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STEAM | September 2014 - Nice thread. Btw, Bayonetta 2 is out next month.
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I'm not convinced the IP is all that valuable. Everyone compares it to Mario, but Mario has dozens of instantly recognizable characters, all of whom can appear in their own games, fight each other, race go carts, etc.
Minecraft may have a similar mind share, but converting that into something you can sell to people who already own the game would be extremely difficult by comparison.
The Dear Leader
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Yeah FEAR 2 is great, I liked it so much that it made me want to play FEAR 1 which I hadn't played at the time, much better than 3, I don't remember liking much about that game.
lashman
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Not sure if I was literally trolled by a SteamGAFfer some days ago or I just became aware of one very sad and incredibly concerning family situation... Too odd to believe. I'm just happy for the printscreen & save function, will keep an eye out. Stay true, GAF.
On topic, I'm not someone who goes after achievements and all that but I had to share this one I got some days ago in Age of Empires II HD:
Winning a battle with the less casualties possible is great!
I converted many poor villagers who were slaves by my own enemy and could eventually die by the hand of some blood thirsty knights or by some siege weapons of mine as an casualty of war. Instead, by saving them I gave them a new home who does not kill "low" unities as the game suggests to increase my military numbers.
Now I'm on my way to go try and get twice that number (1000).
whoa - it must've been really difficult to get that achievement ... good job, man!!!
aaaaand since apparently you're not willing to let this thing go (even though we talked about that two weeks ago already) - you leave me no other choice but to also reply somewhat publicly (which I REALLY didn't want to do since if there's one thing steamgaf doesn't need any more of - it's more drama) ... so, for all of you curious/nosy enough - he's talking about me ... there you go - saved you some detective work . Anyhow, back to Monk - all of what I told you was true. I literally have no reason to lie to you (or anyone else, for that matter) about my financial and/or family situation. Good to know you've taken screenshots of the entire conversation - it'll be easier for you to compare notes (which is apparently the reason why you've taken those screenshots in the first place) with other people I've been talking to (let me know if you need a list - I'd be more than happy to provide one). What you didn't even bother to ask about (before spoiler-dumping that thing above), though is - how come I'm able to purchase those games if my situation is so bad. Well, if you really must know (and, from what I see - you really must), literally 2 days after our conversation took place - I got a bit of financial help from a very good friend of mine and I also got paid (not much) for a job I did about 2 months ago and I didn't really think I'd ever get paid for. Both of which helped me pay all the bills, buy food and also left me with some spare change ... and since games are pretty much the only thing I spend money on (and one of the very few things that still make me feel a little bit better) - I decided to use it to buy some games ... games, which I was also able to get much cheaper than the regular store prices, mind you. As for the Carmageddon I gifted you - I've gotten 2 spare copies with my kickstarter pledge. I've given one to Frost, and the other one to you. There you go - mystery solved .. can you finally let it go?!? And for future reference - if you repeatedly tell someone they can count on you and talk to you if they ever have any problems, don't just go taking screenshots of the stuff they tell you (pretty much in confidence), because that just makes you look like an asshole after the fact
. Anyhow, back to Monk - all of what I told you was true. I literally have no reason to lie to you (or anyone else, for that matter) about my financial and/or family situation. Good to know you've taken screenshots of the entire conversation - it'll be easier for you to compare notes (which is apparently the reason why you've taken those screenshots in the first place) with other people I've been talking to (let me know if you need a list - I'd be more than happy to provide one). What you didn't even bother to ask about (before spoiler-dumping that thing above), though is - how come I'm able to purchase those games if my situation is so bad. Well, if you really must know (and, from what I see - you really must), literally 2 days after our conversation took place - I got a bit of financial help from a very good friend of mine and I also got paid (not much) for a job I did about 2 months ago and I didn't really think I'd ever get paid for. Both of which helped me pay all the bills, buy food and also left me with some spare change ... and since games are pretty much the only thing I spend money on (and one of the very few things that still make me feel a little bit better) - I decided to use it to buy some games ... games, which I was also able to get much cheaper than the regular store prices, mind you. As for the Carmageddon I gifted you - I've gotten 2 spare copies with my kickstarter pledge. I've given one to Frost, and the other one to you. There you go - mystery solved .. can you finally let it go?!? And for future reference - if you repeatedly tell someone they can count on you and talk to you if they ever have any problems, don't just go taking screenshots of the stuff they tell you (pretty much in confidence), because that just makes you look like an asshole after the factThat's a lot of games. Nice!
Half of all PC gamers wait for a game to go on sale before buying – report
well no wonder, duuuh ... and that number won't go any lower if they keep region-locking their gamesI know, I know - shush
It's funny how they seem to be treating this like some horrible problem.
I honestly believe that most of these people are making more on volume at sale time than they ever would at a higher price point. For $2.50-$5.00, I'm willing to gamble on an unknown. For ten times that? Not so much. And I think the people who feel that way outnumber the ones willing to impulse buy unknown games for $25-$50+ apiece by at least a factor of 10.
I can't decide if indie developers who complain about the "sale mentality" really think everyone would keep buying the same number of games even if there were no sales/prices were higher, or if they do realize that people would buy less games, but believe that "their baby" is special and people would pick it over all the others if they had to choose just one (potentially leading to a handful of big winners and a lot of losers in that space). In both cases, I think they'd be unhappy about the outcome if they ever did get their wish.
