Steam Summer Sale started today

[DanielBrown]

Only spent ~10 euro so far(gief the American prices instead, Steam x.x) on Far Cry 3 Deluxe Version and some Borderlands 2 DLC. Really wanted to pick up Dead Island Riptide as well, but I decided against buying two games on the very first day.
If the Fallout 3/New Vegas versions with all DLC appear I might pick those up, just to try them with mods, and if Riptide returns I'll probably cave in and purchase it. Apart from that I don't think there are any other games I'm particulary intrested in. Dishonored maybe.

Also sold off all my trading cards for this sale. Got like 3 euro for them... 8D

 

[Pink Gregory]

Anyone who liked Theme Hospital should seriously consider Prison Architect.

May be early access, but it's much more than just 'playable'.

 

[Kevin7557]

Great story time. So I pick quite a few cheap games and two decent priced games, but at a small percentage off. Since there has litterally been almost nothing coming out I had the extra money so I wasn't worried about going a bit high. ($140). Then I'm sitting on the front page, and I see Valve Complete collection. My eye's weery from the last purchase perk up and I go "ooh what's in that" and I hold my cursor over it and see over 24 games at just over $20. For the first time ever I felt like that picture of steam bursting down the door going it's sales time and the wallet going "NO STEAM NO!"

 

[NuclearKangaroo]

Ughh. Two more Early Access games on the main sale. I can see where this is going and I dont like it.

theres 7 other non-early access games dude, not to mention almost the entirely of the steam catalog has some sort of discount, and flash sales also often donde include early access games, you can even vota for games you want to be on sale, which obviously wont include early access since you dont like em

Whats your point? Early Access shouldn't be on the sale.

why?

those are games too

Youre right but they arent finished. The early access program is supposed to be designed for people to support devs before the game is out.

Putting these games on sale on the front page of steam attract the general populace that will negatively impact the game. There is a reason there is a separate tab for early access and they should stay there.

Not to mention the problems you get with the DayZ sale where the sale made the price cheaper than what the first adopters paid for it. Something the devs said wouldn't happen.

There are completed games that deserve the spotlight of these sales a lot more and would benefit a lot more.

11 days of sales

9 spots on the main page every day

4 spots in flash sales, 3 flash sales per day means 12 spots per day, same for community choices



in total, 261 games will appear on the front page at one point or another, in fact i believe we are going to see games appearing on the front page more than once before this is over, so dont worry about the spotlight

there is a valid argument about what you say i guess, but those games are still amrket as early access in their respective store pages, is still, at the end, the customer's decision whenever to buy em or not

 

[Ragnar47183]

Ughh. Two more Early Access games on the main sale. I can see where this is going and I dont like it.

theres 7 other non-early access games dude, not to mention almost the entirely of the steam catalog has some sort of discount, and flash sales also often donde include early access games, you can even vota for games you want to be on sale, which obviously wont include early access since you dont like em

Whats your point? Early Access shouldn't be on the sale.

why?

those are games too

Youre right but they arent finished. The early access program is supposed to be designed for people to support devs before the game is out.

Putting these games on sale on the front page of steam attract the general populace that will negatively impact the game. There is a reason there is a separate tab for early access and they should stay there.

Not to mention the problems you get with the DayZ sale where the sale made the price cheaper than what the first adopters paid for it. Something the devs said wouldn't happen.

There are completed games that deserve the spotlight of these sales a lot more and would benefit a lot more.

11 days of sales

9 spots on the main page every day

4 spots in flash sales, 3 flash sales per day means 12 spots per day, same for community choices



in total, 261 games will appear on the front page at one point or another, in fact i believe we are going to see games appearing on the front page more than once before this is over, so dont worry about the spotlight

there is a valid argument about what you say i guess, but those games are still amrket as early access in their respective store pages, is still, at the end, the customer's decision whenever to buy em or not

The main sales are given more of a highlight than the other two. Although I think Flash sales have better prices.

That being said 1/3 of the main sales are Early Access and 1/4 of the flash sales are Early Access. For someone like me who doesn't even think Early Access should be a thing, let alone be on the main sale, the sale quality is reduced by quite a lot.

Why would I want to see 15%-33% off a early access game instead of some slightly older games at 75-90% off? I picked up Just Cause 2 for $2 in one off the older summer sales. Compare that to $30 for DayZ and the quality is just laughable.

