zerokoolpsx
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Have to wait and see. Yea, its good you haven't gotten a refund.
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Steam Winter Sales 2012 | Deal quality keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
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CosmicQueso
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Blaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
CambriaRising
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DeadFalling
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Just got the chance to get home and say thanks!!
You rock! <3
You rock! <3
What sales? All I see are EA-caliber deals and Amazon/GMG are the new Steam.
Hell these sales aren't even that far away from PSN level anymore
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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I wonder how much longer that will last though if the current trend continues. I mean some of the discounts are massive in difference. Lego LOTR is $20.xx on steam right now and was $7.50 on amazon. The only thing I've bought from steam recently is stuff that is still only on steam. If it was a buck or two I don't think it would matter but some are becoming pretty large differences in price that are no longer negligible.
i'm not even sure how they could..?
i was able to get about half the games redeemed from the Bethesda pack. Still a great deal since i got what i wanted from it.
MeshuggahMan
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Dammit there's two games I really want from this sale, alpha protocol and AC3. I haven't seen a single sale anywhere for AC3! I'm starting to think we won't see any sales for it.
That being said. Got awesome deals on XCOM and Dishonored so I guess that's good for now.
That being said. Got awesome deals on XCOM and Dishonored so I guess that's good for now.
I sent one 4 days ago about the same issue as well, got a quick response offering me a refund, explained the situation better thinking they may have misunderstood me, but n response since. Still no refund.
Thanks for the XCOM answer guys. I guess I'll just buy the game when it's $20-25, if it's getting so much praise, it's gotta be good.
Does it play anything like Company of Heroes? I got that from the Humble Bundle, but couldn't play for more than 5 minutes. too much things for me to handle.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Well, if they're steam keys I guess they could get steam to deactivate them but I would be absolutely floored if that happened. That would be so much more damaging than the small amount that were actually given keys.
Big thanks to Autofokus for giving me a BL2 key. Very, very cool of him.
Ouch. But yeah.
Hell these sales aren't even that far away from PSN level anymore
Ouch. But yeah.
The majority of my purchases so far have been from GMG and Amazon. I imagine GMG must be making some serious money with that voucher turning many of their discounts into great deals.
Picked up Worms Revolution + DLC, RE5, DMC4, Dungeons Collection and Borderlands 2 season pass from them, and I don't think I spent much over £20 for the lot.
Picked up Worms Revolution + DLC, RE5, DMC4, Dungeons Collection and Borderlands 2 season pass from them, and I don't think I spent much over £20 for the lot.
Then you're right. That wasn't outrageous.
BertleTheTurtle
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Gamersgate refunded the 2 bethesda bundles I got but I've already given away 2 skyrims and 2 dishonored and activated hunted, rogue warrior and doom: bfg edition for myself.
Oh well, free games.
Oh well, free games.
Shorty11857
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I doubt it since that voucher is probably their entire profit margin on the games gone.
cicero
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Hilarious, Petrie. No, really...
SuperSonic1305
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I'm not paying 7 bucks for the XCOM DLC dammit just drop the price already.
Contact Valve and say they were provided in error, essentially. IGN did this with GameStop and EA/Origin when a Prime deal was buggered and went viral, allowing even non-Prime members to snag a free copy of Battlefield 3. Of course, the waters are muddied when you consider that the GG keys have been bought and paid for.
From a technical perspective there shouldn't be much to hinder a key revoke request from a trusted 3. party to be executed more or less automatically on Steam. I'd be inclined to think such a setup should be in place to mass blacklist and revoke keys which has been stolen or such.
Delusibeta
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GTFO. It's three months old.
Seriously, there's a definite stench of entitlement hanging over this thread. "Oh, I want this popular indie game that was released three months ago for three bucks!", "Oh, I will QQ if I get an automatic refund on a blatant pricing error!", "Oh publishers are ripping us off by not charging the same price on any website!". Please, just get out. (Especially the last complaint. There's literally no reason other than sheer laziness and your bank being dicks to not just buy on the cheapest site especially if the game comes in the form of a Steam key)
I should have gotten that. Afterwards I could have bought Batman: Arkham City GOTY for 2 bucks
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CambriaRising
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Calm down buddy. Some people like to use paypal which amazon doesn't support, or bought steam wallet gift cards before the sale.
