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This thread will attempt to provide a place to discuss past/present/future PC gaming deals. While mainly focusing on Steam games, any standout sales may also be presented. I will not be updating every Daily/Weekly/etc. sale. The tools to help individuals become a smarter shopper will be provided below.

See this POST for links to store sale pages, threads of interest and other tools to help you become a more informed PC game shopper.
 
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Gedemer said:
At work I actually use the trackpad because I hate the mac mouse so much
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Gedemer wanna play csgo with me ?

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I noticed you guys don't post often about games in this thread, but a few days ago, I asked you guys for some suggestions as a first time Steam buyer. So, thanks to you guys, I got the following for less than $40 total during the Lunar New Year Sale:

BlazeRush
Call of Cthulhu & Breath of Death VII Double Pack
Critter Crunch
Double Dragon: Neon
Dreamcast Collection
Flatout
Flatout 2
Half Minute Hero Bundle
Magical Drop V
Mashed
OMG Zombies
Outland
Psychonauts
Puzzle Dimension
Raiden III Digital Edition
Saturday Morning RPG
Shmadow
Spelunky
Square Heroes
Super Hexagon
Super Meat Boy
Super Puzzle Platformer Deluxe
The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom
Vvvvvvv
Wizorb

Instant backlog. Awesome!!! :D
 
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I got Batman Arkham Origins for $5 awhile ago, and it's real frustrating how the season pass won't also go on sale. Hard to justify spending $20 for DLC when I only spent $5 for the game, and I'd rather not use a gray market site.

 
Kyle1022 said:
I got Batman Arkham Origins for $5 awhile ago, and it's real frustrating how the season pass won't also go on sale. Hard to justify spending $20 for DLC when I only spent $5 for the game, and I'd rather not use a gray market site.
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That Season Pass is no great shakes. The only thing really worth a damn is the Mr. Freeze DLC, which admittedly is still not on sale and twice what the base game is selling for right now.

 
Gedemer said:
https://twitter.com/GameTrailers/status/696858020215586816
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Their time has come and gone. They were a big deal when everyone else was still "downloading" videos to watch them instead of streaming, but there's no shortage of video game commentary, trailers, nor places to upload them. You either evolve or go away.

 
FoxyPie said:
I'm actually leaning towards this no name brand one on Amazon:

http://www.eagletec.com/shop/keyboards/eagletec-kg010-office-industrial-led-backlit-mechanical-keyboard-black/

It's full size, the price I want, the colors I want, and well reviewed on Amazon.
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That actually looks rather decent. :)

(Far better than the cheap keyboard I still have open on my phone that I meant to link on the forums for you... One of its features, I shit you not, was the request to unplug it when it gets hot. Apparently, heat can cause the it to be less sensitive to typing.)

Screw it. Here's the link:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FWK8UWI/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=

The last "feature" listed above the option to buy it from others.

Its also has a humiliation function.... (its in the product description. Line 4)

 
hal said:
Their time has come and gone. They were a big deal when everyone else was still "downloading" videos to watch them instead of streaming, but there's no shortage of video game commentary, trailers, nor places to upload them. You either evolve or go away.
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Agreed. Though I'm not sure how they could have evolved to stay in business... I mean youtube has everything. No real way to compete with that. That said, they hastened their own death a few years ago with a site redesign that pissed off and gutted their community.

 
Gametrailers needed more clickbait articles/videos like almost every other gaming site has nowadays if they wanted to stay in business.

 
If anyone wants to take a break from the usual non-Steam banter in the thread, there's an interesting article at Gamasutra called:

Why I Trust Valve's Judgement On Seasonal Sales

While you're cleaning up the beverage you surely spewed through your nose while reading the title, I'll say this:

The article is written by Defender's Quest developer, Lars Doucet, who has been very forthcoming over the years on his experience selling games on Steam. There's data to back up his claims and some good points/counterpoints in the comments at the bottom.

The tl;dr is this. Some of us may not have liked the way Valve handled the last couple of Steam sales, but they appear to be working.

 
It's not so much that "their time has come and gone" - it's the fact that they were told they were being closed TODAY. They were going about business as usual, and then boom, they all got axed.

I can understand when a website has to close. Other sites have closed, but they give their employees some sort of notice so they can start looking for another job. This, however, is total bullshit by Defy Media (their owners)... who are apparently in the process of being bought out by Viacom...

