Steam+ Deals Mega Thread (All PC Gaming Deals)

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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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FissFiss said:
DRM Free

Lol.

$10 for the physical steam version a month ago. Worth
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Wouldn't surprise me at some point later in time, Steam-version winds up in a bundle or dirt-cheap.

For $3, I can take this risk.

All downloaded and ready to go.

 
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DRM free is liberating sometimes. I love just being able to put my VNs anywhere. I bought it and didn't see DRM free at first, but eh it will be fine. I just want to play it...and will put it somewhere near the top of my backlog after I finish a VN or two.

 
So Earthfall is out. Missed the Alienware Arena freebie as my level was too low at the time, but I sense that its likely to be bundled quite soon, given its lower sub 1000 player count and mediocre initial reviews. 

 
So Frostpunk is DRM free?  For $3, though...  It will NEVER reach that price during a Steam sale.  Never.  Will probably show up in a  Humble some day.

 
No Steam? No buy. 

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i bought xulima for 99 cents a few weeks ago.  i am surprised that amazon is still allowing it to be sold if it is pirated. it has been the #1 pc game on their charts since i purhcased it. afraid to download it now.

however, amazon has been selling it for a while. so wouldn't it always download a correct copy since purchasing it just adds it to my amazon library?

 
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Also, since amazon personally gives away observer via twitch prime, is it safe to assume that this will be updated and treated as valid even if this copy may not be? meaning, perhaps buying observer will eventually yield a "correct" copy since we are technically adding it to our library the way a twitch prime user would?

i guess i am a little confused as to how pirated copies are being downloaded from amazon when purchasing it simply adds the game to your amazon account. if amazon sells the game anyway, wouldn't it yield an official amazon copy?

 
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Electroplasm said:
Also, since amazon personally gives away observer via twitch prime, is it safe to assume that this will be updated and treated as valid even if this copy may not be? meaning, perhaps buying observer will eventually yield a "correct" copy since we are technically adding it to our library the way a twitch prime user would?

i guess i am a little confused as to how pirated copies are being downloaded from amazon when purchasing it simply adds the game to your amazon account. if amazon sells the game anyway, wouldn't it yield an official amazon copy?
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See, that's the weird part - when I ordered last Battle Chasers: Nightwars last night, I didn't know about this whole weird ordeal. I thought Amazon DVG was literally selling copy, like they used to in the old days b/c sometimes Amazon had DRM-FREE versions of game, even when Tony was around. And yes, it even added the game to download directly to my Amazon account - which makes this all even weirder.

You ain't the only one confused here.

So, yeah - what the heck is going on here?

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Mooby said:
https://www.amazon.com/Numantian-Games-Lords-Xulima-Download/dp/B06XZKBLYW

Lords of Xulima Deluxe Edition is $0.99 -- DRM free but... wtf it's a dorrah.

Edit: Apparently this is a pirated version or something?

https://steamcommunity.com/app/296570/discussions/0/1489987634013222629/?ctp=2

Wonder if those other downloads are pirated? Does it matter on the user-end? Amazon can't remove it from your library without refunding you.
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Yeah, what the heck is going on at Amazon here? How are these (DRM-FREE) games getting added directly to our Amazon accounts, if it's pirated and/or sold from a 3rd party seller?

Anyone here have any idea if Lords of Xulima Deluxe is on Twitch Prime?

I haven't looked much into Twitch Prime - but anyone know, how do things work there w/ their games?

Do they give out Steam keys for games?

Do they have their own game-client?

If they have a game-client, is it like GOG where it's optional or not?

Do their games have DRM around them all?

Or is it all a case-by-case basis where they could give you either a Steam key, Origin key, DRM-FREE, or whatever the dev's provide?

 
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I wouldn't really take all the Lords of Xulima drama too seriously.  Looking at the one thread on Steam about it and the first link apparently led to retail copies of the game that the dev said was from their old retail partner.  Second link was a digital download that was sold directly by Amazon that they claimed was bootleg.  So this is the third time this has happened to them?  Seems like there's something going on with this specific dev and their distro or deals they signed with other people.  It's currently on sale for $4.99 on GOG so this is not an insane deal.

These other deals seem legit.  If they aren't you'll just get a refund and that'll be the end of it.  Biggest concern is not getting an updated version of the game (Railway Empire seems to have this issue) so it might be worth waiting for Steam in that case but I had a small interest in FP so $2.99 was a great way for me to try it. 

