What's the best deal you got on a game?

[Ca3zar416]

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I disagree. It creates a void in the market and a monopoly, because you're buying (near if not) full games online. You think developers will be happy that they're making $11 on a $60 game? Haha, you're out of your mind. Steam is something that should be stopped, and soon, before "Steamites" (as my friends and I call them) want it to be bigger, better, and more comprehensive.

And its always nice to have the physical copy, since if your computer gets wiped you're fucked. And develpers will be turned off by people asking for their games back, when its hard to prove you're not just trying to get a free game and customers will dislike developers cause they didnt give them the game they bought. It creates a powderkeg waiting to happen.

You do realize that Steam has to make deals with the developers in order to make the games available right? This means they are fully aware of sales. Also other than the sales Steam tends to charge MORE on games which means most of the time the developers would get even more money. The only reason Steam can get away with the deals is because the games are getting older. Left 4 dead 2 is nearing its second year of being released and everyone who would buy it new has probably already done so. This is the point where everyone goes for used copies from Games Stop which equals 0 revenue for developers. I'd much rather have deals available that give me at least something than see people get it for nothing.

Also two problems with your other scenario. Once you buy a game on steam as long as you can log in to it again (which means all you need to remember is user name and password) then you are able to install it on a computer. Which means that you don't lose any games from getting a new computer or losing data on a computer. Steam also keeps track of achievements and progress so you won't lose any of that either.

 

[jpoon]

Bayonetta for $4 is definitely the best buy I've got out of any game! It was actually two games for $8, the other being Darkstalker.

 

[Artina89]

Found Psychonauts for £5 brand new. It was priced wrong and so I happily skipped up to the counter and paid. Probably one of the best £5 ever

 

[Sebenko]

The first AvP for 75p.

That's less than the price of two chocolate bars!

I spend more on snacks every day than that.

 

[irani_che]

steams huge sale
portal for free

 

[Engarde]

Got Bioshock for $5 awhile back on steam sale.

Mmm-mmm.

 

[Nexus4]

Special edition of Persona 4, brand new, $30 brand new...IN FUCKING AUSTRALIA!!! Found it at E.B. and beat the store clerk to buying it

Also Dead Rising 2, new, for $60 from JB hifi, not because of the price. But because there was a preowned copy sitting next to it for $99. Not entirely sure how that works.

 

[Hlain]

Bought Assassin's Creed 2 for 1 SEK (about 10 cents) when I handed in two crap games at Gamestop. Since it was games I got when I bought my Xbox, and I had never played them, it was a good deal.

 

[Someone Depressing]

On the Rain Slick Combo pack on steam, £3.

 

[moretimethansense]

Dreamfall: The Longest Journey - 54 pence
I fucking love Amazon.

EDIT: to pad out my post length:

Painkiller - £3
Civ IV collection - £8
Alpha Protocol - £10
Persona 3 FES £10
All from Amazon

Pal versions of
Soul nomad - £14
Rule of Rose - £26
From Play.com

If it weren't for those two my game collection would suck!

 

[Jack Macaque]

PSP, 8GB card, 6 games, headset, charger for 40$.

In like 2007 mind you.

 

[Professor Cubbage]

Orange Box for £1. I thought it was quite a good deal.

 

[mireko]

Tales of Vesperia (PAL) for 90$. Now, you may read that and think "hey, that's very expensive", but realize that this was very recently, and the game has become surprisingly hard to find (online) lately.

I checked literally every online video game store in my country (Norway), then a ton of stores in the UK (where it was priced between 140$ and 325$, as well as refusing to ship internationally), before finally checking eBay and getting it for the price I mentioned.

I have absolutely no idea why this was so difficult. This game was released two years ago, what the hell happened?

The NTSC version, of course, is available for 25$ new. Why oh fucking why is the 360 region-locked?

[sub]Also got Persona 4 for 30$[/sub]

 

[Soxafloppin]

Just got Assasins Creed: Bruthas in da 'Hood for £19

 

[Sneeze]

I had been looking for Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer for years after my copy broke, never wanted to go to Ebay cause I never really trusted it.

Finally found it in my local Gamestation after checking in every time I went past for this game in particular. Saw the cover though, FUCK YES probably expensive though. Saw the price sticker it read £1. Score. Scanned it in at the counter and the assistant gave a confused look and noted it was coming up at 1 pence, asked his manger what do to, he just said can only sell it and the scanned price. I handed over a single penny and left the store with my new game. Game wasn't in its original case and just a jewel case but damn.

TL;DR Spyro 2 for 1p.

 

[TriggerHappyAngel]

I bought Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance for $60.

- I would've gladly paid 10 times more then that :O

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Portal for free. Sometimes Steam rocks.

 

[Som_kun]

THE ENTIRETY OF THE HL SERIES (UP TO EP 2)

5$ on that holiday that happens in the middle of steam sale season.

 

[Leemaster777]

I got HL: Blue shift for -£5. Yes. Minus £5. It was part of a £10 off deal, but was priced at £5. They honoured it.

So, wait, they GAVE you the game, and then gave you the 5? That's nuts.

Lets see, I got Portal for free, and Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection for $10 (with 40 games in it, that's a quarter a game).

 

[Serenegoose]

I got HL: Blue shift for -£5. Yes. Minus £5. It was part of a £10 off deal, but was priced at £5. They honoured it.

So, wait, they GAVE you the game, and then gave you the 5? That's nuts.

Lets see, I got Portal for free, and Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection for $10 (with 40 games in it, that's a quarter a game).

that is indeed precisely what happened! Alas, 'twas the only copy in the shop priced like that, so I couldn't exploits for money. (and they'd probably have told me to get lost after a while. )