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What time is it? Why, it's Steam Sale time! And you know what that
means! Time to bitch about Steam Sales again! It's tradition!
But honestly, it doesn't even seem like they're trying anymore. I
swear, the sale prices look like the _retail_ prices; like all the
publishers just jacked up the regular cost and then put it on 'sale'
for what it normally goes for. The savings just aren't there. All the
real discounts are only on games that have already been discounted to
hell and back for years.
I really miss the 'flash sales' Valve used to offer, when you got
massive discounts for a very brief period. I picked up dozens of
triple-A games back then for a pittance; now we're lucky to see them
down by 10 or 15%. But that's what happens when you achieve a monopoly
on a market; pleasing customers (or working to attract new ones)
becomes a lot less important. ;-)
That's not to say I didn't take advantage of the sale, but I'm pretty
sure I would have bought the games -and for pretty much the same
price- regardless of whether this 'massive store sale' was taking
place or not.
But hey, Valve is obviously trying. Why, if you play their silly
games, you can get some stickers* for your bother! Doesn't that just
want to make you rush out and visit Steam today?
* no, I've no fucking idea what they are either
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:
What time is it? Why, it's Steam Sale time! And you know what that
means! Time to bitch about Steam Sales again! It's tradition!
But honestly, it doesn't even seem like they're trying anymore. I
swear, the sale prices look like the _retail_ prices; like all the >publishers just jacked up the regular cost and then put it on 'sale'
for what it normally goes for. The savings just aren't there. All the
real discounts are only on games that have already been discounted to
hell and back for years.
I really miss the 'flash sales' Valve used to offer, when you got
massive discounts for a very brief period. I picked up dozens of
triple-A games back then for a pittance; now we're lucky to see them
down by 10 or 15%. But that's what happens when you achieve a monopoly
on a market; pleasing customers (or working to attract new ones)
becomes a lot less important. ;-)
That's not to say I didn't take advantage of the sale, but I'm pretty
sure I would have bought the games -and for pretty much the same
price- regardless of whether this 'massive store sale' was taking
place or not.
But hey, Valve is obviously trying. Why, if you play their silly
games, you can get some stickers* for your bother! Doesn't that just
want to make you rush out and visit Steam today?
* no, I've no fucking idea what they are either
They send me "this game on your wishlist is on sale" mails, I check and they're not enough on sale to buy usually.
But that usually constitutes my one weekly email.
Except during holidays when the mail company tries to upsell me on cloud storage, mass email capability and massive attachment sizes, plus no ads (like there are any ads when you smtp and pop3 instead of using their retarded web portal.)
If the sale isn't 50% or more, not buying. Especially on games with a
base price of $80 and a real price over $90, better be 80% off.
What time is it? Why, it's Steam Sale time! And you know what that
means! Time to bitch about Steam Sales again! It's tradition!
But honestly, it doesn't even seem like they're trying anymore. I
swear, the sale prices look like the _retail_ prices; like all the
publishers just jacked up the regular cost and then put it on 'sale'
for what it normally goes for. The savings just aren't there. All the
real discounts are only on games that have already been discounted to
hell and back for years.
I really miss the 'flash sales' Valve used to offer, when you got
massive discounts for a very brief period. I picked up dozens of
triple-A games back then for a pittance; now we're lucky to see them
down by 10 or 15%. But that's what happens when you achieve a monopoly
on a market; pleasing customers (or working to attract new ones)
becomes a lot less important. ;-)
That's not to say I didn't take advantage of the sale, but I'm pretty
sure I would have bought the games -and for pretty much the same
price- regardless of whether this 'massive store sale' was taking
place or not.
But hey, Valve is obviously trying. Why, if you play their silly
games, you can get some stickers* for your bother! Doesn't that just
want to make you rush out and visit Steam today?
* no, I've no fucking idea what they are either
If the sale isn't 50% or more, not buying. Especially on games with a >base price of $80 and a real price over $90, better be 80% off.
Sites like https://gg.deals/ can help to find actual deals
If the sale isn't 50% or more, not buying. Especially on games with a
base price of $80 and a real price over $90, better be 80% off.
What time is it? Why, it's Steam Sale time! And you know what that
means! Time to bitch about Steam Sales again! It's tradition!
But honestly, it doesn't even seem like they're trying anymore. I
swear, the sale prices look like the _retail_ prices; like all the
publishers just jacked up the regular cost and then put it on 'sale'
for what it normally goes for. The savings just aren't there. All the
real discounts are only on games that have already been discounted to
hell and back for years.
