Steam Sale Support Group

wyrn

Well the inevitable Steam Summer Sale seems nearly upon us. Over the past few years I've gone mad with all the "bargains". They would be bargains if I ever got around to downloading and playing them. As it is, I tend to play the same few games over and over.

So, I've decided to start this thread for people like me who need help saying NO! A sort of support group. If tempted by a deal, post here and see if it's really a bargain.

I mean, I am very very very tempted to buy Dead Island as it's only a fiver. I bought Left 4 Dead a couple for years ago and I've only played 2mins. I was also gifted Left 4 Dead 2 for my birthday when it came out and I've never downloaded it. See, I've sort of answered my own question. I probably won't play it.

Let's hope I can hold out for the rest of the sale. I really really really cannot afford any more games.

taytothief

Last couple of Steam Sales have been a bit **** imo, so you should be grand.

Outkast_IRE

I also think the last few steam sales haven't been as good as the ones from years gone by.

SeantheMan

http://www.samaritans.org/your-community/samaritans-work-ireland

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Talk to us any time you like, in your own way, and off the record – about whatever’s getting to you. You don’t have to be suicidal.

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If you really want help call them, else just man up and don't buy.
We all go for impulse buys, nothing wrong with it, and yes...we make our game collections infinitely larger than they need to be.
But you might wanna play that game in 20years time.

Me personally, it's the first time the sale has come around where I don't have a job and lots of disposable income as I'm saving for Korea. So I won't have a problem

Corkfeen

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

I also think the last few steam sales haven't been as good as the ones from years gone by.

That's why I plan to keep an eye on GMG etc. They offer some very competitive pricing.

Stereomaniac

I fully endorse this thread, as I have a severe problem with spending. I have very addictive tendencies.

Jet Black

Get disappointed in your life.

wyrn

Jet Black wrote: »

Get disappointed in your life.

I knew that was there but I haven't used it before. A grand on games and I've not played 67% of them. As for the amount of hours spent playing, dear god.

I'm going to lie down for a bit.

Jet Black

This might make you feel better.

Dravokivich

Jet Black wrote: »

Get disappointed in your life.

Doesn't seem to be recognising mine fully. Only registering HL2 as my games library.

degrassinoel

doesn't work for me either, shows the wrong profile, even with my own community page. kinda glad it doesnt work too

cherryghost

4031,19€

GreenWolfe

3221,94€



Are there any calculators around for Desura or gog.com as well?

super_furry

Not too bad. My bigger shame is the 63 days /played on WoW. Six months clean now.

2495,22€

448.8 hours spent playing games on Steam

GreenWolfe

Oh dammit, I should never look for indie bundles and offers. I've only spent 2 euro, my total's went up to 3266,41€ and my unplayed percentage has crept up by 1% to 49%.

Dave_The_Sheep

3172,21€

Though, given it was mostly bought on sale items, I'd guess that it's closer to €1000 than €3172.

CastorTroy

So which a bigger sign of your steam sale problem? The cost of games? The number of unplayed games? Or the number of times you go to purchase a game only to be told you already own it?

Sierra Oscar

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

I also think the last few steam sales haven't been as good as the ones from years gone by.

I think a lot of that can be put down to people having bought some of the gems during past sales. I find that can be the case for myself!

Manach

First step to recognising the problem is to admit it. Albeit in my case, playing Civ V till 1am this morning, one of my few victories on King level. I don't even wish to tally the amount of time spent on that game.

Dravokivich

Manach wrote: »

First step to recognising the problem is to admit it. Albeit in my case, playing Civ V till 1am this morning, one of my few victories on King level. I don't even wish to tally the amount of time spent on that game.

Civ is a game where time seizes to exist.

wyrn

Dravokivich wrote: »

Civ is a game where time seizes to exist.

I've Civ IV sitting there for god knows how long. Never even downloaded it and now I want Civ V.

Skerries

6882,08€ and 83% unplayed, kneel before Zod!

Zillah

Manach wrote: »

First step to recognising the problem is to admit it. Albeit in my case, playing Civ V till 1am this morning, one of my few victories on King level. I don't even wish to tally the amount of time spent on that game.

Hey there stayed-up-way-too-late-playing-Civ5-on-a-Sunday-night buddy.

My total is only 987,46 which is a little relieving. I also didn't actually pay anything like that amount of money due to sales and what not.

EDIT: Yeah, I think the humble bundles grossly exaggerate how much real money was actually transferred.

NotorietyH

Jet Black wrote: »

Get disappointed in your life.

Don't think that's necessarily what you paid for them. It has Darksiders 2 down as 49.99 but I got it in a bundle with a few other games which all came to less that 49.99 at the time.

Got worried as I only built my PC before Christmas and besides a couple of odd games I picked up on Mac, as it says I've spent nearly 1000 euro. Probably closer to half that, which is still a lot in just over 6 months!

C14N

I checked the Steam calculator and it's clearly not very accurate. I paid €2.50 for Tomb Raider Anniversary in a sale and it's listed as €70.

I reason though that all I have to do is buy all the games and then spending money on sales won't be such a problem.

Lu Tze

Skerries wrote: »

6882,08€ and 83% unplayed, kneel before Zod!

This is making me feel good about myself!

658,05€ 50% unplayed!

Danger781

Games owned 87
Games not played 76 (87%)

lol

Dacelonid

My Steam Profile

• Worth: 3445,84€
• Games owned: 308
• Games not played: 186
• Percentage: 60%
• Hours spent: 1,629.2h

I am sure I played a lot less than that (or at least I hope I did, or my wife will kill me)

CastorTroy

Dacelonid wrote: »

My Steam Profile

• Worth: 3445,84€
• Games owned: 308
• Games not played: 186
• Percentage: 60%
• Hours spent: 1,629.2h

I am sure I played a lot less than that (or at least I hope I did, or my wife will kill me)

Are you sure she's still there? When did you last see her? :P

I checked mine yesterday but computer crashed before posting. A lot less games and value than most people here. Dunno how to feel about that.

GreenWolfe

CastorTroy wrote: »

Are you sure she's still there? When did you last see her? :P

I checked mine yesterday but computer crashed before posting. A lot less games and value than most people here. Dunno how to feel about that.

Buy a load of indie bundles, you'll be past the thousand mark in no time.

Out of the €3,200 worth of games on my account I'd say I've spent less than a third of that.

cherryghost

Piecharts and stuff!

wyrn

That cost per game might kick me into action in playing some of the other games I have. Pretty sure 95 hours of Mass Effect is not healthy. Or the 92 for ME2.

Cherryghost, I look at your stats and I don't feel so bad about my own :P