 
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hal said:
The tl;dr is this. Some of us may not have liked the way Valve handled the last couple of Steam sales, but they appear to be working.
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I don't think any of us doubted they were working and making them more money, there was a leaked confirmation of that fact from Valve. They also wouldn't be doing it if it wasn't more profitable.

 
Foxhack said:
It's not so much that "their time has come and gone" - it's the fact that they were told they were being closed TODAY. They were going about business as usual, and then boom, they all got axed.

I can understand when a website has to close. Other sites have closed, but they give their employees some sort of notice so they can start looking for another job. This, however, is total bullshit by Defy Media (their owners)... who are apparently in the process of being bought out by Viacom...
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Yeah, it's that their time has come and gone.

It sucks to lose jobs and all, but that's kind of the way it is in that kind of business. You have nameless, faceless bosses that don't have to look at you every day and you're just another line on the spreadsheet. It's a tricky space to be in.

Gametrailers wasn't exactly creating a lot of buzz these days and they really weren't doing anything to distinguish themselves.

EldritchOnRye said:
I don't think any of us doubted they were working and making them more money, there was a leaked confirmation of that fact from Valve. They also wouldn't be doing it if it wasn't more profitable.
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Oh I'll be the first to admit that I did. Or at least I hoped the data they released was more self-serving than a complete picture and blueprint to what they were going to do going forward. Regardless, it's an interesting read and fills in a lot of details. It's also nice to hear from someone more objective.

Here's the confirmation to which you referred.

 
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Is anyone really excited about this sale right now? I tried looking for stuff but the sales were not too hot for stuff I actually wanted. I did remove about 220 or so things from my wishlist including *shock* terribly reviewed RPGMaker and visual novels!

 
nitrosmob said:
Is anyone really excited about this sale right now? I tried looking for stuff but the sales were not too hot for stuff I actually wanted. I did remove about 220 or so things from my wishlist including *shock* terribly reviewed RPGMaker and visual novels!
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This War of Mine
 
I'm buying some stuff before the sale ends but that is less because there is anything that exciting and more because I need a fix.

 
hal said:
Why I Trust Valve's Judgement On Seasonal Sales

The tl;dr is this. Some of us may not have liked the way Valve handled the last couple of Steam sales, but they appear to be working.
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let me say this, in the article the dev says he can't share sales data but shows traffic data. while that appears all nice and all traffic =/= sales. and the line, "More customers bought more games across more of the Steam catalog." of fucking course. the amount of people pc gaming is growing all the time, of course the number of sales is going to go up.

and about the discovery queue and traffic. nobody gives a fuck about the discovery queue. they had to center the entire winter sale around that stupid thing. everyone was just clicking through to get their damn cards, or like some people here, used a damn script. i know what games i like, i don't need a damn algorithm telling me what i like. let's give this new sales format more time, see if the devs are saying the same things about sales in the future.

 
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FoxyPie said:
Oh, and because I'm sure you guys care, I tried every possible place within a reasonable radius to see if anyone had a mechanical keyboard I could at least try in store and no luck at all. I know Fry's and Microcenter would, but I don't feel like driving an hour just to go there. The best I found was a Logitech G510S on clearance at Staples for $80, but they didn't even have it out for me to try. Even at $80 that seemed overpriced for a lot of bells and whistle but no mechanical keys.
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what so special about the mechanical keyboard that you turn earth and heaven over to acquire one?

I've used many regular keyboards and they serve me fine with normal daily task + gaming.

 
nitrosmob said:
Is anyone really excited about this sale right now? I tried looking for stuff but the sales were not too hot for stuff I actually wanted. I did remove about 220 or so things from my wishlist including *shock* terribly reviewed RPGMaker and visual novels!
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Not excited, no. I did buy a piece of DLC that I knew wasn't likely to wind up in a bundle. Over the last two sales I've weeded out the super crappy stuff from my wishlist, and left it to mostly bundle stuff I am kind of interested in. Not that I'm thinking about buying much of it outside of bundles, but it'll be there to remind me when I check in the future.

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let me say this, in the article the dev says he can't share sales data but shows traffic data. while that appears all nice and all traffic =/= sales. and the line, "More customers bought more games across more of the Steam catalog." of fucking course. the amount of people pc gaming is growing all the time, of course the number of sales is going to go up.

and about the discovery queue and traffic. nobody gives a fuck about the discovery queue. they had to center the entire winter sale around that stupid thing. everyone was just clicking through to get their damn cards, or like some people here, used a damn script. i know what games i like, i don't need a damn algorithm telling me what i like. let's give this new sales format more time, see if the devs are saying the same things about sales in the future.
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I hear what you're saying. That was my reaction after the sale too. The developer in the article does state that sales roughly equate to the spike in traffic.