I really miss the 'flash sales' Valve used to offer, when you got
massive discounts for a very brief period. I picked up dozens of
triple-A games back then for a pittance; now we're lucky to see them
down by 10 or 15%. But that's what happens when you achieve a monopoly
on a market; pleasing customers (or working to attract new ones)
becomes a lot less important. ;-)
That's not to say I didn't take advantage of the sale, but I'm pretty
sure I would have bought the games -and for pretty much the same
price- regardless of whether this 'massive store sale' was taking
place or not.
But hey, Valve is obviously trying. Why, if you play their silly
games, you can get some stickers* for your bother! Doesn't that just
want to make you rush out and visit Steam today?
* no, I've no fucking idea what they are either
Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the
entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:
They send me "this game on your wishlist is on sale" mails, I check and
What time is it? Why, it's Steam Sale time! And you know what that
means! Time to bitch about Steam Sales again! It's tradition!
But honestly, it doesn't even seem like they're trying anymore. I
swear, the sale prices look like the _retail_ prices; like all the
publishers just jacked up the regular cost and then put it on 'sale'
for what it normally goes for. The savings just aren't there. All the
real discounts are only on games that have already been discounted to
hell and back for years.
I really miss the 'flash sales' Valve used to offer, when you got
massive discounts for a very brief period. I picked up dozens of
triple-A games back then for a pittance; now we're lucky to see them
down by 10 or 15%. But that's what happens when you achieve a monopoly
on a market; pleasing customers (or working to attract new ones)
becomes a lot less important. ;-)
That's not to say I didn't take advantage of the sale, but I'm pretty
sure I would have bought the games -and for pretty much the same
price- regardless of whether this 'massive store sale' was taking
place or not.
But hey, Valve is obviously trying. Why, if you play their silly
games, you can get some stickers* for your bother! Doesn't that just
want to make you rush out and visit Steam today?
* no, I've no fucking idea what they are either
they're not enough on sale to buy usually.
But that usually constitutes my one weekly email.
Except during holidays when the mail company tries to upsell me on cloud
storage, mass email capability and massive attachment sizes, plus no ads
(like there are any ads when you smtp and pop3 instead of using their
retarded web portal.)
If the sale isn't 50% or more, not buying. Especially on games with a
base price of $80 and a real price over $90, better be 80% off.
I just wait for 100%. ;)
I just wait for 100%. ;)
They send me "this game on your wishlist is on sale" mails, I check and >they're not enough on sale to buy usually.
If the sale isn't 50% or more, not buying. Especially on games with a >>base price of $80 and a real price over $90, better be 80% off.
Sites like https://gg.deals/ can help to find actual deals
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
I got several titles for 40-50% off. Basically saved $100.
What time is it? Why, it's Steam Sale time! And you know what that
means! Time to bitch about Steam Sales again! It's tradition!
But honestly, it doesn't even seem like they're trying anymore. I
swear, the sale prices look like the _retail_ prices; like all the
publishers just jacked up the regular cost and then put it on 'sale'
for what it normally goes for. The savings just aren't there. All the
real discounts are only on games that have already been discounted to
hell and back for years.
I really miss the 'flash sales' Valve used to offer, when you got
massive discounts for a very brief period. I picked up dozens of
triple-A games back then for a pittance; now we're lucky to see them
down by 10 or 15%. But that's what happens when you achieve a monopoly
on a market; pleasing customers (or working to attract new ones)
becomes a lot less important. ;-)
That's not to say I didn't take advantage of the sale, but I'm pretty
sure I would have bought the games -and for pretty much the same
price- regardless of whether this 'massive store sale' was taking
place or not.
But hey, Valve is obviously trying. Why, if you play their silly
games, you can get some stickers* for your bother! Doesn't that just
want to make you rush out and visit Steam today?
* no, I've no fucking idea what they are either
On Sat, 30 Nov 2024 01:15:00 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
I just wait for 100%. ;)
This strategy tends to actually work if you can wait. :)
Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 01:15 this Saturday (GMT):
Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the
entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:
They send me "this game on your wishlist is on sale" mails, I check and
What time is it? Why, it's Steam Sale time! And you know what that
means! Time to bitch about Steam Sales again! It's tradition!
But honestly, it doesn't even seem like they're trying anymore. I
swear, the sale prices look like the _retail_ prices; like all the
publishers just jacked up the regular cost and then put it on 'sale'
for what it normally goes for. The savings just aren't there. All the
real discounts are only on games that have already been discounted to
hell and back for years.