 
Grey goo came with a steam code so we don't have to worry about the amazon library for this game.

Still a ymmv because people have apparently received used codes.

I ordered just now and got a good code for the game and soundtrack 😎✌

If anyone finds any more steam code games let me know.
 
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Z-Saber said:
https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1018124427907686400?s=09

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God that resetera thread and all their bullshit.

AMAZON DOESN'T CARE!

Of course the fucking CSR you contacted who has nothing to do with this or the digital video game department isn't going to run over to the department and shut down the sale of these games because they don't have that authority. Of course they are going to just feed you whatever standard language comes up in their flow chart. Why sit there and berate them about how this might expose you to viruses, bla bla bla. Get a fucking life. Tweet AVG or contact Tony or one of the other reps who engages on Reddit.

 
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God that resetera thread and all their bullshit.
AMAZON DOESN'T CARE!

Of course the fucking CSR you contacted who has nothing to do with this or the digital video game department isn't going to run over to the department and shut down the sale of these games because they don't have that authority. Of course they are going to just feed you whatever standard language comes up in their flow chart. Why sit there and berate them about how this might expose you to viruses, bla bla bla. Get a fucking life. Tweet AVG or contact Tony or one of the other reps who engages on Reddit.
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Yeesh. Glad I didn't even read it. Just relaying the info since these deals were getting posted last night.
 
Z-Saber said:
Yeesh. Glad I didn't even read it. Just relaying the info since these deals were getting posted last night.
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Oh yeah, definitely appreciate it, it's just I clicked the thread and some guy posted his chat log with some poor CSR rep who told him to contact the manufacturer after the guy went on and on about how upset he was at this and people are all like "AMAZON DOESN'T CARE!"

 
So what do we do about this? Can you report an individual reseller on amazon?

I don't use amazon so I'm not good with it, but I definitely don't mind reporting someone selling a pirated game

 
FoxAssGamer said:
God that resetera thread and all their bullshit.

AMAZON DOESN'T CARE!

Of course the fucking CSR you contacted who has nothing to do with this or the digital video game department isn't going to run over to the department and shut down the sale of these games because they don't have that authority. Of course they are going to just feed you whatever standard language comes up in their flow chart. Why sit there and berate them about how this might expose you to viruses, bla bla bla. Get a fucking life. Tweet AVG or contact Tony or one of the other reps who engages on Reddit.
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So what do we do about this? Can you report an individual reseller on amazon?

I don't use amazon so I'm not good with it, but I definitely don't mind reporting someone selling a pirated game
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Mooby said:
https://www.amazon.com/Numantian-Games-Lords-Xulima-Download/dp/B06XZKBLYW

Lords of Xulima Deluxe Edition is $0.99 -- DRM free but... wtf it's a dorrah.

Edit: Apparently this is a pirated version or something?

https://steamcommunity.com/app/296570/discussions/0/1489987634013222629/?ctp=2

Wonder if those other downloads are pirated? Does it matter on the user-end? Amazon can't remove it from your library without refunding you.
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There's been a fair bit of reporting recently on how Amazon's system is basicaly set up in such a way that it's super easy for scam-artist 3rd party-sellers to sell items there with virtually no consequences. eBay actually has better seller controls on its site than Amazon does, because, I suspect, as Fox said, Amazon really doesn't actually care that much. They would lose far more money tightening the screws in their system to reduce the chances that bad actors are selling pirated (or bootleg/fake) merchandise than they will with the occasional "oops!" scandal where someone discovers a problem and calls shenanigans on it. I like Amazon as a store and a content-provider but we all know about their less-than-aboveboard practices when it comes to how workers are treated at their firms and how they squeeze out competitors in probably-legal-but-not-necessarily-moral ways. In this way, they're really no different from Apple, Google or any of the other mega-corporations.

The article I read happened to be about fake shoes or purses, but frankly it's even easier to sell pirated software. If, as the Surviving Mars dev suggested, these are just GOG DRM-free builds, hell, any one of us could buy a game on sale at GOG, post it to a server, and "sell" links to it. That's probably an oversimplification of what's actually going on here, but I'm not well-versed in the kinds of techniques that might actually be involved. The point is, it's not hard.

