Steam Winter Sale

Digitalism

Should be starting in the next couple of days...

whose ready?!

Have some things that I want to pick up and try with my new pc over the break.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thILxw6wBJE

Grimebox

My usual rules:

Don't buy it if you don't want to play it right now, buying for some future date means you will most likely never play it.
Don't buy it just because its €40 off of €60, you are still potentially wasting €20, not saving €40.

Bah humbug :pac:

ShadowHearth

I had my CC blocked when last sale gone off. It saved my ass... I dont feel lucky this time.

Retr0gamer

I'm not moving this to the Steam forum. The steam sales are too big of an emotional event for gamers that it should be in the main forum

CastorTroy

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I'm not moving this to the Steam forum. The steam sales are too big of an emotional event for gamers that it should be in the main forum

In other words "If I'm going down, you're all coming with me!"

pablomakaveli

It's gotten to a point where i own most of the games on steam i'd be interested in (and then some) that said ive thought that before the last couple of sales and still ended up buying a few things anyway.

CastorTroy

And as if they're getting ahead of Steam, I'm being tempted by Tales of Monkey Island on gog for $5.24 and Gone Home on Humble Store for $4.99.

Hmmm....

SmurfX

I think the most important piece of sale advice I've learned from the past is to appreciate that it's 2 weeks long, a lot of the deals will be repeated and it's better to sit on your wallet until the 2nd week so you have a better perspective of what you want.
With that approach though the first few days of it will be difficult.

Conchir

http://gaben.tv/


I'm ready for a miracle. Praise the Lord.

Magill

CastorTroy wrote: »

And as if they're getting ahead of Steam, I'm being tempted by Tales of Monkey Island on gog for $5.24 and Gone Home on Humble Store for $4.99.

Hmmm....

Gone Home is a great wee "Game". Worth 5 dolla anyway.

Skerries

Grumpypants

There is no point lying to myself and saying I am only going to buy things I need or I have enough games to get through. Every sale I last no more than 4 days before I go oh look a deal !

I have had my eye on some games I want anyway so if they come up I'll get them. Like the Day Z stand alone & Batman origins.

Manach

A plea. If you value spending time with family at Christmas, resist the urge to get X-Com.

Might be on the lookout as well for a decent co-op, as just finishing up Borderlands 2.

Canis Lupus

The last one, whilst only a minor sale had nothing that interested me, this one, bar Dayz standalone I can't think of anything I need or want. Naive but I think I'm going to get away from this one unscathed.

SeantheMan

Vicxas

Not buying anything this sale

Who am i kidding...

Nody

I got a very limited list of things I want to buy; XCom being the one I'm pretty much guaranteed to buy as it drops to 5 EUR (due to watching play videos on Youtube which clearly means I should not buy it or something); I'll probably pick up some expansions with that.

There are also a couple of other games I expect to go down to 5 EUR (they are "okish" reviewed so not paying more) and my big hope would be some type of Borderlines 2 package with DLCs (with out DLCs I'm not interested) at big discount (GoTY style ideally).

Having said that seeing how I bought nothing in the last steam sale (Halloween) I doubt I'll be going beyond 50 EUR total spend.

chrislad

I don't have much on my wishlist. Final Fantasy VIII is a maybe if it goes below a fiver, which is unlikely as it's quite new. If there's a good deal with Bioshock Infinite and the season pass, I may go for that, but nothing else I'm really looking at.

Kimbot

chrislad wrote: »

I don't have much on my wishlist. Final Fantasy VIII is a maybe if it goes below a fiver, which is unlikely as it's quite new. If there's a good deal with Bioshock Infinite and the season pass, I may go for that, but nothing else I'm really looking at.

You could get the square enix christmas bundle for 6.49 in the hope final fantasy is included in it but youll need to get it today i think.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

how does anybody still have things they want after the last sale?
wasn't that just 3 weeks ago?

Sarky

I just heard work will be paying me tomorrow instead of the end of the month.

MY BODY IS READY GABEN

Pushtrak

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

how does anybody still have things they want after the last sale?
wasn't that just 3 weeks ago?

You really don't have any games you hope turn up?

VinLieger

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

how does anybody still have things they want after the last sale?
wasn't that just 3 weeks ago?