I really miss the 'flash sales' Valve used to offer, when you got
massive discounts for a very brief period. I picked up dozens of
triple-A games back then for a pittance; now we're lucky to see them
down by 10 or 15%. But that's what happens when you achieve a monopoly
on a market; pleasing customers (or working to attract new ones)
becomes a lot less important. ;-)
That's not to say I didn't take advantage of the sale, but I'm pretty
sure I would have bought the games -and for pretty much the same
price- regardless of whether this 'massive store sale' was taking
place or not.
But hey, Valve is obviously trying. Why, if you play their silly
games, you can get some stickers* for your bother! Doesn't that just
want to make you rush out and visit Steam today?
* no, I've no fucking idea what they are either
they're not enough on sale to buy usually.
But that usually constitutes my one weekly email.
Except during holidays when the mail company tries to upsell me on cloud >> storage, mass email capability and massive attachment sizes, plus no ads >> (like there are any ads when you smtp and pop3 instead of using their
retarded web portal.)
If the sale isn't 50% or more, not buying. Especially on games with a
base price of $80 and a real price over $90, better be 80% off.
I just wait for 100%. ;)
Like HL2?
What time is it? Why, it's Steam Sale time! And you know what that
means! Time to bitch about Steam Sales again! It's tradition!
But honestly, it doesn't even seem like they're trying anymore. I
swear, the sale prices look like the _retail_ prices; like all the
publishers just jacked up the regular cost and then put it on 'sale'
for what it normally goes for. The savings just aren't there. All the
real discounts are only on games that have already been discounted to
hell and back for years.
I really miss the 'flash sales' Valve used to offer, when you got
massive discounts for a very brief period. I picked up dozens of
triple-A games back then for a pittance; now we're lucky to see them
down by 10 or 15%. But that's what happens when you achieve a monopoly
on a market; pleasing customers (or working to attract new ones)
becomes a lot less important. ;-)
That's not to say I didn't take advantage of the sale, but I'm pretty
sure I would have bought the games -and for pretty much the same
price- regardless of whether this 'massive store sale' was taking
place or not.
But hey, Valve is obviously trying. Why, if you play their silly
games, you can get some stickers* for your bother! Doesn't that just
want to make you rush out and visit Steam today?
* no, I've no fucking idea what they are either
On Sun, 1 Dec 2024 11:11:24 +0000, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
On 29/11/2024 15:00, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
As for Steam stickers, did you never partake in Panini football stickers
when you were younger!
I was never young! ;-)
But no... stickers were never anything I was very excited about when I was.... less old. Certainly not anything sports related. (I similarly
saw little desirable about trading cards). Gimme something more solid.
Although maybe if it came with a stick of gum or something. ;-)
candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 01:15 this Saturday (GMT):
Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the >> >> entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:
They send me "this game on your wishlist is on sale" mails, I check and >> >> they're not enough on sale to buy usually.
What time is it? Why, it's Steam Sale time! And you know what that
means! Time to bitch about Steam Sales again! It's tradition!
But honestly, it doesn't even seem like they're trying anymore. I
swear, the sale prices look like the _retail_ prices; like all the
publishers just jacked up the regular cost and then put it on 'sale'
for what it normally goes for. The savings just aren't there. All the
real discounts are only on games that have already been discounted to
hell and back for years.
I really miss the 'flash sales' Valve used to offer, when you got
massive discounts for a very brief period. I picked up dozens of
triple-A games back then for a pittance; now we're lucky to see them
down by 10 or 15%. But that's what happens when you achieve a monopoly >> >> >on a market; pleasing customers (or working to attract new ones)
becomes a lot less important. ;-)
That's not to say I didn't take advantage of the sale, but I'm pretty
sure I would have bought the games -and for pretty much the same
price- regardless of whether this 'massive store sale' was taking
place or not.
But hey, Valve is obviously trying. Why, if you play their silly
games, you can get some stickers* for your bother! Doesn't that just
want to make you rush out and visit Steam today?
* no, I've no fucking idea what they are either
But that usually constitutes my one weekly email.
Except during holidays when the mail company tries to upsell me on cloud >> >> storage, mass email capability and massive attachment sizes, plus no ads >> >> (like there are any ads when you smtp and pop3 instead of using their
retarded web portal.)
If the sale isn't 50% or more, not buying. Especially on games with a >> >> base price of $80 and a real price over $90, better be 80% off.
I just wait for 100%. ;)
Like HL2?
Yes, but I already bought that game back then.
Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 23:41 this Saturday (GMT):
candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 01:15 this Saturday (GMT):
Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the >> >> entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs >> >> say:
They send me "this game on your wishlist is on sale" mails, I check and >> >> they're not enough on sale to buy usually.
What time is it? Why, it's Steam Sale time! And you know what that
means! Time to bitch about Steam Sales again! It's tradition!
