[QUOTE=Tokagero;38910333]They must've gotten negative feedback on previous ones. Like people crying about having games bug out, steam servers being overloaded to download achievement-related game, buying games just for achievement and then not liking them, etc.
For now, we can't have nice things.
Maybe later, when community matures a bit in general.[/QUOTE]
They could have at least done another wishlist giveaway or something.
[QUOTE=llamaliker;38911779]They could have at least done another wishlist giveaway or something.[/QUOTE]
Everything has a reason and a logic behind.
To do such things I guess they need to pull in some resources or get some arrangements done, maybe this year it just haven't been possible, or better argument, it had too little effect.
I mean, Steam is reaching new peaks of users, both online and total. Sure, a guy getting 10 games for free, possibly 10 big 50$ titles, is christmasy and generous and all, but when you have millions of users, a promotion that won't even affect a single percent of them feels both ineffective to the company and the community. Company feels like community doesn't give 2 damns about such promotion, as it's like tossing a stack o cash into a tightly packed crowd (except noone can kill anyone over it) that can rivalise with Time's Square , and community feels like it's meaningless since they just have a tiny chance to win big, like a free lottery that you barely have to do anything to attend to.
Cool on paper, weak in execution. They only way to make it work better would be a new model, like working on daily activities with a chance to get a single game of choice from wishlist or something, but that requires a stellar plan, that if possible, might've set aside for something much more approachable :
More promotions for more titles.
Everyone can access a sale, not everyone will be lucky Steam user that got picked for something. If instead of putting 10 games a day on sale they can put 15, without sacrificing the % off deals, why not do that instead of giving a random guy in the world 10 most pricey games he could find on Steam that he put in wishlist just so if he happens to be picked, he could earn most off it.
If I were to describe these sales as a party, then these wishlist giveaways would be host going "Allright, every day of the party I will pick 10 random people from this 5 million crowd, and they get a free stripper for entire week", while the route of more promotions instead of giveaways would be "Allright, I changed my mind, no free strippers <boos from crowd>, but 50% more pizza, beverages, dancing floor and hostesses is availiable to everyone!"
Wanted to buy some shit on sale. So I took my wallet, open it up and tryed to take out my bank card.
I was sitting there 5 minutes trying to pull it out. Fucking hell. I'm sorry wallet, you don't deserve rape like this.
Goddamnit steam, why can't you just fucking accept Maestro!?
Is it just me, or did AC3 and Far Cry 3 go up in price? They're 50$ on my wishlist but when you go to their page they're 70$.
[QUOTE=Hellohmhello;38912254]Is it just me, or did AC3 and Far Cry 3 go up in price? They're 50$ on my wishlist but when you go to their page they're 70$.[/QUOTE]
They're 50$ still
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Far Cry's complete pack is 70$ though
I hope Spec Ops: The Line goes down to $7.50, I missed the Get Games sale. I also want Sleepy Dawgz to go down more than 25% off.
Does gifting DLC (i.e. Killing Floor characters) count towards the game-gifting achievement?
[QUOTE=Corndog Ninja;38914777]Does gifting DLC (i.e. Killing Floor characters) count towards the game-gifting achievement?[/QUOTE]
It should. Although if it doesn't, just gift someone that bad rats game. It's like 50 cents.
I gifted my friend bad rats along with a 'special' message, turns out his brother was on his steam when I sent it
[QUOTE=DHB;38911606]Want a copy?[/QUOTE]
i was mostly interested in buying it and gifting it to someone for achievement credit
nice of you though, thanks
Is The Secret World any good?
Wait, so there isn't a new vote now? I thought it'd be like last time where it was vote after vote.
[QUOTE=jordan10la;38916632]Wait, so there isn't a new vote now? I thought it'd be like last time where it was vote after vote.[/QUOTE]
I think their timers are messed up, it's also supposedly 38 hours until today's deals are over
[QUOTE=legolover122;38915371]It should. Although if it doesn't, just gift someone that bad rats game. It's like 50 cents.[/QUOTE]
I've already gifted Bad Rats
I hope karma doesn't come back and condemn me with that piece of shit in my library for the rest of time
[QUOTE=Pvt. Martin;38916570]Is The Secret World any good?[/QUOTE]
I really want to know.
[QUOTE=fish puncher;38916825]I think their timers are messed up, it's also supposedly 38 hours until today's deals are over[/QUOTE]
They made the daily deals 48 hours to compensate for other people's timezones I think. New deals will prolly start same time tommorow.
As far as voting goes, during the Summer Sale they revealed the winner 30 minutes before the new vote started. Not sure if that's the case here, they would have fixed the timer by now.
Would someone mind trading scribblenauts for like a 5-10 dollar game?
I only have 10 dollars on steam :( and i really want it!
[QUOTE=legolover122;38915371]It should. Although if it doesn't, just gift someone that bad rats game. It's like 50 cents.[/QUOTE]Gifting Bad Rats is like giving someone a fruitcake.
Actually, it's like more like a lump of coal / boomerang hybrid. Toki Tori's a better choice for 49 cents.
Do i have to gift the gift? Or only buy it?
I'll just gift it to myself :v:
Man I've already bought most of the good and interesting stuff during my past 5-6 years on steam.
But I think I managed my $50 quite well.
-The Secret World
-Bastion
-Wargane: Euopean Escalation
-Deus Ex
and two Nice keys in TF2.
Don't worry I've got a good feeling that I'm going to get more money from Christmas from my uncle.
Otherwise I got a decent haul.
[url]http://www.reddit.com/r/GameDeals/comments/156eb6/steam_winter_sale_2012/c7joz08?context=3[/url]
Already posted this in another thread but if you can, wait till next week when Amazon has Scribblenauts (steam key) for $7.50.
NS2 for $9.99?
Worth it?
Aww yeah, bought Ghost Master (Had to get rid of an old pre-paid card that had almost nothing on it)
Anyways, hopefully Chivalry goes on sale for cheaper, been wanting to get it for a while.
Shit I should have prepared sooner. Hitman Absolution for $25 and so many other good deals.
Good to see the Valve Complete Pack is $50 again this year, I got it for $50 during last year's sale. Good deal.
A friend gifted me The Secret of the Magic Crystals and then another gifted me Sims 3 Katy Perry Sweet Treats :v:
I still love them tho
Does anybody know if Natural Selection 2 will get cheaper later on?
[QUOTE=Nemisis116;38919231]Does anybody know if Natural Selection 2 will get cheaper later on?[/QUOTE]
I have never seen something go below its Flash/Daily Sale price. If it appears on both, they are typically the same. So no, I dont see it getting any cheaper.
The front page of Steam is loading slow. Goddamn it, everyone get off of it for 10 minutes so i can buy shit.
[QUOTE=monkey11;38919270]I have never seen something go below its Flash/Daily Sale price. If it appears on both, they are typically the same. So no, I dont see it getting any cheaper.[/QUOTE]
I just wanted to be 100% sure just in case I buy it now and then tomorrow its even cheaper
That is a very frustrating mistake
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