That's anecdotal evidence, mind you, but it does corroborate what Valve is saying and he's definitely in a better position than I to determine how the sale translated to $$.

 
Other developers have spoken about how Valve values conversions from views in a lot of their metrics so there's no reason to doubt there's a correlation.  This dev has also been very forthcoming about various things in the past.

 
Honestly, Valve can do whatever the fuck they want now and all you can do is accept it. No amount of complaining is gonna change things. Not to get all MysterD on your asses but that's what you get when you put all your eggs in one (DRM filled) basket.

 
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zenii said:
Honestly, Valve can do whatever the fuck they want now and all you can do is accept it. No amount of complaining is gonna change things. Not to get all MysterD is your asses but that's what you get when you put all your eggs in one (DRM filled) basket.
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Yeah, both they and Amazon have gone from the spunky upstarts to the behemoths that don't have to try.

 
zenii said:
Honestly, Valve can do whatever the fuck they want now and all you can do is accept it. No amount of complaining is gonna change things. Not to get all MysterD on your asses but that's what you get when you put all your eggs in one (DRM filled) basket.
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time to move to Capsule. They know how to treat their clients right, with Playfire credit and stuff

 
I trust that the new format did well for Valve (and by extension for at least some devs/pubs) since Valve repeated the format.  That said, it's been worse for me which I suppose I care more about than Lars Whoever.  No offense to Mr. Whoever.  Lots of stuff that benefits producers isn't exactly better for the consumer.

 
Syntax Error said:
Lots of stuff that benefits producers isn't exactly better for the consumer.
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I hate that the flash sales are missing on Steam now.

I would had bought GTA V if it was $30 on flash sale since it would had encourage me to buy the game cheaper.

Typically I give myself $60 to throw on steam during sales, during this sale I might spend $12 on Rocket League.

Most people like me waited till the last day to see if the game they wanted to go cheaper.

 
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agentghost said:
what so special about the mechanical keyboard that you turn earth and heaven over to acquire one?

I've used many regular keyboards and they serve me fine with normal daily task + gaming.
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Quite honestly, I don't know what, if anything, makes them super special. My favorite keyboard of all time is this

Kensington Slim Laptop style keyboard I bought years ago, but I used it so much that by last year a good half of the keys wore out. So I decided I needed a replacement, but at that time Kensington no longer made it. It only cost me $30 too. Kensington now has brought back some similar models so I might look into them. At the time I was having a hard time finding a keyboard in the style I preferred and needed one for work so I took advantage of an Amazon coupon on a then new company - Azio - and ordered a somewhat slim keyboard with backlighting. It was only $16 and worked okay, but then keys started getting stuck. Read similar complaints online and it was under warranty so they paid to ship it back and sent it back with the stuck key problems fixed, but when they shipped it back they did a shitty job with packaging and some of the bigger keys fell off and broke a little. It's still functional, but I know it won't last and didn't feel like sending it back again especially being such a cheap keyboard.

So I can do without a keyboard, but all I hear is people go on and on about mechanicals, especially people who type all day, like a lot of coders swear by them, so I'm curious about trying them to see if maybe they would be something that would make my day better.

On top of flooding you guys with OT BS you don't care about, I spend the majority of my day typing for work so aside from my chair - which I'm ditching for a standing desk starting today - my keyboard may probably be the most important thing when it comes to work. I have a spare z-board that initially I hated because the keys felt so mushy and took forever from press to contact, but last time I used it when the Azio was getting fixed it actually was a lot better with a more clicky feel.

So there you have another block of text on keyboards. I might just hold off for now and keep up a monthly thrifting trip and maybe luck into one there. I'm really not keen on spending a lot on something i don't like, but hate the feeling of not knowing whether I may be missing out. If only a store around here had them. I went to a local PC shop who told me they had mechanical keyboards and all they had were cheap Rosewill keyboards. :^o

 
But how will people know how big your dick is if they don't hear your keyboard when you use voice chat?

CLICK CLICK CLACKETY CLICK.

That's the sound of a big epeen.

 
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zenii said:
But how will people know how big your dick is if they don't hear your keyboard when you use voice chat?

CLICK CLICK CLACKETY CLICK.