If they really wanted to do this they could have easily included 1 or 2 early access titles in the community choice so that if people really wanted them they could vote.

 

[Leemaster777]

Just took advantage of this to buy three games I've been meaning to get to for awhile now:

The Stanley Parable
Papers, Please
Ducktales Remastered

...for $14. You literally cannot beat that.

 

[The Artificially Prolonged]

Picked up Far Cry 3 and Blood Dragon, just hoping Uplay doesn't prove to be annoying. I've avoided Ubisoft games on pc unless they are drm free but for a under £5 I'll take the risk.

Picked up Enemy Within as well so I can sob over my fallen squad mates some more

 

[NuclearKangaroo]

Ughh. Two more Early Access games on the main sale. I can see where this is going and I dont like it.

theres 7 other non-early access games dude, not to mention almost the entirely of the steam catalog has some sort of discount, and flash sales also often donde include early access games, you can even vota for games you want to be on sale, which obviously wont include early access since you dont like em

Whats your point? Early Access shouldn't be on the sale.

why?

those are games too

Youre right but they arent finished. The early access program is supposed to be designed for people to support devs before the game is out.

Putting these games on sale on the front page of steam attract the general populace that will negatively impact the game. There is a reason there is a separate tab for early access and they should stay there.

Not to mention the problems you get with the DayZ sale where the sale made the price cheaper than what the first adopters paid for it. Something the devs said wouldn't happen.

There are completed games that deserve the spotlight of these sales a lot more and would benefit a lot more.

11 days of sales

9 spots on the main page every day

4 spots in flash sales, 3 flash sales per day means 12 spots per day, same for community choices



in total, 261 games will appear on the front page at one point or another, in fact i believe we are going to see games appearing on the front page more than once before this is over, so dont worry about the spotlight

there is a valid argument about what you say i guess, but those games are still amrket as early access in their respective store pages, is still, at the end, the customer's decision whenever to buy em or not

The main sales are given more of a highlight than the other two. Although I think Flash sales have better prices.

That being said 1/3 of the main sales are Early Access and 1/4 of the flash sales are Early Access. For someone like me who doesn't even think Early Access should be a thing, let alone be on the main sale, the sale quality is reduced by quite a lot.

Why would I want to see 15%-33% off a early access game instead of some slightly older games at 75-90% off? I picked up Just Cause 2 for $2 in one off the older summer sales. Compare that to $30 for DayZ and the quality is just laughable.

If they really wanted to do this they could have easily included 1 or 2 early access titles in the community choice so that if people really wanted them they could vote.

and yet those game still end up in the best selling list, the market has spoken, if you dont like dem early access games, dont buy em, it really doesnt affect you in any way

 

[the_great_cessation]

All I've picked up so far is Max Payne 1+2 for $3. I'm holding out for Broken Age, The Banner Saga or Kentucky Route Zero to drop another 20% or so...

 

[Ragnar47183]

Ughh. Two more Early Access games on the main sale. I can see where this is going and I dont like it.

theres 7 other non-early access games dude, not to mention almost the entirely of the steam catalog has some sort of discount, and flash sales also often donde include early access games, you can even vota for games you want to be on sale, which obviously wont include early access since you dont like em

Whats your point? Early Access shouldn't be on the sale.

why?

those are games too

Youre right but they arent finished. The early access program is supposed to be designed for people to support devs before the game is out.

Putting these games on sale on the front page of steam attract the general populace that will negatively impact the game. There is a reason there is a separate tab for early access and they should stay there.

Not to mention the problems you get with the DayZ sale where the sale made the price cheaper than what the first adopters paid for it. Something the devs said wouldn't happen.

There are completed games that deserve the spotlight of these sales a lot more and would benefit a lot more.

11 days of sales

9 spots on the main page every day

4 spots in flash sales, 3 flash sales per day means 12 spots per day, same for community choices



in total, 261 games will appear on the front page at one point or another, in fact i believe we are going to see games appearing on the front page more than once before this is over, so dont worry about the spotlight

there is a valid argument about what you say i guess, but those games are still amrket as early access in their respective store pages, is still, at the end, the customer's decision whenever to buy em or not

The main sales are given more of a highlight than the other two. Although I think Flash sales have better prices.

That being said 1/3 of the main sales are Early Access and 1/4 of the flash sales are Early Access. For someone like me who doesn't even think Early Access should be a thing, let alone be on the main sale, the sale quality is reduced by quite a lot.

