when they say it uses Steamworks, does it ONLY use Steamworks?

 

[Metalic Sand]

Broforce is 7,87€ with 25% off alienware coupon (not applicable on 4 packs). [3147 coupons left]

Alienware coupons always stack with sales

 

[Chariot]

Disgusting. Is there a blacklist with shitty behaviour? It's pretty easy to remember with big companies, but Indie are too many to remember

 

[derExperte]

Just because I've been burned on this before (oh yeah, Arkham uses Steamworks! Did we forget to mention it uses GFWL simultaneously with it? oops!) when they say it uses Steamworks, does it ONLY use Steamworks?

What else could it use?

 

[madjoki]

Alienware coupons always stack with sales

Not always. Drunken Robots -66% and Fenix Rage -50% do not stack.

 

[iosefe]

so...when can we expect the LEGO games to hit $5?

 

[r3n4ud]

Disgusting. Is there a blacklist with shitty behaviour? It's pretty easy to remember with big companies, but Indie are too many to remember

Someone should start a wiki for shitty business strategies by indie devs.

 

[Mr. Doop]

not cool

That's a really crappy thing to do, isn't it?

 

[Pudge]

Yep, about 4 hours ago they set up a "Pricing roadmap" whereas today the price increased from $29.99 to $34.99 (and then the game was put on sale for $29.74).

Kinda shady that Early Access developers are taking advantage of people like this.

Really? Did they add anything to that game to justify raising the price? Even now all I see whenever someone plays that game is aimless wandering around a barren landscape and maybe one zombie.

I'm obviously not the audience for that game, but it just seems crazy to me.

 

[jshackles]

Just because I've been burned on this before (oh yeah, Arkham uses Steamworks! Did we forget to mention it uses GFWL simultaneously with it? oops!) when they say it uses Steamworks, does it ONLY use Steamworks?

There are certain types of Steamworks integration - with Lara Croft they're doing basically everything with Steamworks (achievements, cloud saves, matchmaking, leaderboards, etc) meaning that I'd say there's a 99.99% chance you're getting a Steam key regardless of where you buy it on PC.

The 0.01% chance represents the off-chance that they decide to make a completely separate version of the game that uses some other matchmaking service and leaderboards, thus segmenting the players even further. I'd like to think that Square Enix and Eidos both know that attempting something like that would be suicide.

If it makes you feel any better, I bought it from Uplay. It's the first time I've spent money directly on Uplay, and it made me feel dirty.

Really? Did they add anything to that game to justify raising the price? Even now all I see whenever someone plays that game is aimless wandering around a barren landscape and maybe one zombie.

I'm obviously not the audience for that game, but it just seems crazy to me.

Nothing at all. Although in "Q1 2015" they promise:

· Basic vehicles
· Advanced loot distribution
· New renderer
· New Zombie AI
· Basic stealth system (zombies and animals)
· Diseases

So I guess that's something.

 

[lashman]

If it makes you feel any better, I bought it from Uplay. It's the first time I've spent money directly on Uplay, and it make me feel dirty.

as it should ... you're a bad, bad man .. shame on you!!

Spoiler

 

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[Pudge]

Nothing at all. Although in "Q1 2015" they promise:

· Basic vehicles
· Advanced loot distribution
· New renderer
· New Zombie AI
· Basic stealth system (zombies and animals)
· Diseases

So I guess that's something.

Oh good. Another thing to slow down and impede basic gameplay.

I will never understand that genre.

 

[Woody Invincible]

Newegg has the Final Fantasy Power Pack for $35.97. It includes III, IV, VII, VIII, and XIII.

It appears they are all Steam keys.

Use code BFDGAME15 to take it to $30.57!

 

[Tesseract]

has anybody played elliot quest?

http://store.steampowered.com/app/293440/

 

[Ozium]

Just noticed that Ilamentia came out yesterday on Steam.. it was in some greenlight bundles and I just redeemed my key from the Groupees Be Mine 12.

 

[Tizoc]

Use code BFDGAME15 to take it to $30.57!

Hmm FF3 for $7ish or wait for daily...

 

[r3n4ud]

has anybody played elliot quest?

http://store.steampowered.com/app/293440/

Bought it on Desura when it released there but the dev refused to give me a Steam key... so, no I haven't played it

 

[derExperte]

The activity feed during sales is always lovely. Shitty games that are off 80% everywhere.

I also see a serious lack of waiting for the dailies.

