"This Winter Sale sucks!" Megathread (2024 Edition)

[DiceDsx]

Post your remonstrations about the Winter Sale 2024 here.

[peremptor]

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These kind of games you can get for free on Epic games.

If I sold my soul to the devil, I guess... But no thanks. Imagine wanting so much to complain about steam that you'll claim the sales are bad but when presented with good sales, you'll just deflect it with "But this game was supposedly given for free."

Just admit you want to complain and we'll be settled. I have 60+ games on my wishlist that is 50% off to 85% off. But sure... "These sales are horrible". Like, sorry you don't find games you want? Use isthereanydeal. Be happy gaming or something.

Can you be more dramatic? There are backdoors in all the operating systems and what not. If they want you got you get got. Don't worry about inconsequential garbage like wow China got my info now that I downloaded EGS... worry more about the tyrant at home than the ones abroad at any rate.

[Seraphita]

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Can you be more dramatic?

It's called being realistic. I am not the one complaining about sales when there are so many games sold for half their prices and for almost nothing. Just because YOU don't get the sales that you want, doesn't mean that it's a bad sale. That is dramatic.

Thanks for the points, anyhow. I wonder why people just want to complain all the time, really. I know I should be used to it as it is the internet and all but like... Can't people just be rational for once? I even offered an alternative if you don't like the prices.

[Zupyn ✟]

Worst Xmas ever
so mercenary

[SFOSOK]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Seraphita:

Ursprungligen skrivet av peremptor:

Can you be more dramatic?

It's called being realistic. I am not the one complaining about sales when there are so many games sold for half their prices and for almost nothing. Just because YOU don't get the sales that you want, doesn't mean that it's a bad sale. That is dramatic.

Thanks for the points, anyhow. I wonder why people just want to complain all the time, really. I know I should be used to it as it is the internet and all but like... Can't people just be rational for once? I even offered an alternative if you don't like the prices.

tbh you are part of the problem and the only person not living in reality is you.

Imagine having to rationalize Steams insane pricing scheme to yourself to justify overpaying for that game.

This game would be $5-$7 on a previous steam sale.

An example of your mindset is a manufacturer charges $40,000 for a $30,000 car. You just shrug and say meh, it's only another $150 a month and is just the reality of the situation.

No, it's not. The only reason this car sells for $40,000 is because tools like you pay for it. This goes for all of the other steam Apologists out there talking down to people "not living in reality."

The reality is I don't have to pay for overpriced crap and neither do you.

Sorry, you fall squarely in the part of the problem category.

[SFOSOK]

P.S. my current status would be "Going through a separation with Steam"

AKA - I may bang her once in while when I'm bored but the love isn't there anymore and we are headed towards a divorce.

BRING BACK THE LOVE STEAM!

[Seraphita]

Ursprungligen skrivet av SFOSOK:

tbh you are part of the problem and the only person not living in reality is you.

Imagine having to rationalize Steams insane pricing scheme to yourself to justify overpaying for that game.

This game would be $5-$7 on a previous steam sale.

An example of your mindset is a manufacturer charges $40,000 for a $30,000 car. You just shrug and say meh, it's only another $150 a month and is just the reality of the situation.

No, it's not. The only reason this car sells for $40,000 is because tools like you pay for it. This goes for all of the other steam Apologists out there talking down to people "not living in reality."

The reality is I don't have to pay for overpriced crap and neither do you.

Sorry, you fall squarely in the part of the problem category.

...You're so weeeird. -75% is "overpriced" to you? Where did that insanity come from? Are you all so spoiled that you expect -95% on everything? Also, your example that tries to assume what you call my mindset is putting a 133% price. Not a >-95%<.

Not sure if you're trying to gaslight me or something but a -50% to -85% sale IS good. And I did say to check isthereanydeal if some of the games in sales don't please you. But sure, I'm part of the problem for, and I emphasise, SAVING MONEY. lol

Btw, you say "this game would be 5$":

https://isthereanydeal.com/game/demon-slayer-kimetsu-no-yaiba-the-hinokami-chronicles/info/

The store's lowest price for this game is around a dollar less than it is currently on steam. This tells me that you don't know what you're talking about. I have sources... You should stop trying to gaslight me and see that maybe this sale is not so bad.

[SFOSOK]

Shhh it's ok. Go talk to your "sources" I'm sure they want to hear all about how people are mean to you on Steam.

[Tito Shivan]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Seraphita:

Ursprungligen skrivet av _onyx_:

These kind of games you can get for free on Epic games.

If I sold my soul to the devil, I guess... But no thanks. Imagine wanting so much to complain about steam that you'll claim the sales are bad but when presented with good sales, you'll just deflect it with "But this game was supposedly given for free."

There's no such a thing as an action without a consequence.

Just like indie bundles swallowed all the deep end sales, or Flash deals cemented the '75% off price is base price' (making devs stop deep discounting games), 'Epic free games' are bound to have an impact on sales long term. Mind schemes like the epic free games are just short term mechanics to build userbase (They did nothing GOG, Uplay or Origin didn't). But Epic is making it for a WAY LONGER timeframe.

Eventually it'll cement more and more the idea of not buying games because 'I'll get it for free on Epic later', hurting developers pocket in the long run.

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P.S. my current status would be "Going through a separation with Steam"

AKA - I may bang her once in while when I'm bored but the love isn't there anymore and we are headed towards a divorce.

Steam is not your girlfriend.

[SFOSOK]

I knew she was cheating on me

[Lavrik567]

Trust me, this is just the beginning - much more difficult times are coming.

[Qbert ⭐]

Oh my god the drama!

We all know it's just because people couldn't abuse the free card drop anymore

[Crazy Tiger]

Ursprungligen skrivet av SFOSOK:

Imagine having to rationalize Steams insane pricing scheme to yourself to justify overpaying for that game.

So insane that the general pricing scheme on Steam is on par with all other legit stores.

Ursprungligen skrivet av SFOSOK:

This game would be $5-$7 on a previous steam sale.

And if the game devs/publishers decide to set that price, it can be. Though *they* decide that, not Valve/Steam.

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The reality is I don't have to pay for overpriced crap and neither do you.

People decide for themselves when something is "overpriced" or not.

[rinaldop]

Here is what bothers me, the 'fake' Winter Sale prices. For example of a fake Steam Winter Sale price. On Dec 4 the Colorado Edition was priced at $12.85, now the "big sale' price is $27.16
I was waiting for the Holiday Sale so that my game purchase would also get me cards. I now find out that there are no cards and waiting for the BIG STEAM WINTER sale just gives me the gift of paying $14.31 extra for nothing.
Thanks Steam ;)
PS I know sale prices are set by the vendor, but it is Steam that decided against cards.

[Crazy Tiger]

Ursprungligen skrivet av rinaldop:

Here is what bothers me, the 'fake' Winter Sale prices. For example of a fake Steam Winter Sale price. On Dec 4 the Colorado Edition was priced at $12.85, now the "big sale' price is $27.16
I was waiting for the Holiday Sale so that my game purchase would also get me cards. I now find out that there are no cards and waiting for the BIG STEAM WINTER sale just gives me the gift of paying $14.31 extra for nothing.
Thanks Steam ;)
PS I know sale prices are set by the vendor, but it is Steam that decided against cards.

Publishers have learned that people purchase during the major sales anyway, so it's safe to not have the lowest prices.

Consumers who care about their wallets check price histories. Often enough the smaller themed genre sales or publisher sales have the best discounts.

It really should not be a surprise that companies take the purchasing habits of their clients into account when deciding pricing strategies.

[Jerinder]

The snowy slumber profile items are literally trying to feminize me.

No thank you!