Why would I want to see 15%-33% off a early access game instead of some slightly older games at 75-90% off? I picked up Just Cause 2 for $2 in one off the older summer sales. Compare that to $30 for DayZ and the quality is just laughable.

If they really wanted to do this they could have easily included 1 or 2 early access titles in the community choice so that if people really wanted them they could vote.

and yet those game still end up in the best selling list, the market has spoken, if you dont like dem early access games, dont buy em, it really doesnt affect you in any way

Except it does. 33% of the sale being Early Access means there are fewer finished games that get on the sale. If you are someone who doesnt buy Early Access it means the sale is much less interesting. Especially if you already have a huge library of games.

Iv'e already got the big AAA/Indie titles for the most part. The Far Cry 3s, Dragon Ages and Skyrims of the sale. With more of a limited space they would put these games up instead of lesser known or popular games that I might not have yet.

Not to mention the fact that I really dont agree with Early Access and don't want to see them on steam, let alone on sale.

 

[NuclearKangaroo]

Ughh. Two more Early Access games on the main sale. I can see where this is going and I dont like it.

theres 7 other non-early access games dude, not to mention almost the entirely of the steam catalog has some sort of discount, and flash sales also often donde include early access games, you can even vota for games you want to be on sale, which obviously wont include early access since you dont like em

Whats your point? Early Access shouldn't be on the sale.

why?

those are games too

Youre right but they arent finished. The early access program is supposed to be designed for people to support devs before the game is out.

Putting these games on sale on the front page of steam attract the general populace that will negatively impact the game. There is a reason there is a separate tab for early access and they should stay there.

Not to mention the problems you get with the DayZ sale where the sale made the price cheaper than what the first adopters paid for it. Something the devs said wouldn't happen.

There are completed games that deserve the spotlight of these sales a lot more and would benefit a lot more.

11 days of sales

9 spots on the main page every day

4 spots in flash sales, 3 flash sales per day means 12 spots per day, same for community choices



in total, 261 games will appear on the front page at one point or another, in fact i believe we are going to see games appearing on the front page more than once before this is over, so dont worry about the spotlight

there is a valid argument about what you say i guess, but those games are still amrket as early access in their respective store pages, is still, at the end, the customer's decision whenever to buy em or not

The main sales are given more of a highlight than the other two. Although I think Flash sales have better prices.

That being said 1/3 of the main sales are Early Access and 1/4 of the flash sales are Early Access. For someone like me who doesn't even think Early Access should be a thing, let alone be on the main sale, the sale quality is reduced by quite a lot.

Why would I want to see 15%-33% off a early access game instead of some slightly older games at 75-90% off? I picked up Just Cause 2 for $2 in one off the older summer sales. Compare that to $30 for DayZ and the quality is just laughable.

If they really wanted to do this they could have easily included 1 or 2 early access titles in the community choice so that if people really wanted them they could vote.

and yet those game still end up in the best selling list, the market has spoken, if you dont like dem early access games, dont buy em, it really doesnt affect you in any way

Except it does. 33% of the sale being Early Access means there are fewer finished games that get on the sale. If you are someone who doesnt buy Early Access it means the sale is much less interesting. Especially if you already have a huge library of games.

Iv'e already got the big AAA/Indie titles for the most part. The Far Cry 3s, Dragon Ages and Skyrims of the sale. With more of a limited space they would put these games up instead of lesser known or popular games that I might not have yet.

Not to mention the fact that I really dont agree with Early Access and don't want to see them on steam, let alone on sale.

theres well over 2500 games on sale right now, plus 261 spaces for them to be featured, how much more sales do you need?

also one could argue that if those early access games werent discounted, the sale would be less interesting for those people that bought those games during the sale

like i said, the market has spoken

honestly i think you are exaggerating, theres enough storefront space to go around

 

[rvbnut]

This summer sale is quite disappointing. Also, "flash sales" = 8 hours. Wtf? Didn't they used to be 2 hours long?

 

[brtt150]

Flash Sales have been 8 hours for at least the last two sales.

 

[NuclearKangaroo]

This summer sale is quite disappointing. Also, "flash sales" = 8 hours. Wtf? Didn't they used to be 2 hours long?