What can you do? Probably just remember caveat emptor, especially when dealing with "deals" from 3rd-party sellers. There's a pretty good chance all of these "insane" deals are "insane" for a reason. Yes, you can report a seller, but that person can just create a new account and continue doing what he was already doing.

 
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warreni said:
There's been a fair bit of reporting recently on how Amazon's system is basicaly set up in such a way that it's super easy for scam-artist 3rd party-sellers to sell items there with virtually no consequences. eBay actually has better seller controls on its site than Amazon does, because, I suspect, as Fox said, Amazon really doesn't actually care that much. They would lose far more money tightening the screws in their system to reduce the chances that bad actors are selling pirated (or bootleg/fake) merchandise than they will with the occasional "oops!" scandal where someone discovers a problem and calls shenanigans on it. I like Amazon as a store and a content-provider but we all know about their less-than-aboveboard practices when it comes to how workers are treated at their firms and how they squeeze out competitors in probably-legal-but-not-necessarily-moral ways. In this way, they're really no different from Apple, Google or any of the other mega-corporations.

The article I read happened to be about fake shoes or purses, but frankly it's even easier to sell pirated software. If, as the Surviving Mars dev suggested, these are just GOG DRM-free builds, hell, any one of us could buy a game on sale at GOG, post it to a server, and "sell" links to it. That's probably an oversimplification of what's actually going on here, but I'm not well-versed in the kinds of techniques that might actually be involved. The point is, it's not hard.

What can you do? Probably just remember caveat emptor, especially when dealing with "deals" from 3rd-party sellers. There's a pretty good chance all of these "insane" deals are "insane" for a reason. Yes, you can report a seller, but that person can just create a new account and continue doing what he was already doing.
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Here's the kicker though, these games were being offered directly by Amazon and as far as I can tell there is no way for a third party seller to sell digital games directly on Amazon. So what I suspect is an elaborate scheme involving someone posing as the dev and working with Amazon to get all this set up. So not sure what that says about everything. Unless Amazon has set up some sort of automated listing/selling system for their digital site since Tony has been there. When Tony was there he seemed a lot more hands on about things.

 
Yeah, the Xulima one (from what little I read) seems like it may be a matter of an old authorized distributor selling it despite no longer being authorized.  Shame shame but you don't need a master plan to make it happen.

Frostpunk and Surviving Mars are a little stranger.  Tony seemed like he regularly spoke with the publishers but since Amazon has given up on promoting their digital store, it might be automated these days or at least run by people who don't know better.

 
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Yeah, the Xulima one (from what little I read) seems like it may be a matter of an old authorized distributor selling it despite no longer being authorized. Shame shame but you don't need a master plan to make it happen.

Frostpunk and Surviving Mars are a little stranger. Tony seemed like he regularly spoke with the publishers but since Amazon has given up on promoting their digital store, it might be automated these days or at least run by people who don't know better.
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Maybe it's all run by AmazonJosh still...

 
FoxAssGamer said:
Here's the kicker though, these games were being offered directly by Amazon and as far as I can tell there is no way for a third party seller to sell digital games directly on Amazon. So what I suspect is an elaborate scheme involving someone posing as the dev and working with Amazon to get all this set up. So not sure what that says about everything. Unless Amazon has set up some sort of automated listing/selling system for their digital site since Tony has been there. When Tony was there he seemed a lot more hands on about things.
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I think this is highly likely. I mean, if they're getting drones to deliver groceries, why wouldn't they have an automated system for this?

 
FoxAssGamer said:
Here's the kicker though, these games were being offered directly by Amazon and as far as I can tell there is no way for a third party seller to sell digital games directly on Amazon. So what I suspect is an elaborate scheme involving someone posing as the dev and working with Amazon to get all this set up. So not sure what that says about everything. Unless Amazon has set up some sort of automated listing/selling system for their digital site since Tony has been there. When Tony was there he seemed a lot more hands on about things.
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This is what I'm hung up on... but maybe Amazon is pretty open on what you sell AND also what you store on their servers.

Edit: If true that's scary...
 
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Hey Crew 2 codes are popping up from GPUs (nVidia) but while I would normally not tell one how to spend your money I feel I must say not to buy it... Beta was bad in every way imaginable... Especially with a new Forza Horizon title on the way.
 
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