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Originally Posted by TheKbob Plus, a lot of the games I have purchased have been found at other sites for the same price or cheaper.

Exactly. Two obvious examples: Lego LOTR and Scribblenauts. Obviously Warner Brothers was okay with 75% off as they okay'ed it on Amazon but Valve went with 33% off? Interdasting.

Originally Posted by TheKbob ... Dude, he was kidding. It's cool.

No dude, it's NOT cool. Why would he say something like that? I mean it's a suggestion that might seriously be considered.

Back in the day, we'd shine a penny and say that it's worth a dollar. My friend would then go to the market and insist to the cashier that the penny was in fact worth a dollar. When asked why he thought that, he slapped the cashier in the face.

He's now 50 years old and still in jail for things that he had to do while he was put in jail for one night for the assault charge.

It's statements like this that ruin the world, and the lives of all of the people who inhabit it.

Not cool.

How does GTA San Andreas on the 360 wired controller handle?

Originally Posted by Meowser Very very unlikely. First off, many people (just like me) are still finding many of the deals offered in digital downloads. Next, at $100 a month or $1200 a year its VERY unlikely people will spill for that. Do the math, $1200 is more than 90% of people will commit to "just like that". Lastly, the publishers / developers would not support for a variety of reasons. The revenue shares would be all over the roads. Not to mention the places such as Amazon.com would take issue. That is to say, why use Amazon digital downloads for titles picked up by valve for steam? Not to mention such a move would probably result in Amazon.com buying controlling shares or lock stock and barrel Valve to make sure it would not happen and it'd not even put a dent in Amazons thick wallet. In comparison, Valve is a very very small player in compare to a eRetailing giant such as Amazon. The online market clout Amazon enjoys is far far far more powerful to publishers/developers (mainstream) than could be measured by digital download royalties or even license purchases. Amazon says to "Rockstar" for example, you REALLY need to be with US and not them and its exactly what would happen. In short, while not as drastic perhaps... Amazon enjoys more eOnline market clout than any other eRetailer. They are the Walmart of online retailers although comparing the two (Amazon vs Walmart) is not a honest comparison as Walmart is a far far larger and stronger entity. But in making a point of market clout it suffices. Aka: Having Walmart be an outlet for your new video game, that actively promotes its sale means you are going to make a PILE more money (big pile!) than not. The same stands true for Amazon. In other words... If the developer/publisher of say FTL slaps it out at Amazon. It makes more money. If same manages to get Amazon to slap and tout' its merits in high traffic landing pages at the site, sales will skyrocket. According to my brother (who works for Amazon (software engineer)) if you are a featured vendor (third party vendor) and maintain low-price winning the Buy Box selling anything media based (CD's, DVD's, Video Games etc) that are triple-A items you will see a sale every 5-40 seconds all day long. I said it before... Its why eBay is trying to re-invent the media related categories with UPC's, EAN's and the new display formats. They are trying to get more Amazon-like. Not only to increase conversion rates (sales) but so as they can attract the larger media sales entities and then remove the other sellers thus having better control over site/sales and prospects. At the sametime able to better deal with the resale of mass replicated illegit import copies, becoming a very very hot issue for them.

Maybe Steam's at the point where they don't need a clever or fun hook. They are huge, bigger than ever.

Previously their focus was on sales and competitive pricing. While they haven't ignored those, now they are putting more effort into Big Picture, the Steam Box thing, Linux, etc.

Not making excuses for the sale not being as exciting, but just trying to look at it from other perspectives. I guess I feel that Steam doesn't have as much incentive to come up with amazing sales or holiday achievements anymore.

Originally Posted by Frithsblessing It's the closest thing to a time machine. Start a game then next thing you know you're 8 hours into the future. I put around 50 hours into it when I first bought it. I'm afraid to fire it back up, because it's really addicting, and each run last me a whole day or night.

Haha, that's why I've always held off on getting it. I know how much Civ IV sucked me in. I just look at my backlog and think of how many games I could complete in the time I'd be playing Civ V. Someday...

is Hitman: Absolution worth the $25?

Originally Posted by inm8num2 Maybe Steam's at the point where they don't need a clever or fun hook. They are huge, bigger than ever. Previously their focus was on sales and competitive pricing. While they haven't ignored those, now they are putting more effort into Big Picture, the Steam Box thing, Linux, etc. Not making excuses for the sale not being as exciting, but just trying to look at it from other perspectives. I guess I feel that Steam doesn't have as much incentive to come up with amazing sales or holiday achievements anymore.

I definitely agree with that sentiment. It seems pretty clear their next project is developing the 'SteamBox,' looking into a user friendly iteration of Linux, and leveraging their market share into coercing publishers to release Linux versions of their games.

