The flash sales are pretty dumb, most of them (if not all and especially the popular ones), will most likely be on the daily deals, only for much cheaper. I remember the last time, The Witcher 2 was a flash sale going for 12.50, a day or two later it was a daily deal for 7.50.
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Steam Winter Sales 2012 | Deal quality keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
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The flash sales are pretty dumb, most of them (if not all and especially the popular ones), will most likely be on the daily deals, only for much cheaper. I remember the last time, The Witcher 2 was a flash sale going for 12.50, a day or two later it was a daily deal for 7.50.
Steam won't beat that
For 12 euros I got both the game and the nightmare on northpoint dlc.BackwardsSuggestions
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Come on Spec Ops: The Line. A bit lower!
The Technomancer
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If you can't get a Dota 2 key from GAF for whatever reason the deal is actually pretty good, you get over $15 in items I'm pretty sure. The Snowdrop set alone goes for $12 on the store
I hope this is true for X-COM.
Load up steam
New daily deals
I haven't that in a while. I still love it.
arts&crafts
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It was (4 dollarsish in the THQ bundle last week) all THQ games for 4$. Maybe it was just the first one, I don't know.
Awesome deal. I'd have snapped it up, but I own all the DoWII titles already.
I never realized how furry Bloodseeker was. I suppose he's just an anthropomorphic puppy underneath that mask and those feathers.
Dude no. The THQ pack only included Dawn of War 1. Not any of the three expansion packs for it, nor did it include any DoW2 game.
TheNamelessOne
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Red Blaster
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where has XCOM been less than 33%?
Yeah, i'm waiting for TWD too, I hope it's 75% off. If it's only gonna be 50% off, then it's already at that price at Gamefly UK.
Felix Lighter
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Is there any must play New Vegas DLC? I'm not sure what to do with my Ultimate Edition key because I own the main game but none of the DLC and it's a very high game on my back log. I played for 30+ hours early on but performance issues made me put it off and I haven't gone back but I desperately want to.
What? That's crazy talk. And you cherry picked the only time that ever happened.
Also, the flash deals are where a game is likely to debut for 75 percent off for the first time ever. Now, if you missed Just Cause 2 for the last 183 times it was 75 percent off, the Daily has your needs covered.
Infinite Justice
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you can get this with bioshock 1 and 2 for 9.99 on amazon currently.
Steam keys and separate (so give away the 2 Bioshocks if you want)
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Almost all of it.
They can't exactly change the prices of other publisher's games to whatever they want.
legacyzero
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Dead Money is one of the best expansions for a game I've played.
Almost as good a Point Lookout.
AngmarsKing701
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Day 3 and the Steam sale continues to deliver
major disappointment
Felix Lighter
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If the Ys and Dawn of War games are all I am getting out of this I would still be happy.
ChesterCharm
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getgamesgo
amazon
green man gaming
desura
gog
... what else? let's expand on this list.
amazon
green man gaming
desura
gog
... what else? let's expand on this list.
arts&crafts
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Old World Blues is my favorite dlc ever. Some of the best writing in video gaming.
Revengeance
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Welp. I think I'm just going to buy Far Cry 3 at full price now. If it goes on sale, I doubt that it'll be a lot off. And I have vacation for the next week and a half, I'd rather spend that time playing the game, and not waiting for a sale.
I'll probably regret this.
I'll probably regret this.
Check your PMs first!
Leon Belmont
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I NEED SCISSORS
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These sales suck..
In the case of Train Simulator, I think the higher asking price is because they are offering the newer 2013 version.
But even that is silly since every year you automatically get it updated to the newer version for free.
In the case of Train Simulator, I think the higher asking price is because they are offering the newer 2013 version.
But even that is silly since every year you automatically get it updated to the newer version for free.
Is that because, just maybe, you have most of the games you'd want already?
AngmarsKing701
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To be fair I have picked up a couple of games, but the ones I got from Steam were farther down my wish list. The ones I got from Amazon were higher on my wish list.
There's still a couple weeks to go, so I have faith Santa Gaben can turn this around. Maybe we've all been naughty this year.
Edit: ^ actually I have less than 20 games on Steam. Just the ones I really want aren't getting good deals... so far.
Items and for people without beta access already, they get in.
Sgt.Pepper
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Cashing out on early access duh. I have 3 invitations so if anyone wants one PM me.
Well yeah. I habe the Civ 5 expansion on my wishlist but I doubt that it will get into the territory where I would bite.
Gully State
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It will be....this is for early access into the beta
Rickenslacker
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Heh, I'm so glad this stuff doesn't phase me in the slightest. Bring it on! Make one all caps too, see if I care! Put a ® on one and not the other, let's get crazy!Ugh, I think I feel an OCD fit coming on...
speculawyer
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Like, really?
So Dota 2 is free to play . . . but I guess this pack comes with items.
I think much of Dawn of War 2 is available in the generous $25 THQ publisher pack. (And was it in the earlier humble bundle?)
Dungeon Defenders + DLC is currently in a Humble bundle pack:
http://www.humblebundle.com/
The business model for gaming is struggling. :-/
Nabs
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Witcher 2 wasn't a flash deal, it was priced at 60% for some time but that's it.
ReverseFate
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Ugh, I think I feel an OCD fit coming on...
Just choosing "Installed" games in my drop down saves me so much OCD pain.
Jibbajabbawockky
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Yeah, I really can't see myself getting much of anything this Steam sale. I have enough other games in my backlog that I've picked up in the past couple months that I can wait for something like Dishonored to go cheaper than 50% off.
I might pick up Hotline Miami and the Shogun 2 expansion but after so many Steam or Amazon sales, you kind of run out of things to get. And more recent games like Dishonored aren't quite cheap enough for me to impulse buy, considering that I know they'd likely just sit in my backlog for a while.
I might pick up Hotline Miami and the Shogun 2 expansion but after so many Steam or Amazon sales, you kind of run out of things to get. And more recent games like Dishonored aren't quite cheap enough for me to impulse buy, considering that I know they'd likely just sit in my backlog for a while.
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