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[Eaten By A Grue]

I know soon there will be people complaining that they got their games at a too high price since they didn't wait for dailies or flash sales. So let this image help you on your quest of not buying it instantly.

Amazing

 

[Exuro]

Another disappointing sale. : / Loved the coal/tickets they did in the past. The 'meta' for this sale can be done in less than a minute, which is much worse than the already disappointing summer sale.

 

[kharma45]

UK peeps, Simply Games doing Hitman for £12.99, £2 less than Steam

http://www.simplygames.com/info/19750/Hitman-Absolution-CD-KEY-Download-PC

 

[Kerub]

If you like adventure games;

Broken Sword trilogy is 80 % off - 2 euro

 

[fallagin]

I know soon there will be people complaining that they got their games at a too high price since they didn't wait for dailies or flash sales. So let this image help you on your quest of not buying it instantly.

Oh my GOD, I love everything about this.

 

[jkanownik]

Ok I am looking on ways to receive money on Paypal now for a 4-pack of Natural Selection 2 but if someone with experience can start one that would be great. We are at least two right now. So we need two more.

I'm in. I'm willing to do the purchase if needed.

 

[zerokoolpsx]

People better vote for Monkey Island. Who doesn't have Limbo and Braid at this point anyway?

I don't have any of those 3.
Does the sales seem kinda underwhelming for anyone else?

 

[YianGaruga]

Only 6 dailys? That is so weak

 

[Spazo]

i'm in for a natural selection II 4-pack

 

[Yoshichan]

I know soon there will be people complaining that they got their games at a too high price since they didn't wait for dailies or flash sales. So let this image help you on your quest of not buying it instantly.

I am laughing so much right now :lol

 

[Grief.exe]

No, we have normal expectations that haven't been met so far. The Meta games alone brought a measure of fun that isn't here now. I spent so many hours buying and playing games I never had bought or played before.

I'm sure the metagame was a big draw on their servers, but they should be able to justify it with the amount of purchases that occurred.

Good way for people to try F2P games as well, and gives publishers/developers more incentive to incorporate Steam features like achievements into their games.

 

[Sora_N]

Tempted to buy NS2 but meh, I bought CS:GO bundle last time and I didn't even play it. Guess I just don't play FPS lol.

 

[Decado]

Are any other sites like Amazon, Gamefly, GOG etc. doing a winter sale?

 

[BertleTheTurtle]

Yeah, these don't look as good as even this years summer sale. I do already own everything I want in Steam so that may have something to do with it. Also Amazon.

The sale runs til the 5th. They couldn't do everything good day 1.

 

[Bulzeeb]

I know soon there will be people complaining that they got their games at a too high price since they didn't wait for dailies or flash sales. So let this image help you on your quest of not buying it instantly.

fuck, so should I bite the batman deal or wait for the last day? :S

 

[RionaaM]

no room for 70s people here grandpa

Space Jam's Seal version is the true one, im sorry

Yup, best version of the song indeed.

 

[Tomodachi]

No meta because Gabe is pissed off at that developer who leaked the dates for both sales. I wouldn't have had time for it though so I'm fine with this.

 

[Mavromatis]

By the way, this is the first sale with official Linux games.
Here is a list of them.

 

[Wickerbasket]

fuck, so should I bite the batman deal or wait for the last day? :S

I don't think it's going to get cheaper. But it might. Depends how much you want it.

 

[Canis lupus]

SoaSE Rebellion must go on sale!

 

[Toki767]

I'm holding off on buying indie games because the indie bundles will probably be on sale.

 

[confuziz]

Gifted a game to someone, but he hasn't got it yet, I haven't gotten a confirmation of the purchase either..weird

 

[robbed]

For those without a mobile phone, can you install the android sdk/emulator and install steam mobile there? I wonder if that will work.

 

[Sadist]

I'll wait for Binary Domain, Dark Souls and... lol Resident Evil ORC. Yes, I want to see how bad it is.

 

[AndyMoogle]

Are any other sites like Amazon, Gamefly, GOG etc. doing a winter sale?

GOG have been having a sale for almost a week already. Gamersgate started their sale today. I don't know about the others.

 

[Euphor!a]

Don't know if anyone else noticed this but the Darksiders Complete pack is 50% off at $20 now. It is almost guaranteed to be a daily at 75%, making it cheaper than the Amazon deal.