That's the sound of a big epeen.
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That's another thing to consider. Apparently my mic already has an ambient noise problem cuz it's so good.

 
laney said:
http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/illuminated-keyboard-k740?crid=27

This looks similar to your Kensington. I've had 2 of these that I destroyed by spilling shit all over. Nonetheless, it was my favorite keyboard. I currently have a Razer DeathStalker that I should have returned but I had a serious case of cbf at the time..
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Thanks for the rec. I'm pretty sure they had this at Staples and I wasn't in love with anything I tried there, but I was likely frustrated by that point so I'll go back when I'm in the area and give it a good look.

This was my old Kensington:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000243DNA

Funny enough, it's not the most well reviewed thing, but I loved it. They say they have a new model, it looks different, but it's cheap and better reviewed so I might give it a try.

 
KeeperOfWind said:
Most people like me waited till the last day to see if the game they wanted to go cheaper.
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I think that's what people here are really missing the most. The mystery. They love the hope that maybe what they want will go on sale the next day or the next and maybe it will go cheaper. Who knows? It's a mystery.

The format isn't responsible for the lesser discounts, that's the digital PC game market growing and maturing and publishers (and to a lesser extent indie developers) realizing they don't have to do those deep deep discounts as quickly and can still do well.

Mystery seems to be all the rage now. Gamers love to gamble and take a chance even if they odds are against them. They like the unknown. This format just puts it all out there and from day 1 you know either what you want is on sale at a price you are willing to pay or it isn't.

Personally, I'm not Little Orphan Annie and I don't need to keep dreaming about the sun coming out tomorrow. I'm perfectly willing to have it all laid out there at the start and then shit or get off the pot.

 
FoxyPie said:
Funny enough, it's not the most well reviewed thing, but I loved it. They say they have a new model, it looks different, but it's cheap and better reviewed so I might give it a try.
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Hey if it works, it works. IMO can't ever fully trust reviews. People nitpick and go off topic in them so often.

 
Bought Unravel a few days ago down in Mexico and it launched tonight. I gave it a short go (first level) to see how it ran and get a general feel for it. My first reaction is that its very much in the vein of Braid and Limbo, both games that I love so I can tell this is going to be similar. Even the music is very much in that vein, espc that of Braid. I work among a lot of classical musicians in the "real world" so in that respect this was up my alley to start.

Its very pretty and the controls seem somewhat intuitive but I can tell they made need to refine them a tad depending on where the difficulty goes.  It ran fantastically as well, so thats another plus. Good first impression needless to say and Im looking forward to playing it more. If its another Braid/Limbo I'll be pretty ecstatic with it.

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Motoki said:
Gamers love to gamble and take a chance even if they odds are against them.
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Gamers want more random GMG/monthly Humble Bundles?!

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Motoki said:
Personally, I'm not Little Orphan Annie and I don't need to keep dreaming about the sun coming out tomorrow.
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I'm not expecting flash sales or daily deals to ever come back.
The same way the whole coal thing during Christmas is never coming back.

I'm still buying cheaper games in the long run anyway.

 
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Syntax Error said:
I trust that the new format did well for Valve (and by extension for at least some devs/pubs) since Valve repeated the format. That said, it's been worse for me which I suppose I care more about than Lars Whoever. No offense to Mr. Whoever. Lots of stuff that benefits producers isn't exactly better for the consumer.
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I'm not so sure I buy that since they are testing the same style of sale for a second time just a month after the holiday sale ended. The friends I have talked to didn't buy a single thing during the winter sale. As opposed to all of us checking Steam multiple times a day for flash sales and buying at least a few new-ish games.

They get more people go to the product pages now. Yeah sure, guilty. I have been visiting more pages with the new changes. That doesn't mean sales are doubling let alone QUADRUPLING like the author says that graph suggests. That's just ludicrous lol.

 
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I think that's what people here are really missing the most. The mystery.
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Nah, I just miss the extra discount.

The new format is of course partially responsible for the lower discounts. Someone who used to have their game for 50% off for a week and 75% off for 24 hours isn't going to put it up for 75% off for the week. They're going to keep it at 50% or maybe 60% off. That doesn't mean it's the only reason; I've said the same about the 2012 glory days being gone. But it's a contributor.

I get that some people found it a struggle to visit Steam once every 24 hours but the lowered discount is what I miss most. But I don't buy mystery boxes or blind bundle preorders either.

Anyway, I feel half-obligated to note that none of this is anything that keeps me up at night. I only mention here since this is nominally a thread about sales 'n stuff.

 
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