Just noticed that Ilamentia came out yesterday on Steam.. it was in some greenlight bundles and I just redeemed my key from the Groupees Be Mine 12.

Would've missed this, thx.

He, I played the demo or alpha or something and it was neat until I got frustrated in one room and ragequit.

 

[wetflame]

so...when can we expect the LEGO games to hit $5?

Every sale

Spoiler

in my dreams

 

[DocSeuss]

Gamestop also has SAW on sale for $5. Steam key apparently. It's not on Steam anymore.
http://www.gamestop.com/pc/games/saw/114423

Saw's on Steam. It came back.

 

[Pudge]

Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land just dropped a foil worth $5.50 that sold instantly.

GabeN be praised!

 

[corrosivefrost]

Every sale

Spoiler

in my dreams

Depends on which LEGO games he wants...
I'd buy the ones I'm missing for $5 a pop, but it'll never happen.

 

[Tizoc]

So GAF, dare I bite on Ubi's BOGO:
Get TALES from the Borderlands+Watch dogies for $24.99?

Does Borderlands 1 still hold BTW?

 

[Sajjaja]

Saw's on Steam. It came back.

You can't buy it.

 

[Ruruja]

It's ok I know you want this just to sell the trading cards.

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[iosefe]

Every sale

Spoiler

in my dreams

Depends on which LEGO games he wants...
I'd buy the ones I'm missing for $5 a pop, but it'll never happen.

the usual suspects are 9.99

feels bad, man

 

[Ozium]

You can't buy it.

? there's an add to cart button and it added it to my cart..

I'm not going to buy it though because it's Saw

edit: not available in Canada maybe?

 

[Chariot]

So GAF, dare I bite on Ubi's BOGO:
Get TALES from the Borderlands+Watch dogies for $24.99?

Does Borderlands 1 still hold BTW?

No to BL1. If you played BL2 you don't want to go back to 1.

Someone should start a wiki for shitty business strategies by indie devs.

Totally. Would be useful and amusing.

 

[jshackles]

So GAF, dare I bite on Ubi's BOGO:
Get TALES from the Borderlands+Watch dogies for $24.99?

Does Borderlands 1 still hold BTW?

A pretty good deal, but since we're in the Steam thread I figure I'll point out that neither of those games comes with Steam keys (Tales from the Borderlands = Telltale key, Watch_Dogs = Uplay)

 

[The Dear Leader]

I think it's a little early for DayZ to start increasing in price, it's made some pretty big strides this last year but it's still broken in a lot of ways, I think once they get their netcode and framerate fixed they can start increasing the price.

 

[thesaucetastic]

Here are some deals I found for under $5. Lowest they've ever been, unless otherwise noted.

Guilty Gear X2 for 4.99 (-50%)
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men for $1.74 (-75%)
Momodora III for 3.99 (-20%)
Shadowrun Returns for $2.99 (-80%) (bundled for $12 on Humble Bundle)
Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae for $2.49 (-75%) (bundled for BTA tier on Humble Bundle, like $6)
Paper Sorcerer for $2.49 (-50%) (was $1 only on the Humble Store)
Teslagrad for $4.99 (-50%) (was $2.49 only on GOG)

 

[Chairmanchuck]

DayZ devs also increased their price for the sale:

 

[Ruruja]

PRICEGATE

 

[Sharkiller]

DayZ devs also increased their price for the sale:

Funny that they specifically said

Along with the remaining updates this year you can expect a new price point for DayZ, a slight increase to 27.99 EUR/34.99 USD. This is part of a gradual price change as we progress with the development and reach the goals that we along with your help set for the project. We would like to avoid a sudden increase in price once we hit 1.0. Don`t be discouraged by this increase however, the current price of 23.99 EUR/29.99 USD will still be available during the Steam fall sale. If you want to jump into DayZ, now is a good time.

http://steamcommunity.com/games/221100/announcements/detail/145568567581412212

 

[Sajjaja]

? there's an add to cart button and it added it to my cart..

I'm not going to buy it though because it's Saw

edit: not available in Canada maybe?

That's probably it....weird...Never seen something like that before.

 

[Naked Snake]

If I buy the BIT.TRIP Collection and add it to my Inventory. Can I then gift individual games from it separately?

 

[madjoki]

If I buy the BIT.TRIP Collection and add it to my Inventory. Can I then gift individual games from it separately?

No, this (sadly) applies to every steam package.