 

[haikira]

Tempted to buy NS2 but meh, I bought CS:GO bundle last time and I didn't even play it. Guess I just don't play FPS lol.

Well, that's the joy of NS2. You don't have to play it as an FPS. =P

 

[dosh]

I don't have a mobile device. No achievement for me

You could use a friend's phone or tablet?

 

[dani_dc]

So far, kinda disappointing when compared to past winter sales, and not just because I own a lot of games now.

- No achievements for gifts/coal
- Only 6 "main" deals instead of the usual 12 per day
- No tickets, just badges
- Some prices are fairly poor
- Seems to be more games than usual that aren't on sale (could be still discounting them though, I'm not sure).

That sums up my feelings as well.

Lets hope that we get at least some better deals in other daily/flash sales.

 

[kharma45]

Are any other sites like Amazon, Gamefly, GOG etc. doing a winter sale?

GOG are.

 

[Fantastical]

Amazon beats Steam on nearly everything now.

 

[kinoki]

While I have 20 games on my wish list and I intend to buy a few of them... the whole impulse buy thing is gone for me. I look at the seals today and I see nothing I want. I'll wait for tomorrow's seals.

 

[JustinBB7]

You could use a friend's phone or tablet?

That's what I did, used my sisters iphone, logged in once and got the achievement instantly.

 

[Tomodachi]

fuck, so should I bite the batman deal or wait for the last day? :S

daily deals = flash deals in 99.99999999% of cases, you're safe getting it now (but it will be very likely 75% off again during the sale)

 

[TheNamelessOne]

If you like adventure games;

Broken Sword trilogy is 80 % off - 2 euro

Everyone get on this!

 

[zerokoolpsx]

6 Dailies with almost 9 hours on a community poll? Taking a long nap.

 

[Jasper Avenue]

The sale runs til the 5th. They couldn't do everything good day 1.

No but they could try to meet the expectations that we've come to expect from past sales. We're getting half the dailies we usually get, with a lot more games on the service than past years.

 

[The Wizard]

Yay, a mediocre sale with no metagame. I'll just go play the games I've accrued instead.

 

[Elginer]

Any chance of Borderlands 2 dropping below that $30 mark?

 

[Lime]

17.50$ so far : Botanicula, Mirror's Edge, Prince of Persia and Condemned. I wish the Transformers games, the Riddick games and somes Star Wars games will be on Daily Deals.

You're doing it wrong. Wait for the daily deals.

 

[Htown]

I miss the achievement hunts

 

[Salsa]

They discounted 007: Blood Stone. Just 25% but they never discounted it in the previous summer sale and such. Hopefully it becomes at least a flash deal.

 

[Metroidvania]

The THQ franchise sale seems pretty good, unless I'm missing something. I know there's some duds in there, but there's SR2 and 3, DoW 2 + Retribution + Metro 2033.

That's not too terrible.

edit: Oh, DoW series with all the DLC is 20 on its own. Hmm, for 6 bucks more I could get PC copies of SR2 and 3 and Darksiders 2. Ugh.

 

[la_briola]

salsa add this to the op: http://store.steampowered.com/sale/wintersale2012_indie

 

[Wired]

Man, all I want from this sale is Dark Souls at 50% or more off... let's hope

oh, and XCOM

 

[Semblance]

Wow, I didn't even see them trying to sell Fable III at $25. That's hilarious.

 

[AndyMoogle]

If you like adventure games;

Broken Sword trilogy is 80 % off - 2 euro

Speaking of adventure games, Gray Matter is 75% off on Gamersgate now. I think it's 2.24 euros.

 

[Rickenslacker]

Any chance of Borderlands 2 dropping below that $30 mark?

It's a daily, you're not gonna get any better.

 

[Row]

Amazon beats Steam on nearly everything now.

site runs a million times better than the clunky steam client, too

 

[jediyoshi]

Are any other sites like Amazon, Gamefly, GOG etc. doing a winter sale?

Amazon usually tries to at least match Steam's dailies after they go up, at least in prior years. Maybe they'll try throwing a bow on it this year.

Green Man Gaming has a 30% code almost everything from their site, usually stacks with other sales

http://www.greenmangaming.com/