PSA: the steam sales arent getting worse, you simply have all the games you want

personally im enjoying this, ive already scored some nice games at the cheapest prices theyve ever been

 

[Zeckt]

Whoa whoa whoa Wolf amongst us 66% off whoa whoa who ... *head explodes*

 

[DanielBrown]

Uff, I feel ripped off - out of my own stupidity.
Was my sisters birthday yesterday, so I decided to grab Borderlands 2 GOTY for her if she was intrested. Got her answer this morning and bought it for her a few hours ago, along with some more of the DLC for myself. Now it's on todays sale. From 18 euro to 11(not that much, but it adds up)... For some reason I figured that since it was already on sale it wouldn't appear on the store page sale deals.
Don't ask me why I thought that, because I'm clueless.

Also got my hands on Far Cry 2 Fortune Edition and Batman: Arkham Origins. So far my promise of not wasting money has failed badly and it's only the third day. ;_;
*stares at Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning*

 

[AmberSword]

Still waiting for the eventual Civ V 75% off, maybe even 80%. Warlock didn't go deep enough, and Age of Wonders lost the vote (still only 50% discount though). Missed Sins of a Solar Empire because I avoid future based games like the plague with few exceptions, so I guess Civ is my only chance at a first time entry into 4X.

The Stanley Parable... Y U NO 75%?... Still 6 Dollars.. So that's a nope from me. Already own Metro Last Light, played through halfway and its in my backlog, no interest in DLC. Voted for Retro 2D, purely because fantasy hack and slash (one of my favorite genres) somehow by pure coincidence managed to include 2 out of the 3 games I regret purchasing the most, Darksiders 2 and Titan Quest.

Well, there's my report nobody's gonna read.
Edit: People read this and cared, I'm so touched, I might even shed a tear, thanks guys.

 

[Ragnar47183]

Ughh. Two more Early Access games on the main sale. I can see where this is going and I dont like it.

theres 7 other non-early access games dude, not to mention almost the entirely of the steam catalog has some sort of discount, and flash sales also often donde include early access games, you can even vota for games you want to be on sale, which obviously wont include early access since you dont like em

Whats your point? Early Access shouldn't be on the sale.

why?

those are games too

Youre right but they arent finished. The early access program is supposed to be designed for people to support devs before the game is out.

Putting these games on sale on the front page of steam attract the general populace that will negatively impact the game. There is a reason there is a separate tab for early access and they should stay there.

Not to mention the problems you get with the DayZ sale where the sale made the price cheaper than what the first adopters paid for it. Something the devs said wouldn't happen.

There are completed games that deserve the spotlight of these sales a lot more and would benefit a lot more.

11 days of sales

9 spots on the main page every day

4 spots in flash sales, 3 flash sales per day means 12 spots per day, same for community choices



in total, 261 games will appear on the front page at one point or another, in fact i believe we are going to see games appearing on the front page more than once before this is over, so dont worry about the spotlight

there is a valid argument about what you say i guess, but those games are still amrket as early access in their respective store pages, is still, at the end, the customer's decision whenever to buy em or not

The main sales are given more of a highlight than the other two. Although I think Flash sales have better prices.

That being said 1/3 of the main sales are Early Access and 1/4 of the flash sales are Early Access. For someone like me who doesn't even think Early Access should be a thing, let alone be on the main sale, the sale quality is reduced by quite a lot.

Why would I want to see 15%-33% off a early access game instead of some slightly older games at 75-90% off? I picked up Just Cause 2 for $2 in one off the older summer sales. Compare that to $30 for DayZ and the quality is just laughable.

If they really wanted to do this they could have easily included 1 or 2 early access titles in the community choice so that if people really wanted them they could vote.

and yet those game still end up in the best selling list, the market has spoken, if you dont like dem early access games, dont buy em, it really doesnt affect you in any way

Except it does. 33% of the sale being Early Access means there are fewer finished games that get on the sale. If you are someone who doesnt buy Early Access it means the sale is much less interesting. Especially if you already have a huge library of games.

Iv'e already got the big AAA/Indie titles for the most part. The Far Cry 3s, Dragon Ages and Skyrims of the sale. With more of a limited space they would put these games up instead of lesser known or popular games that I might not have yet.

Not to mention the fact that I really dont agree with Early Access and don't want to see them on steam, let alone on sale.

theres well over 2500 games on sale right now, plus 261 spaces for them to be featured, how much more sales do you need?

also one could argue that if those early access games werent discounted, the sale would be less interesting for those people that bought those games during the sale

like i said, the market has spoken

honestly i think you are exaggerating, theres enough storefront space to go around

Im talking about the main sales here mate. Theres about 100 spaces and with 30 or so used for early access. For someone like me with well over 300 games in my library and who already has the big AAA games, this sale isn't very good.

