Steam (and other) Holiday Sales - food for thought

[Hartford688]

I realise the sales are not yet upon us, but the Rule Of Ps (Prior Preparation Prevents P*** Poor Performance) means we should ready.

Most of us have at least 200 unplayed games in our library (and no, downloading, pootling about for an hour and leaving on your HD for a month does not count as "played") so that equals around 900 years of fine gaming unexplored. (You may question the math, but I am an accountant, trust me. Don't date me, or spend an evening in a bar with me, but trust me on this number thing at least).

One of the great thinkers of our time has set out that humanity - that is you and me - have only 1,000 years left at best.

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/stephen-hawking-humans-only-have-about-1000-years-left/ar-AAks0wy?li=AAdeCd7&ocid=spartanntp

You know what that means. Next sale you have to get at least 100 more years of games to store untouched on your hard drive.

Or buy Stellaris and figure out how mankind can find a new home before Earth blows up.

[Rayfer]

LOL...great post Hartford688. And your quote (and no, downloading, pootling about for an hour and leaving on your HD for a month does not count as "played")   is exactly what I've done with many a Steam sale game.

[jamus34]

I think we need to set up a support thread that every time someone starts to break down and think about buying a game on sale we can cock-shot Gus to resist the temptation.



(Or, you know, just talk them off the ledge)

[bbmike]

Hawking is right but I think he is being generous with 1000 years. And there's this.

Now, when does that sale start? 

[FarAway Sooner]

Great OP!   :DD

My own sense is that last year's Steam Holiday Sale, unlike every other such sale in recent years, left me profoundly unimpressed.  The elimination of daily deals meant that most of the games I really wanted that were less than a year old were 10% off, games 2-3 years old were 20% off, and games 4+ years old were 40% off.

That inspired a collective **yawn** and return to trying to play the games we'd already purchased but not played yet.

For myself, I think I'm looking at either Stellaris or HoI4, and that's about it.  Maybe also Thea: The Awakening if it's on 50% discount or better.

[OJsDad]

I'm looking to get the latest DLC for CKII, EUIV and Stellaris.  Maybe pick up HOIIV.


Having a blast doing PBEM with Flashpoint Red Storm.  Would like to pick up at least one more title that offers PBEM. 

[Grim.Reaper]

Great OP!   :DD

My own sense is that last year's Steam Holiday Sale, unlike every other such sale in recent years, left me profoundly unimpressed.  The elimination of daily deals meant that most of the games I really wanted that were less than a year old were 10% off, games 2-3 years old were 20% off, and games 4+ years old were 40% off.

That inspired a collective **yawn** and return to trying to play the games we'd already purchased but not played yet.

For myself, I think I'm looking at either Stellaris or HoI4, and that's about it.  Maybe also Thea: The Awakening if it's on 50% discount or better.

$9 here....

https://www.kinguin.net/category/20740/thea-the-awakening-steam-cd-key/

[MetalDog]

Look at G.R bein' helpful! 

Love the OP! 

Saw the Hawking thing and agree wholeheartedly.  Been saying it myself for years.  I also believe it'll be less than a 1,000.  Might not go more than another couple hundred if a meteor doesn't get us first.

[BanzaiCat]

Considering we've nearly doubled the world's population in the last 30-40 years...I'm no mathematician (at all), but isn't it exponential growth, essentially?

Not to derail a thread, but that's what we do around here pretty much.

[-budd-]

I'm looking to get the latest DLC for CKII, EUIV and Stellaris.  Maybe pick up HOIIV.


Having a blast doing PBEM with Flashpoint Red Storm. Would like to pick up at least one more title that offers PBEM.

CSME OJ, i'll play ya... I just started doing PBEM, got 4 games going of various levels of success.

[OJsDad]

I'm looking to get the latest DLC for CKII, EUIV and Stellaris.  Maybe pick up HOIIV.


Having a blast doing PBEM with Flashpoint Red Storm. Would like to pick up at least one more title that offers PBEM.

CSME OJ, i'll play ya... I just started doing PBEM, got 4 games going of various levels of success.

That's Campaign Series Middle East? 

[-budd-]

I'm looking to get the latest DLC for CKII, EUIV and Stellaris.  Maybe pick up HOIIV.


Having a blast doing PBEM with Flashpoint Red Storm. Would like to pick up at least one more title that offers PBEM.

CSME OJ, i'll play ya... I just started doing PBEM, got 4 games going of various levels of success.

That's Campaign Series Middle East?

Yup  .... 1948-1985 ...with the scenarios added by modders its up  to over a hundred scenarios.
it might go on sale soon as Matrix sale usually starts after Thanksgiving

[Nefaro]

I was also underwhelmed by last year's Steam Fall & Holiday sales. 

Was also kinda fine with that, since I already have so many backlogged games.



I've mostly been using these seasonal sales to fill out some DLC.   This year, I'll be hoping for decent prices on the TW:Warhammer DLC but I don't expect the savings to be as massive as past years. 

The years of big digital sale gluts are probably showing the after effects of so many cheap titles offered over time.  Peoples' game libraries are backed up so far that their purchasing pace has slowed lately.  So the sale prices have also retracted a bit, due to people already owning so much from previous ones.

[FarAway Sooner]

$9 here....

https://www.kinguin.net/category/20740/thea-the-awakening-steam-cd-key/

Good find, GR, thanks!!

[GJK]

It's very easy to "click and purchase" a computer game and then download it to where it sits for however long before you launch it and go through one or two tutorials before you are distracted and click away.  And then you ask "what should I purchase next?".   Much too easy.