Can't see how they would sustain this model if that's true though, the publishers probably knew about the vouchers.
Should I get FTL and Worms Revolution?
I bought Inversion 2 and Hotline Miami last night. Only played them about 30 mins apiece.
I have sooooo many games in my backlog and I'm about to start school again, full time... while working full time as well, so my free time is about to dissolve.
I may have answered my own question, but I seem to be a bite-sized player theses days. Playing a bit of everything, so I guess I wouldn't mind adding to that mix.
tl;dr
Sell me on FTL
I bought Inversion 2 and Hotline Miami last night. Only played them about 30 mins apiece.
I have sooooo many games in my backlog and I'm about to start school again, full time... while working full time as well, so my free time is about to dissolve.
I may have answered my own question, but I seem to be a bite-sized player theses days. Playing a bit of everything, so I guess I wouldn't mind adding to that mix.
tl;dr
Sell me on FTL
Couldn't agree more.
Visualante2
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Buying multiple copies of the same game to gift to people sure is a chore.
Please stop replying to the man babies who bitch about prices.
If you can't sell yourself you're probably too baby for the decisions in FTL. Go home!
Please stop replying to the man babies who bitch about prices.
I suspect we'll see stiffer competition next year.
Wow. I thought they were only going to refund packs that didn't access any codes... Now this, they're actually going to lose even more.
Yeah, whatever.
People ranting about the prices is part of what makes this thread lively. It's always like that, it's a steam sale, people's expectation are high after the amazing sales during the past years.
Bah, I was alright missing Alan wake on GMG because the stupid gambling thing since it was so cheap on the steam deal but xcom bums me out, I bet it will be much lower tomorrow than it is on steam right now, either way unless Amazon goes crazy again I assume this is the cheapest I will be able to get xcom.
chickdigger802
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Any sims players here? What are your favorite sims 3 expansions?
Also xcom at $33, is this the lowest it's been?
Also xcom at $33, is this the lowest it's been?
Can't be that much otherwise they wouldn't do it. They've run vouchers before, plenty of times. If it wasn't good for them as a business then they wouldn't do it.
Just to let people know that I bought both the Bethesda bundle and Football Manager from Gamersgate only to have my account deleted with only an email notice after it had been done. I have contacted their support three days ago and I still haven't received a response with any reasons to why they have locked my account. But I am willing to be patient since this is a holydays period.
I was able to grab my FM key as well as 3 Bethesda keys before they closed my account and they are working fine. I assume I'm at the risk of having them disabled any time though.
Meanwhile, I have also received a refund (which I didn't ask for) for my football manager payment. I have not received any refund for the Bethesda bundle.
The way they handle their business seems amateurish to me, and I must say that I regret now having bought anything from them.
I will keep you posted.
I was able to grab my FM key as well as 3 Bethesda keys before they closed my account and they are working fine. I assume I'm at the risk of having them disabled any time though.
Meanwhile, I have also received a refund (which I didn't ask for) for my football manager payment. I have not received any refund for the Bethesda bundle.
The way they handle their business seems amateurish to me, and I must say that I regret now having bought anything from them.
I will keep you posted.
Indeed there is: Activision had Eastern Euro MW2 keys removed from Steam accounts not based there, although I assume this applied only to those who'd played the game online as my copy is still intact.
Mr. Luchador
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If you want a Game of Thrones game, buy Crusader Kings II and download the Game of Thrones mod.
Cyberquake
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jediyoshi
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No refund here and I've accessed a few of the codes, probably not a hard decision either way
YianGaruga
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Profit is not the only thing a business needs, especially when you are just starting. 30% is a typical profit margin for these stores, and I can imagine them completely pass on it to build a large userbase. It seems like it's working so far.
atomic moth
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If this FTL price is too much for you then go play the games in your backlog and wait for another sale.
If you have no games left in your backlog, then buy FTL. It's 50% off.
Win/win situation here, folks.
If you have no games left in your backlog, then buy FTL. It's 50% off.
Win/win situation here, folks.
Shorty11857
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Well it'd be surprising if publishers were giving GMG better prices than Steam, I mean makes sense with Amazon since they're so massive but I doubt GMG can
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