I have a couple of things im not too pushed on but if they hit 40 or 50% ill pick up also if there's a good price for black flag ill grab it too

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

Pushtrak wrote: »

You really don't have any games you hope turn up?

honestly... no but that's not the point. There was a steam sale under a month ago. how are you all not sated yet

The best thing about having a laptop with a relatively crappy processor is that it means I do save some money on the Steam sale. If I had a beast of a machine, there'd be no stopping me.

Pushtrak

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

honestly... no but that's not the point. There was a steam sale under a month ago. how are you all not sated yet

Some people knew there'd be another sale coming up soon, so they didn't buy things they might have back at the previous one. To space out the purchases. Me? I'm just going to take the sale as it comes. See if there is something I'll want. This'll be my third steam sale, and while I've bought a lot of stuff, there's still plenty out there that I don't own that I'll be getting at some point if not at this one.

CastorTroy

If you want to make an early start on spending money, it looks like Amazon.com have started their sale

marco_polo

CastorTroy wrote: »

If you want to make an early start on spending money, it looks like Amazon.com have started their sale

Some good deals going already

http://www.amazon.com/b/?node=7266959011&ref=dvg-hqp-deals-txt&pf_rd_p=1696363362&pf_rd_s=hero-quick-promo&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B00GJ1X3V2&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=12VGF2S8EXM682P0RK6B

$7.99 Hitman Absolution
$7.99 Tomb Raider
$6.99 MP Completre Pack
$9.99 Sleeping Dogs
$11.99 Borderlands GOTY + Borderlands 2

Vojera

Pushtrak wrote: »

Some people knew there'd be another sale coming up soon, so they didn't buy things they might have back at the previous one.

This was me. There were a few things on my wishlist that I figured "that might come down more at Christmas", or even "I won't get through what I have before the summer so I'll wait".

Deleted User wrote: »

The best thing about having a laptop with a relatively crappy processor is that it means I do save some money on the Steam sale. If I had a beast of a machine, there'd be no stopping me.

This is also me. Every time I consider going console there's a Steam sale which makes me go "I'll never get games this cheap on a playstation!" I feel like I'm caught in limbo.

Burning Eclipse

Moved... Did Retro lie to us? :pac:

I bought Tomb Raider, 400 Days and Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons already. All 3 came to about €12. Tomb Raider in particular is a ridiculously good deal. €5.84 :eek:

Did I mention my brand new Alienware X-51 arrived yesterday and I hooked it up to the living room TV? Happy Christmas to one and all!!

CastorTroy

Brothers is a game that looks interesting and I may get as well.

For the Steam sale a €15 or less Wolf Among Us or Walking Dead Season 2 pass will see me purchase. Maybe

pablomakaveli

Why has this thread been moved to the Steam forum?

Retrogamer already said it would be left in the main forum.

Myrddin

pablomakaveli wrote: »

Why has this thread been moved to the Steam forum?

Retrogamer already said it would be left in the main forum.

A Steam Sale thread moved to the Steam forum? Oh the horror!

Sarky

I guess Retro lied to us all. Unless someone else would like to clarify?

dreamers75

Retro lied.

Dont get the point of this forum tbh.

pablomakaveli

Myrddin wrote: »

A Steam Sale thread moved to the Steam forum? Oh the horror!

The Steam xmas sale is a big event that might be more worthy of a place in the main forum.

That added to the fact Retrogamer said it would be left in the main forum for that reason is good reason to question why its been shunted off into smaller sub-forum.

I suppose a smart arse reply is a better explanation in your view though.

Myrddin

Sarky wrote: »

I guess Retro lied to us all. Unless someone else would like to clarify?

The Steam forum is here to cater to Steam related discussion:

Steam Sales, Steam OS, Steam Box, Steam Accounts, Gamertags, Steamgifts. Steam Sale discussion belongs in the Steam forum, that should be all the clarification anyone needs.

dreamers75 wrote: »

Retro lied.

Dont get the point of this forum tbh.

See above.

pablomakaveli wrote: »

The Steam xmas sale is a big event that might be more worthy of a place in the main forum.

That added to the fact Retrogamer said it would be left in the main forum for that reason is good reason to question why its been shunted off into smaller sub-forum.

I suppose a smart arse reply is a better explanation in your view though.

Firstly, this isn't a 'smaller subforum', it's a new forum established recently to cater to any & all Steam discussion. The Games forum is there to talk about just that, Games...not Steam Sales. This forum is still very new, & will come into its own next year when the Steam box hits retail shelves. Until then, we're going to do all in our power to ensure that it gets its fair share of the discussion that it was set up for.