Gunstarheroes
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Its a playfire reward too, SO YOU GET 10 CENTS BACK!
hot diggity damn, thats quite a haul
are we making a group to play tonight?
You chose... wisely.
derExperte
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Go on with your shmup? Are you making one?
lashman
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Yeah, I thought State of Decay might grow on me, but no. It's pretty much all the things I wouldn't want in a Dead Rising game. And I didn't find the zombie combat to be even slightly fun (especially when juxtaposed with my current run of DR3).
Co-op would have helped, but nope. Off to the dump you go.
Co-op would have helped, but nope. Off to the dump you go.
Man, that would have been a wet dream for me. I first beat it in 3 days and was left wanting more.
I must admit, as much as I love FEAR 2 I do wonder how it would have been had we got the version seen in the E3 demo a few years before release (basically uses FEAR 1s gore/ragdolls etc):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0Nk_ms9VYw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxsonSEq5fE
FUN FACT! (read this on the Betrayer forum from Craig Hubbard): There were initially going to be two FEAR 2 games, one for PC (which Craig and the FEAR 1 team would work on) and one specifically for consoles. Basically due to whatever events occurred the specific PC one got canned and they were moved on to help finish the console FEAR 2 which became the only one available for all platforms.
Oh dear, you're going to fall down that hole again. I picked D3 back up again recently and lost another 50 hours of my life. I don't know what it is that Blizzard does with their gameplay hooks but they're stupidly addictive to me.
hardcastlemccormick
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It's working for me.
FEAR 2 is the better single player game for sure, but I found FEAR 3 to be more fun because of the ridiculous co-op. I enjoyed all 3 although I don't think I would have finished FEAR 3 ever if it hadn't been for the co-op
Sold to Microsoft for $2B. It's being converted to Enhanced GFWL.
you are spot on, I spend more on games when I follow sales than when I don't, that's simple fact of life, we like sales, cheap and free stuff. We are humans after all, at least some of us, cats like free stuff too as far as I know.
Indies have harder time, as their income probably isn't that much to being with, but then again, you are right about that too.
Oh god, please help me...
I've been using PCs of various sorts ever since the 286/Hercules days, and it still took me 2 freaking days to update my in-law's Win 8 laptop, so that I can install 8.1 there and have it boot to freaking desktop.
2 freaking days spent on solving various Windows Update SNAFUs and wishing murder on people who designed this festering piece of crap UI.
Seriously, Win 8 is an unredeemable piece of shite that can and should burn in hell.
I've been using PCs of various sorts ever since the 286/Hercules days, and it still took me 2 freaking days to update my in-law's Win 8 laptop, so that I can install 8.1 there and have it boot to freaking desktop.
2 freaking days spent on solving various Windows Update SNAFUs and wishing murder on people who designed this festering piece of crap UI.
Seriously, Win 8 is an unredeemable piece of shite that can and should burn in hell.
FiveElementNinja
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I would also like to know this. I'm thinking about getting it myself.
FEAR 3's coop is fun for sure
Paxton Fettel is a bloody god in that game, great character to play as.are you using Chrome 64 bit by any chance?
Nobody reads my posts.=p
oh my O_O look at all those games!!!!
Thanks! ^___^
Yep... it's a game inspired to PC Engine / Megadrive / etc.. shmups.
I'm developing it veeeery slowly since it's not my main work.
By the way, if you're interested in trying a one level demo please let me know via PM!
FiveElementNinja
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I do, honest! Just not today as I'm busy writing a crappy LinkedIn plugin for work... Sorry about that.
Amazon! Probably US only.
Thanks!
Mavromatis
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Now, it's working again. Thank god. Jesus, my heart D:
I would actually love for jshackles to be given 2B
Yes. Is Enhanced Steam biting it?
abracadaver
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What do you mean with DR3 getting region locked?
Amazon! Probably US only.
Wow. Amazon customers not happy with D3.
I'd imagine it has to do with the original launch being so terrible.
lashman
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The Dear Leader
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Dead Rising 3 was region locked last night and the key price for it went up from like 11 to 19 on tf2outpost, not sure if anything changed with it since then or not.
it doesn't work for me. none of my old xtensions work
Try the Dirty Bomb beta, it's amazing
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MarcoZombieCannon
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Enhanced Steam is working for me, but Youtube Center just crapped out big time.
The whole experience just made me appreciate my Win7-tan more. Screw DX12, I will not change to Metro ever.
coffee would work better, tired as hell
abracadaver
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Will my copy still work?
what's the Dirty Bomb, sounds dirty
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
I've had a few people report issues like yours this morning where it suddenly stops working then after restarting their browser it works again. I'm pretty certain it's a Chrome / Windows issue, most likely due to an update. Also I would say that for $2B I would be more than happy to make Enhanced GFWL.
That's weird - I've been testing Enhanced Steam with the 64 bit dev builds of Chrome for the last few months and haven't run into any issues so far. I tested it just now in the "stable" 64 bit Windows build of Chrome and all appears to be working normally. Do you have the most recent version of Enhanced Steam? Also you can try these directions.
jshackles sold out???
lol
edit: I use Chrome and ES was working for me when I was looking up the sanic racing price history via steam store
Nabs
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Try the Dev build with Tampermonkey.
Darth Kupi
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Thanks for the info. Nabbed it with credit.
I never liked kart racers, but I guess if any game can make me appreciate them, its this.
Strange that everything is 75% off except the Metal Sonic DLC for Sonic Transformed. :/
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