But even putting that aside, I don't agree with Early Access. I don't want them near the sale and I dont think they should be featured on the main page. Even Total Biscuit is getting flustered with this sale in his last video. Early Access should not be used like this.

 

[NuclearKangaroo]

Ughh. Two more Early Access games on the main sale. I can see where this is going and I dont like it.

theres 7 other non-early access games dude, not to mention almost the entirely of the steam catalog has some sort of discount, and flash sales also often donde include early access games, you can even vota for games you want to be on sale, which obviously wont include early access since you dont like em

Whats your point? Early Access shouldn't be on the sale.

why?

those are games too

Youre right but they arent finished. The early access program is supposed to be designed for people to support devs before the game is out.

Putting these games on sale on the front page of steam attract the general populace that will negatively impact the game. There is a reason there is a separate tab for early access and they should stay there.

Not to mention the problems you get with the DayZ sale where the sale made the price cheaper than what the first adopters paid for it. Something the devs said wouldn't happen.

There are completed games that deserve the spotlight of these sales a lot more and would benefit a lot more.

11 days of sales

9 spots on the main page every day

4 spots in flash sales, 3 flash sales per day means 12 spots per day, same for community choices



in total, 261 games will appear on the front page at one point or another, in fact i believe we are going to see games appearing on the front page more than once before this is over, so dont worry about the spotlight

there is a valid argument about what you say i guess, but those games are still amrket as early access in their respective store pages, is still, at the end, the customer's decision whenever to buy em or not

The main sales are given more of a highlight than the other two. Although I think Flash sales have better prices.

That being said 1/3 of the main sales are Early Access and 1/4 of the flash sales are Early Access. For someone like me who doesn't even think Early Access should be a thing, let alone be on the main sale, the sale quality is reduced by quite a lot.

Why would I want to see 15%-33% off a early access game instead of some slightly older games at 75-90% off? I picked up Just Cause 2 for $2 in one off the older summer sales. Compare that to $30 for DayZ and the quality is just laughable.

If they really wanted to do this they could have easily included 1 or 2 early access titles in the community choice so that if people really wanted them they could vote.

and yet those game still end up in the best selling list, the market has spoken, if you dont like dem early access games, dont buy em, it really doesnt affect you in any way

Except it does. 33% of the sale being Early Access means there are fewer finished games that get on the sale. If you are someone who doesnt buy Early Access it means the sale is much less interesting. Especially if you already have a huge library of games.

Iv'e already got the big AAA/Indie titles for the most part. The Far Cry 3s, Dragon Ages and Skyrims of the sale. With more of a limited space they would put these games up instead of lesser known or popular games that I might not have yet.

Not to mention the fact that I really dont agree with Early Access and don't want to see them on steam, let alone on sale.

theres well over 2500 games on sale right now, plus 261 spaces for them to be featured, how much more sales do you need?

also one could argue that if those early access games werent discounted, the sale would be less interesting for those people that bought those games during the sale

like i said, the market has spoken

honestly i think you are exaggerating, theres enough storefront space to go around

Im talking about the main sales here mate. Theres about 100 spaces and with 30 or so used for early access. For someone like me with well over 300 games in my library and who already has the big AAA games, this sale isn't very good.

But even putting that aside, I don't agree with Early Access. I don't want them near the sale and I dont think they should be featured on the main page. Even Total Biscuit is getting flustered with this sale in his last video. Early Access should not be used like this.

and yet he also recommended prison architect, an early access game, this is something that in my opinion should be addressed in a case by case basis, and there are people out there who like early access, it gives them tangible rewards of playing a game early and usually cheaper, plus they get the chance to shape the game for its eventual release, so yeah the system doesnt work for a person like you, but it clearly works for them

like i said, i think you are exaggerating, for instance today theres only ONE early access game on the front page, accross all the flash sales, community choices and daily deals, plus complaining about early access taking a spot on the daily deals is in my opinion, like complaining about kingdoms of amalur taking a spot "i dont like kingdoms of amalur, the game is taking a spot other GOOD games could take", see?

 

[Auberon]

I had to fall for Tomb Raider GOTY... hopefully nothing else comes up.