 

[MUnited83]

not as awful as skyrim a few years back. It was 30 euros as a base price 1 week before the sales. Then they upped the base price to 50 euros and put it on"sale" for 33 euros :lol:

 

[Last Baron]

Are they not doing new flash deals every 8 hours?

 

[onionfrog]

Are they not doing new flash deals every 8 hours?

No. Just 24 hour and 48 hour deals.

 

[Tellaerin]

Ozium brought it to my attention that keys for Ilamentia are up on Groupees now (Be Mine 12). Thanks for the heads up, man. : )

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[DocSeuss]

Very annoyed that I can't get Dream Machine pts 1 and 2 in my collection from that Joystiq Humble.

OH WELL

HAVE SOME GAMES

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Murdered: Soul Suspect -- MB-BFDE3DD4C7FF7131 - Taken by Blak_Status. 30 entrants total.
Foreign Legion: Multi Massacre -- MB-D47D247153A3B4C8
Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space -- MB-D7CAA119149E0576
Dreamcast Collection -- MB-FE514E6177E52EA9 - Taken by salazar547. 2 entrants total.
Book of Unwritten Tales Digital Deluxe -- MB-21110AF0EEDCD60A - Taken by The Reloader. 1 entrants total.
Empire: Total War -- MB-D05A9B65CED48C28 - Taken by WavekSra. 2 entrants total.
Call of Juarez -- MB-674ABB852C5EE49C - Taken by Madn. 1 entrants total.

Disciples III: Gold Edition -- MB-17AFD6959A197250 - Taken by agniswarm. 2 entrants total.
Grid -- MB-B040F2706E2D6A81 - Taken by Dr.Acula. 3 entrants total.
Sonic & All Star Racing Transformed -- MB-A9F0DD24A8E502E7 - Taken by BorntoPlay. 3 entrants total.
Euro Truck Simulator 2 -- MB-38DA17C0979A3740 - Taken by Snakethesniper. 8 entrants total.
Grand Ages: Rome: Gold Edition -- MB-4C9667A8E94CB797

GRID 2 -- MB-DDEB48AECEA40E63 - Taken by TheAutomator. 2 entrants total.
The Bridge -- MB-D098B8B2308BEB1C - Taken by freshVeggie. 1 entrants total.

Dementium II HD -- MB-CA9553E81C4F4546 - Taken by bobnowhere. 1 entrants total.
Sniper Elite 3 (2) -- MB-3F6C7779FA850899 - Taken by topyy. 20 entrants total.
Race the Sun -- MB-083309EE63686721 - Taken by Widdly Scuds. 2 entrants total.
Monaco -- MB-25DBF1464B7E5206
Overcast: Walden & The Werewolf -- MB-0B54454E9F458654
Insurgency -- MB-BF668E70D5C3C5CB - Taken by Xeroblade. 1 entrants total.
Gunpoint -- MB-4CC7DD68F8233641
HOARD Complete Pack -- MB-E92F3717C41BE26C
Cubetractor -- MB-8B70776BBF073BD6

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Half Minute Hero -- MB-3BEE54194023F48D
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Imperium Romanum: Gold Edition -- MB-0F3F9E941435919E

 

[Chairmanchuck]

Funny that they specifically said


http://steamcommunity.com/games/221100/announcements/detail/145568567581412212

The "base price" is like that, because it uses a 15% "sale". Its still a shitty thing to do I have to say.

It looks like its no sale, but actually the real increase happens after the sale.

 

[Tizoc]

A pretty good deal, but since we're in the Steam thread I figure I'll point out that neither of those games comes with Steam keys (Tales from the Borderlands = Telltale key, Watch_Dogs = Uplay)

Yikes well I'll hold off then

No to BL1. If you played BL2 you don't want to go back to 1.

Totally. Would be useful and amusing.

Thing is I once won BL1 from a giveaway, and I have an OCD of such that I gotta play the first game in a series if I have it.

 

[Phawx]

has anybody played elliot quest?

http://store.steampowered.com/app/293440/

OT thread on it: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=931936

short answer, yes and it's dope. Zelda2-ish

 

[someguyinahat]

DayZ devs also increased their price for the sale:

Reminds me of Cards Against Humanity. For Black Friday they held an "anti-sale" and increased their price. Sales went up anyway.

 

[Ruruja]

Dayum Doc.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Reminds me of Cards Against Humanity. For Black Friday they held an "anti-sale" and increased their price. Sales went up anyway.

eh? How?? O__o