This Winter 2023 Sale sucks / This sale is awesome!

[Mad Scientist]

Each year we have what people hate and like about this sale.

From hating due to lack of a desired sale on something because a Developer chose not to go too low.

Or perhaps you are getting an awesome sale on whatever it was you wanted.

Post your results here!

[HardLens|]

Total Disappointing Winter Sale, the worst ever..

[Volfogg]

Nothing seems interesting so far to me. I knew it would happen, but still... *sigh*

[FusionBunny]

Let's cover this now -

No coal
No flash deals
Games you wanted that DID NOT even get a discount
DLC you wanted that DID NOT even get a discount
Overpriced entries (Like Street Fighter 6 Ultimate, CP2077 Ultimate etc)
Discount was too low
Discount (shockingly) was too high aka I was not expecting THAT game to drop off to THAT price! (Hogwarts already 50% off on standard and deluxe, like really? Thought this game was popular? Or did the modding bans affect it that badly?)
No daily deals aka the rotation effect
Newer entries that perhaps deserved to get nominated but did not make it in time.
(Like the finals for best visual effects award)
And the fact that nowadays most Steam entries get brought somewhere else due to better offers and they know they can sale at the same time because they know the sale is far less than it pretends to be nowadays and they have far less fear of it now than 5 years ago.

[Mailer]

I did some skimming of the sales so far on SteamDB: https://steamdb.info/sales/
and what has stood out to me so far has been:

Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition at 90% off (new all time low)

Black Mesa at 80% (wishlisted)

Elite Dangerous at 80% (wishlisted)

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Gonna check IsThereAnyDeal first before I pull any triggers, but since I'm on a strict budget expenditure atm, this makes me pretty satisfied of my cart so far.

[The Commendatore]

I'm pretty neutral. There's only 1 game I'm after and it's not out yet.

[Labyrinth2 0]

Publicado originalmente por Mad Scientist:

Each year we have what people hate and like about this sale.

From hating due to lack of a desired sale on something because a Developer chose not to go too low.

Or perhaps you are getting an awesome sale on whatever it was you wanted.

Post your results here! :winter2019cooldog:

It's a meme at this point. People are getting poorer and poorer every year and they demand like 90% of brand new AAA games like entitled babies.

[Mad Scientist]

Publicado originalmente por Labyrinth2 0:

It's a meme at this point. People are getting poorer and poorer every year and they demand like 90% of brand new AAA games like entitled babies.

Waiting for a sale seems lost to some consumers. Most of the time, delayed gratification is much better. Getting something like BF2042 (AAA Game) for $8-9 with a random publisher sale was a total win.

[Fiona the Gamer]

Love it always, the seasonal badges this winter sale are something sweet. ( Please don't lick the screen ).

[IronWolf]

It's just absolutely horrible garbage and I'm appalled that I was in the least bit excited. Gone are the glory golden days of amazing sales and flash deals and the fun and joy of that. Sickening.

[WickedRequiem]

Honestly, just disappointed that there doesn't seem to be a seasonally themed "event" for the sales.

Anyone remember the "winter noir mystery" or "summer alien war" waaaay back?

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Publicado originalmente por WickedRequiem:

Honestly, just disappointed that there doesn't seem to be a seasonally themed "event" for the sales.

Anyone remember the "winter noir mystery" or "summer alien war" waaaay back?

People complained and exploited the crap out of the games and now we get generic themed artwork from waneela every sale.

[jerk store]

Publicado originalmente por 𝐂𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐑:

Horrible

I only saw 3 games under a dollar with steam trading cards that i needed, that is unreal...only thing to do is spend steam points and get free cards and stickers

[𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤]

Publicado originalmente por The Commendatore:

I'm pretty neutral. There's only 1 game I'm after and it's not out yet.

What game are ya after?

[Tito Shivan]

This thread doesn't qualify for the "2023 'This winter sale sucks' award" for double-dipping.

Publicado originalmente por Mailer:

I did some skimming of the sales so far on SteamDB: https://steamdb.info/sales/
and what has stood out to me so far has been:

Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition at 90% off (new all time low)

Black Mesa at 80% (wishlisted)

Elite Dangerous at 80% (wishlisted)

---

Gonna check IsThereAnyDeal first before I pull any triggers, but since I'm on a strict budget expenditure atm, this makes me pretty satisfied of my cart so far.

The pains of a large library and many Steam Sales on your back is already owning the great deals.

[inse]

it's decent because i was expecting this rw downpour dlc to be 60% off but they didnt but I already bought three games rn and i was actually happy that katana zero finally went 50%