Steam summer sale

Toonces · June 12, 2013, 11:05:25 PM

When does it start this year?

Kushan · June 12, 2013, 11:22:57 PM

Probably first or second week in July like it is every year.

Toonces · June 13, 2013, 01:46:30 AM

Ah...ok. I thought it was in June. Well, we have a placeholder thread now.

Maybe we can talk about what games we're going to snatch up in this year's sale... ;D

bbmike · June 13, 2013, 06:47:23 AM

Whew, thank goodness! I thought this was a thread saying it had already started. I could feel my bank account starting to cringe. ::)

sandman2575 · June 13, 2013, 11:47:11 AM

Is it just me, or have things seemed pretty quiet for a while now on the Steam/GG/GameStop/Amazon game sales front? It seemed like there was a time not too long ago where these sales were happening every few weeks. ...or have i just gotten completely spoiled?

Bison · June 13, 2013, 11:52:45 AM

I don't know that there are any less sales. Steam does the weekend, weekday, daily sales. Gamersgate does the weekly sale. Amazon does alot of sales too.

Longdan · June 13, 2013, 02:59:05 PM

There are enough sales to keep me finding things I don't need and can't live without.
Ka Ching!!!

sandman2575 · June 13, 2013, 04:44:36 PM

No, I'm sure you guys are right that there's no shortage of discount offers out there, and pretty much daily on Steam, GG etc. ...I guess I just haven't seen a "Wow, there are lots of things here I just can't pass up" -type sale in a while.

"things I don't need and can't live without" -- that pretty much says it all, I think !

Nefaro · June 13, 2013, 11:20:05 PM

Quote from: sandman2575 on June 13, 2013, 04:44:36 PM
No, I'm sure you guys are right that there's no shortage of discount offers out there, and pretty much daily on Steam, GG etc. ...I guess I just haven't seen a "Wow, there are lots of things here I just can't pass up" -type sale in a while.

"things I don't need and can't live without" -- that pretty much says it all, I think !

Big sales? I dunno... it's probably been just that time of season when there isn't much going on. There have been regular weekly & daily specials on GG, Steam, etc so the offers haven't really dried up. It probably just seems even slower because most of us already own many of the games that are on sale, or don't even want to bother with the ones that are.

I'm not really sure which games I'll even want to pick up on a big Summer Sale. Seems like I have mostly everything that I've wanted to pick up in the last few years.. at least the ones being sold on these larger retail sites.

Toonces · July 08, 2013, 08:40:06 PM

? ???

PanzersEast · July 08, 2013, 08:59:31 PM

Looks like it will be Thursday at 1:00 est / 12:00 cst. That is the indication/speculation right now.

PE

RooksBailey · July 09, 2013, 01:58:01 PM

Quote from: sandman2575 on June 13, 2013, 11:47:11 AM
Is it just me, or have things seemed pretty quiet for a while now on the Steam/GG/GameStop/Amazon game sales front? It seemed like there was a time not too long ago where these sales were happening every few weeks. ...or have i just gotten completely spoiled?

The sales are still coming, I think the problem is that there is nothing to buy, sale or not. I think we are witnessing a total gaming collapse. The other day I went out with $20 to buy something, anything! Came back empty handed. I ultimately spent the money on buying the latest version of Fritz because seeing how few good games are being released these days, I suspect I am going to find myself hibernating in the world of Chess once again. :(

SgtRock · July 09, 2013, 07:23:03 PM

Quote from: RooksBailey on July 09, 2013, 01:58:01 PM
Quote from: sandman2575 on June 13, 2013, 11:47:11 AM
Is it just me, or have things seemed pretty quiet for a while now on the Steam/GG/GameStop/Amazon game sales front? It seemed like there was a time not too long ago where these sales were happening every few weeks. ...or have i just gotten completely spoiled?

The sales are still coming, I think the problem is that there is nothing to buy, sale or not. I think we are witnessing a total gaming collapse. The other day I went out with $20 to buy something, anything! Came back empty handed. I ultimately spent the money on buying the latest version of Fritz because seeing how few good games are being released these days, I suspect I am going to find myself hibernating in the world of Chess once again. :(

I feel the same way, most of the games now are just remakes or the same game with a slight upgrade. It seems like it's just, been there done that one too many times. I think the whole industry is stuck in rut. If it wasn't for free to play and some other on-line games, I think I would have given up gaming by now. There are likely more PC wargames now than any other time in history, yet I can't find one I want to buy.

mikeck · July 09, 2013, 07:34:34 PM

I discovered the joys of GOG recently and have snapped up Ground Control 1&2, Alpha Centauri, Nexus:jupiter incident and Moo3. At less than $10 a pop...feels like a sale

Arctic Blast · July 10, 2013, 04:06:54 PM

Quote from: RooksBailey on July 09, 2013, 01:58:01 PM
Quote from: sandman2575 on June 13, 2013, 11:47:11 AM
Is it just me, or have things seemed pretty quiet for a while now on the Steam/GG/GameStop/Amazon game sales front? It seemed like there was a time not too long ago where these sales were happening every few weeks. ...or have i just gotten completely spoiled?

The sales are still coming, I think the problem is that there is nothing to buy, sale or not. I think we are witnessing a total gaming collapse. The other day I went out with $20 to buy something, anything! Came back empty handed. I ultimately spent the money on buying the latest version of Fritz because seeing how few good games are being released these days, I suspect I am going to find myself hibernating in the world of Chess once again. :(

I think the bigger issue is that we've already bought everything. Sure, a few games will pop up which I really want, but most of the back catalog has already been picked through during previous sales.