Further to that, if you've any problems take it to the Feedback forum.

CastorTroy

Amazon discounts courtesy of hukd

*Mod-Snip* - RopeDrink

Should i be posting this here or leave non Steam Sale items in the Gaming Bargains thread?

Links234

Manach wrote: »

Might be on the lookout as well for a decent co-op, as just finishing up Borderlands 2.

Payday 2?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

how does anybody still have things they want after the last sale?
wasn't that just 3 weeks ago?

I didn't get much last time round, have a little more cash this time. Still, on my second playthrough of Van Helsing and I still have stuff from the summer sale I've not finished, so it's not like I've exhausted everything either.

Burning Eclipse

http://www.reddit.com/r/GameDeals/wiki/stores/amazon/holidaysale

Myrddin

Ok, firstly, apologies if I rubbed anyone up the wrong way with my post. The reason for the thread being moved is largely that, the reason for this very forum is to cover all things Steam related. Obviously Steam Sales are a big part of this, & such discussion doesn't focus on one particular game/s, making it no longer an ideal fit in the Games forum.

I appreciate that the Games forum is a busy node in the category, and up until the birth of this forum, catered to Steam in an ok-ish way. But Steam is getting bigger, & bigger...just this week we have a whole new operating system, Steam OS. Next year we'll have the Steam Box...which starts to move Steam from a mere way of buying games, to a psuedo-hardware platform. This means that before long, the Games forum was going to be filled with threads along the lines of Steam hardware setup & config, account issues, & all manner of non-games related chat.

So, logically, we needed to find a proper home, to be both fair to the Games forum, AND to Steam & its users. Hence, we have this forum. It is hoped next year, it'll provide a dedicated place to discuss all manner of Steam topics, whilst keeping the Games forum free of non-gaming chat. We're in the changover phase now, where Games is relinquishing the likes of Steam threads, so that they can be housed here.

For those of you who 'follow' forums, just subscribe to this forum as well as Games. Moving the Steam Sales chat here won't affect you in any way shape or form, it won't affect the Games forum which is busier than ever, but it will have a positive affect here in this new forum...where the userbase will grow & this forum will establish itself over the coming months & year.

So again, I apologise for rubbing anyone up the wrong way earlier

I would love it if Walking Dead Season 2 is on the Steam sale.

CastorTroy

Also by having the Steam Sales thread here, it'll help get this forum more exposure as there are people who still aren't aware this forum exists.

Sarky

You! I should have known... <shakes fist>

Vaguely annoyed that Steam Sale beginning clashes with a work outing. I hate having to choose between cheap games and whiskey.

Dacelonid

Sarky wrote: »

You! I should have known... <shakes fist>

Vaguely annoyed that Steam Sale beginning clashes with a work outing. I hate having to choose between cheap games and whiskey.

Same for me, hence, Steam Mobile App

Or maybe that will be when I wake up in the morning

Pushtrak

Sarky wrote: »

You! I should have known... <shakes fist>

Vaguely annoyed that Steam Sale beginning clashes with a work outing. I hate having to choose between cheap games and whiskey.

You could do both, but it's probably sensible to try to stick to one. The Steam app lets you see what is available and buy accordingly. Being drunk and what falls in to accordingly might get a bit skewed.

Pixelbastardo

So does this start tonight ?, im about to pick up Dayz. Dont know if i should wait... then again, unlikely dayz will go on sale since rocket is advising people not to buy it. and it would cause sever overload.

danthefan

Pixelbastardo wrote: »

So does this start tonight ?, im about to pick up Dayz. Dont know if i should wait... then again, unlikely dayz will go on sale since rocket is advising people not to buy it. and it would cause sever overload.

They nearly always start at 6pm Irish time. So I would guess if it doesn't start in an hour, it won't be starting today.

shruikan2553

Due to my backlog, PS+ and buying a game for 10+ euro only to watch it drop in price each steam sale until I play it, I have had a rule for steam sales. Only buy games for less than 5 euro. The issues with this is I think "oh I only bought 1 game for 3 euro, might as well guy this one too" and my backlog grows faster

flynnlives

danthefan wrote: »

They nearly always start at 6pm Irish time. So I would guess if it doesn't start in an hour, it won't be starting today.

ya, the current jc2 deal on steam ends at 10am pacific time.

So thats 6pm here!

in less then 10 minutes!

cherryghost

It's on!