Originally Posted by Mooby I definitely agree with that sentiment. It seems pretty clear their next project is developing the 'SteamBox,' looking into a user friendly iteration of Linux, and leveraging their market share into coercing publishers to release Linux versions of their games.

I'll be a Happy Panda if the day comes where there are a considerably large amount of games on Steam that are compatible with Linux. Then, maybe, I can finally make the switch, officially. Windows sucks.

Okay I bit on Resonance, thereby guaranteeing its inclusion in a bundle within four months. You're welcome, CAG.

Originally Posted by dracula I am not exactly sure you can say that, the sale prices have been just as good if not better than the past sales. there are fewer flash deals, but there are more days(the sale ends january 5th). hopefully they bring back some of the older deals, i still missed out on Ys origins and the oath.

Same, I seem to always miss out on Ys and Dragon Age...

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Originally Posted by MrMuffinzzz How does GTA San Andreas on the 360 wired controller handle?

the right analog stick isnt used for anything, it wont let you look around with the right analog stick. other than that, it plays exactly like it should. you have to select 'joystick' in the options and it will play just fine with your xbox 360 wired.

note: i played through san andreas on steam using a xbox 360 wireless, but a wired should work the same, i just had to buy a dongle to get mine to work.

Originally Posted by dracula the right analog stick isnt used for anything, it wont let you look around with the right analog stick. other than that, it plays exactly like it should. you have to select 'joystick' in the options and it will play just fine with your xbox 360 wired. note: i played through san andreas on steam using a xbox 360 wireless, but a wired should work the same, i just had to buy a dongle to get mine to work.

Yeah that right stick for the camera is sorely missed, same with widescreen too.

Originally Posted by dracula Looks like the summer 2013 will have a few nice games on it(hopefully the assassins creed games will all be $5 or so.

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Originally Posted by Severose No dude, it's NOT cool. Why would he say something like that? I mean it's a suggestion that might seriously be considered. Back in the day, we'd shine a penny and say that it's worth a dollar. My friend would then go to the market and insist to the cashier that the penny was in fact worth a dollar. When asked why he thought that, he slapped the cashier in the face. He's now 50 years old and still in jail for things that he had to do while he was put in jail for one night for the assault charge. It's statements like this that ruin the world, and the lives of all of the people who inhabit it. Not cool.

Stfu, I'll ing kill you.

Originally Posted by dracula the right analog stick isnt used for anything, it wont let you look around with the right analog stick. other than that, it plays exactly like it should. you have to select 'joystick' in the options and it will play just fine with your xbox 360 wired. note: i played through san andreas on steam using a xbox 360 wireless, but a wired should work the same, i just had to buy a dongle to get mine to work.

Wait, how am I supposed to look around then? I think I remember San Andreas allowing you to look around :O

Originally Posted by MrMuffinzzz Wait, how am I supposed to look around then? I think I remember San Andreas allowing you to look around :O

Back in my day we had to use the L1/R1 buttons to look around.

Originally Posted by Severose I'll be a Happy Panda if the day comes where there are a considerably large amount of games on Steam that are compatible with Linux. Then, maybe, I can finally make the switch, officially. Windows sucks.

My experience with Linux makes me never want to use it, but hey it could have been worse I guess. It took me about 3 days to get a non crap Ubuntu that would actually install. If I ever tried using wifi my network would crash, although I legitimately wanted to try it on campus to see if it would take down the entire university's network. And when it said, "Hey you need to update", I made the mistake of actually doing that because now my laptop freezes when starting Ubuntu.... Let me put it this way. I liked Linux so much that it is still on my laptop, but I haven't used in a year and a half. I dislike it so much I don't even want to re-install or take the time to remove it.

Again it could have been worse... My laptop could have started on fire or I could have been robbed during this time.

I like Windows because when there is a problem with it, I mean when isn't there?, there is also information online about it because so many people use Windows and also have that problem. Ubuntu has some information as to why I couldn't connect to my network wirelessly... you know for the version of Ubuntu that is 2 years old so it doesn't apply anymore.

Originally Posted by Idiotekque Back in my day we had to use the L1/R1 buttons to look around.

Ah right, I forgot all about that, thanks.

Originally Posted by Severose No dude, it's NOT cool. Why would he say something like that? I mean it's a suggestion that might seriously be considered. Back in the day, we'd shine a penny and say that it's worth a dollar. My friend would then go to the market and insist to the cashier that the penny was in fact worth a dollar. When asked why he thought that, he slapped the cashier in the face. He's now 50 years old and still in jail for things that he had to do while he was put in jail for one night for the assault charge. It's statements like this that ruin the world, and the lives of all of the people who inhabit it. Not cool.