re: So sad how Steam sales have fallen

Posted by flyAU

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Posted on 12/24/21 at 8:34 pm to DoUrden

We all started making too much money and no longer care.

Posted by TigerMyth36

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Posted on 12/24/21 at 10:32 pm to DoUrden

You need to up your visit count around Christmas because I think they did 10 games last year and 15 this year. 1 per day.

Not all good but a few solid games.

Pathfinder Kingmaker Enhanced Edition Plus currently free.

And the answer is yes, Steam hasn't gone with the deep discounts with the flash sales like they did in the past. I did pick up 7 games during the Black Friday sale.

The quality of the sale also depends on which Tier 1 games you didn't pick up on release. I skipped Jedi Fallen Order when it came out but it was a solid pickup at $15 bucks in the last sale. I've been waiting for a deep discount on Dark Souls remastered and grabbed that one on Black Friday.

This post was edited on 12/24/21 at 10:38 pm

Posted by sgallo3

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Posted on 12/25/21 at 9:23 am to flyAU

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We all started making too much money and no longer care.

we make more money so should honestly be spending more. it's just none of the deals actually feel like deals. "Sweet, i can get call of duty from 2015 for $20"

Hearts of Iron IV and Kingdom Come look like the best deals.

i also think having things like Gamepass hurts the sale because most of the games offering steep discounts have already sold out to a a subscription service

Posted by Joshjrn

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Posted on 12/25/21 at 10:41 am to sgallo3

Even though I can afford it, the lack of sales has definitely reduced my speculative buys: games that I wouldn’t normally play, but buy and let sit in my library until I wake up one day with a wild hair to give it a shot. I’m just not going to do that with a $35 game, no matter how much I can afford to do so.

Posted by southpawcock

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Posted on 12/25/21 at 2:42 pm to Joshjrn

I've realized that I'll still just play Overwatch even if I have a new game to play so what's the point, good sale or not.

Posted by Jcorye1

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Posted on 12/25/21 at 2:48 pm to southpawcock

I'm debating on the Outer Worlds for 20 bucks.

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Posted by kingbob

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Posted on 12/25/21 at 4:41 pm to Joshjrn

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Yup. Which has also limited my prospective buying. Because I’ll see the same price every quarter forever, unless I’m going to play the game in the next quarter, I don’t buy it. In the past, I would build a backlog of dozens, if not hundreds, of games just because the price felt too damned good to pass up

I had this problem with the playstation store.

Posted by Raz

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Posted on 12/25/21 at 5:55 pm to DoUrden

Lots of games on my wishlist with nice sales. Some of these have been on my wishlist for a really long time lol.

Trying to narrow it down:

The Outer Worlds (gifted)
The Forest $8 -60%
The Witcher $8 -80%
Samorost 3 $4 -80%
Oxygen not Included $10 -60%
Kerbal $10 -75%
Dark Souls 2 $10 -75%
Jedi: Fallen Order $15 -63%
South Park: Fractured but Whole $13 -75%
City: Skylines $8 -75%

Posted by HailToTheChiz

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Posted on 12/25/21 at 6:15 pm to Raz

quote:
Oxygen not Included $10 -60%
Kerbal $10 -75%
City: Skylines $8 -75%

These are great deals on great games.

Posted by TigerMyth36

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Posted on 12/27/21 at 1:05 pm to HailToTheChiz

I think Metro Exodus Enhanced Version was under 10.

That is a great deal for anyone who hasn't played Exodus.

Posted by TigerMyth36

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Posted on 12/27/21 at 1:07 pm to Jcorye1

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I'm debating on the Outer Worlds for 20

I just did a playthrough about a month ago. Holds up great.

Posted by Joshjrn

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Posted on 12/27/21 at 6:03 pm to Jcorye1

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I'm debating on the Outer Worlds for 20 bucks.

I started playing it and put it aside recently. I'm enjoying it, but just haven't found it to be truly enthralling. But I'll come back to it soon.

Posted by KamaCausey_LSU

Member since Apr 2013

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Posted on 12/28/21 at 4:28 pm to DoUrden

Same as others, cleared some wishlist items.

Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales
Disco Elysium
Slay the Spire
Horizon Zero Dawn
NieR: Automata
Need For Speed Heat Deluxe and Hot Pursuit Remasters (Wasn't on wishlist just kind of wanted once I saw it.)

Posted by chryso

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Posted on 12/29/21 at 11:09 am to Joshjrn

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It seems like the days of being able to pick up 5-10 year old AAA games for less than $10 are all but gone.

Witcher 3 is 7.99

Posted by Dam Guide

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Posted on 12/29/21 at 12:12 pm to DrSteveBrule

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I'm afraid to buy games from Epic because it feels like a bubble waiting to burst.

Epic is shite and I refuse to buy or even get their free games. One of their new free games is a coop game that looks like fun. Well thanks to their shite tastic software, it has no online or remote play. So yey, you have a neutered game. Plus it’s exclusive, so if you wanted to play online coop on steam, you can’t….