But honestly, it doesn't even seem like they're trying anymore. I
swear, the sale prices look like the _retail_ prices; like all the
publishers just jacked up the regular cost and then put it on 'sale' >> >> >for what it normally goes for. The savings just aren't there. All the >> >> >real discounts are only on games that have already been discounted to >> >> >hell and back for years.
I really miss the 'flash sales' Valve used to offer, when you got
massive discounts for a very brief period. I picked up dozens of
triple-A games back then for a pittance; now we're lucky to see them >> >> >down by 10 or 15%. But that's what happens when you achieve a monopoly >> >> >on a market; pleasing customers (or working to attract new ones)
becomes a lot less important. ;-)
That's not to say I didn't take advantage of the sale, but I'm pretty >> >> >sure I would have bought the games -and for pretty much the same
price- regardless of whether this 'massive store sale' was taking
place or not.
But hey, Valve is obviously trying. Why, if you play their silly
games, you can get some stickers* for your bother! Doesn't that just >> >> >want to make you rush out and visit Steam today?
* no, I've no fucking idea what they are either
But that usually constitutes my one weekly email.
Except during holidays when the mail company tries to upsell me on cloud
storage, mass email capability and massive attachment sizes, plus no ads
(like there are any ads when you smtp and pop3 instead of using their >> >> retarded web portal.)
If the sale isn't 50% or more, not buying. Especially on games with a >> >> base price of $80 and a real price over $90, better be 80% off.
I just wait for 100%. ;)
Like HL2?
Yes, but I already bought that game back then.
Me too. At least I got it for like 2$ on the steam summer sale.
On 12/1/2024 8:07 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
On Sun, 1 Dec 2024 11:11:24 +0000, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:And computer software is SOOOO solid....
On 29/11/2024 15:00, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
As for Steam stickers, did you never partake in Panini football stickers >>> when you were younger!
I was never young! ;-)
But no... stickers were never anything I was very excited about when I
was.... less old. Certainly not anything sports related. (I similarly
saw little desirable about trading cards). Gimme something more solid.
Although maybe if it came with a stick of gum or something. ;-)
(The computer itself yes, but....)
As for Steam stickers, did you never partake in Panini football stickers
when you were younger!
JAB <noway@nochance.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
<snip>
As for Steam stickers, did you never partake in Panini football stickers
when you were younger!
I have no idea what those are.
On 02/12/2024 03:51, Xocyll wrote:
JAB <noway@nochance.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn
spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
<snip>
As for Steam stickers, did you never partake in Panini football stickers >>> when you were younger!
I have no idea what those are.
They are still going but no where near as big as they used to be. So at
the start of a season you could an sticker album for each player in the
top division of the English football league. You then bought packs of >stickers helping to fill in each of those portrait placeholders. When
you got duplicates they went into your swaps pile to be taken to school
to trade them for stickers you didn't have. Think of it as gambling for
under ten year olds.
On Sun, 01 Dec 2024 21:14:29 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 23:41 this Saturday (GMT):
candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
Like HL2?
Yes, but I already bought that game back then.
Me too. At least I got it for like 2$ on the steam summer sale.
I bought it from a local retail store when this game just came out. Worth it. >>Even better was The Orange Box in a few years later.
The Orange Box was such an awesome value. I mean, let's face it: most
of us probably bought it for "Episode Two" alone, and we would have
been fine with it. As far as I can remember, the Orange Box wasn't
going for 'full price' at the time, but was slightly less. No
surprise; it was an expansion and not a full game? And "Episode Two"
was worth that price. Anything extra, well, who really cared about
those?
Until, you know, you actually fired up "Portal" and "Team Fortress 2"
and saw the quality of both of those products. Then you looked at the
Orange Box and realized what a good deal you were getting.
On Sun, 01 Dec 2024 21:14:29 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote: >candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 23:41 this Saturday (GMT):
candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
Like HL2?
Yes, but I already bought that game back then.
Me too. At least I got it for like 2$ on the steam summer sale.
I bought it from a local retail store when this game just came out. Worth it.
Even better was The Orange Box in a few years later.
The Orange Box was such an awesome value. I mean, let's face it: most
of us probably bought it for "Episode Two" alone, and we would have
been fine with it. As far as I can remember, the Orange Box wasn't
going for 'full price' at the time, but was slightly less. No
surprise; it was an expansion and not a full game? And "Episode Two"
was worth that price. Anything extra, well, who really cared about
those?
Until, you know, you actually fired up "Portal" and "Team Fortress 2"
and saw the quality of both of those products. Then you looked at the
Orange Box and realized what a good deal you were getting.