WHY THERE ARE NO BLACK FRIDAY SALES IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES!?

[Death Queen☠]

This is so unfair... i've waited for so long to buy Dishonored2 on Black Friday and BOOM! now some countries are not part of it... this is so UNFAIR! ;-;

[Black Blade]

What are you talking about?
Steam does not have black Friday sale, they have some sale near it, but I don't think it started yet.. so...

[HLCinSC]

Black Friday isn't until FRIDAY

[Death Queen☠]

yeah but still some of those sales are not avaible in several countries ><

[Start_Running]

Originally posted by Death Queen☠:

yeah but still some of those sales are not avaible in several countries ><

Black Friday might not be a thing in those countries.

[Jerry]

I'd rather say, Steam is overdoing major sale events a bit. Three weeks ago, there was one for All Hallows, in five weeks, there is one for Christmas, I wouldn't rule out, there will be one for chinese New Year in february again, plus possibly Valentine day...
Do you really want to cram another one into this mix? I'd prefer, if they thought of something in the stretch from march to july.

[Jerry]

Originally posted by MrRugila:

I always thought black friday is exclusively an american thing.

I always thought, Black Friday refers to the stock market crash of 1929...

[Darzai]

Originally posted by Jerry:

Originally posted by MrRugila:

I always thought black friday is exclusively an american thing.

I always thought, Black Friday refers to the stock market crash of 1929...

I always thought Black Friday replaced female mud wrestling.

[zee.]

ok

[Dakuwan]

Black fridays matter

[SpunkyJones]

Originally posted by Jerry:

Originally posted by MrRugila:

I always thought black friday is exclusively an american thing.

I always thought, Black Friday refers to the stock market crash of 1929...

That was Black Tuesday.

[secuda]

Originally posted by MrRugila:

I always thought black friday is exclusively an american thing.

In recent years more stores in other countries have adopt that tradition much like halloween.

[Poobah Gorg]

Let me offer an unasked-for explanation: Americans get Thanksgiving off from work (unless they are police, firefighters, etc). Because the holiday always falls on a Thursday, they generally get the Friday off as well. Loads of people off from work on the also-traditional payday (Friday) and also a month before Christmas means that it became a date earmarked for the start of the Christmas shopping season, and the accompanying sales. The "Black" part of it is said to be because it's often the first day of the year that many retail stores are "in the black" (meaning profitable, they're "in the red" otherwise).

Since this is Steam, that's less mansplaining and more oldsplaining.

[Jerry]

Originally posted by SpunkyJones:

Originally posted by Jerry:

I always thought, Black Friday refers to the stock market crash of 1929...

That was Black Tuesday.

Strange, I learned it as Black Friday at (german) school. Possibly, it took a few days until the international markets were hit, so different terms were established depending on place.

[PsydeFX]

Originally posted by Poobah Gorg:

Let me offer an unasked-for explanation: Americans get Thanksgiving off from work (unless they are police, firefighters, etc). Because the holiday always falls on a Thursday, they generally get the Friday off as well. Loads of people off from work on the also-traditional payday (Friday) and also a month before Christmas means that it became a date earmarked for the start of the Christmas shopping season, and the accompanying sales. The "Black" part of it is said to be because it's often the first day of the year that many retail stores are "in the black" (meaning profitable, they're "in the red" otherwise).

Since this is Steam, that's less mansplaining and more oldsplaining.

Only us old timers even remember when Black Friday wasn't this mega huge Walmart rush crap that it is now lol.

[Jerry]

Originally posted by Poobah Gorg:

Let me offer an unasked-for explanation: Americans get Thanksgiving off from work (unless they are police, firefighters, etc). Because the holiday always falls on a Thursday, they generally get the Friday off as well. Loads of people off from work on the also-traditional payday (Friday) and also a month before Christmas means that it became a date earmarked for the start of the Christmas shopping season, and the accompanying sales. The "Black" part of it is said to be because it's often the first day of the year that many retail stores are "in the black" (meaning profitable, they're "in the red" otherwise).

Since this is Steam, that's less mansplaining and more oldsplaining.

Alright, just looked this up. It seems, the friday after the US thanksgiving celebration was, for decades, a day when hardly anybody bought a thing and instead had a slow day after the celebration before. Among merchants, this lead to the term of a "Black Friday", with losses to be expected and, at times, stores not opening at all not to waste time and money.
Basicly a prolonged weekend.
At some point in the 80s, business became so unsatisfied with the situation, that it was decided among store chains to turn things around and make it an event. A couple of marketing campaigns later, and the "black" was no longer describing a negative fact, but instead made to sound positive (although it would take until the early 2000s, until the date became actually profitable).

Still confused about the relevance of this date to Steam.