Winter Sale Bargains?

[Zepondrax]

Haven't seen anything really decent in the winter sale this time around? I did buy Dreamfall The Longest Journey in the sale for around $7 and bought Grim Dawn for $3 but other than that haven really seen anything good to me?

Anyone else find the winter sale any good or drab?

[SLAYER187]

The winter sale is fine, most already have a ton of games then it is harder finding what every body would like to get on sale. There is a butt ton of games on steam but even one person is only going to like so many. (Merry Christmas)

[Histfire]

No, the issue is, now, DLC not having deep discounts. In the past, this wasn't the case but for the last years it has become normalised. A lot games go on sale for like 75% off, or 90% off, but the DLC (and a fair amount of time there is a lot of it) is no where near in terms of discounts. End result: those *cheap* games end up becoming £25+ - I see those and I have no interest. I'll wait another year.

[Crazy Tiger]

Originally posted by Histfire:

No, the issue is, now, DLC not having deep discounts. In the past, this wasn't the case but for the last years it has become normalised. A lot games go on sale for like 75% off, or 90% off, but the DLC (and a fair amount of time there is a lot of it) is no where near in terms of discounts. End result: those *cheap* games end up becoming £25+ - I see those and I have no interest. I'll wait another year.

Then how come I see and purchase DLC at steep discounts often enough? Both off *and* on Steam.

[Dura_Ace]

I have five other DCS full fidelity planes to master and a game i bought already that will release in February to look forward to.

I am holding back the urge to buy my first jet in DCS as i have not even touched the other prop planes yet.

I only fly the P-51 so far. I have the 109, 190, the spit, the p-47 and the mosquito to learn before i even try a jet.

I cant keep buying stuff and not use it.

So many of my games in the library i barely touched as well. I cant honestly justify buying anything at all.

[natshely]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/242760/The_Forest/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1449320/Alfred_Hitchcock__Vertigo/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2544110/Broken_Sword__Shadow_of_the_Templars_Reforged/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1735700/Back_to_the_Dawn/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/233370/The_Raven__Legacy_of_a_Master_Thief/

[Histfire]

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

Originally posted by Histfire:

No, the issue is, now, DLC not having deep discounts. In the past, this wasn't the case but for the last years it has become normalised. A lot games go on sale for like 75% off, or 90% off, but the DLC (and a fair amount of time there is a lot of it) is no where near in terms of discounts. End result: those *cheap* games end up becoming £25+ - I see those and I have no interest. I'll wait another year.

Then how come I see and purchase DLC at steep discounts often enough? Both off *and* on Steam.

Must have a magical version of Steam then. Either that or we're interested in different games and I'm noticing less of a discount on DLC compared to you. Makes sense?

[Crazy Tiger]

Originally posted by Histfire:

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

Then how come I see and purchase DLC at steep discounts often enough? Both off *and* on Steam.

Must have a magical version of Steam then. Either that or we're interested in different games and I'm noticing less of a discount on DLC compared to you. Makes sense?

So the issue isn't DLC not getting steep discounts, but "DLC you want" not getting steep discounts.

Gotcha.

You forgot to add in your previous post that you weren't talking in general.

[Zepondrax]

I remember the forest, it was always so expensive

broken sword and back to the dawn look alright but so expensve

Originally posted by natshely:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/242760/The_Forest/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1449320/Alfred_Hitchcock__Vertigo/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2544110/Broken_Sword__Shadow_of_the_Templars_Reforged/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1735700/Back_to_the_Dawn/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/233370/The_Raven__Legacy_of_a_Master_Thief/

[crunchyfrog]

It's always fine - one thing that always remains constant is the amount of games and level of discount.

People often think it's getting worse but the reality is they're fooling themselves. It's like the first time you go to a new shop or start a collection of something - literally EVERYTHINGGGGG you see is something you want to buy as you don't have any.

But as you amass more, you get diminishing returns. People incorrectly think that "it's getting worse" but instead it means there's just less they want because they have already bought loads.

Of course, features like the metagames, freebies and so on have gone away and that's down to bad actors abusing things.

But the discount content always remains good.

Now there is one thing that HAS affected things in recent years - things like triple A gaming getting awful. But thankfully there's stil plenty of indies but it just means you gotta search more.

The best advice I can give you is spend some time scribbling down and researching more.

Go to sites like metacritic and Gamefaqs. Find out EXACTLY what hasw been released since the last time you looked, or filter things by genres you want. Scribble down everything of interest and go from there. Find out what's good and then search the store.

I've done this for decades and though I've got mnay thousands of games, there's always stuff to buy.

[Zepondrax]

I already have like over 110 games in my library and can't really think of any more games I really want except a few. I find steam is getting less for what i want or need because I already own the games I enjoy or like so there is getting less for me.

I usually scout out free GOG sometimes for my games as they too have good games or IGG games

Originally posted by crunchyfrog:

It's always fine - one thing that always remains constant is the amount of games and level of discount.

People often think it's getting worse but the reality is they're fooling themselves. It's like the first time you go to a new shop or start a collection of something - literally EVERYTHINGGGGG you see is something you want to buy as you don't have any.

But as you amass more, you get diminishing returns. People incorrectly think that "it's getting worse" but instead it means there's just less they want because they have already bought loads.

Of course, features like the metagames, freebies and so on have gone away and that's down to bad actors abusing things.

But the discount content always remains good.

Now there is one thing that HAS affected things in recent years - things like triple A gaming getting awful. But thankfully there's stil plenty of indies but it just means you gotta search more.

The best advice I can give you is spend some time scribbling down and researching more.

Go to sites like metacritic and Gamefaqs. Find out EXACTLY what hasw been released since the last time you looked, or filter things by genres you want. Scribble down everything of interest and go from there. Find out what's good and then search the store.

I've done this for decades and though I've got mnay thousands of games, there's always stuff to buy.

[Ice Scream]

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

Originally posted by Histfire:

Must have a magical version of Steam then. Either that or we're interested in different games and I'm noticing less of a discount on DLC compared to you. Makes sense?

So the issue isn't DLC not getting steep discounts, but "DLC you want" not getting steep discounts.

Gotcha.

You forgot to add in your previous post that you weren't talking in general.

Clearly you are not familiar with Paradox DLC list. They used to discount them at 75% off about decade ago now they barely give it 50 % off. Greedy bastards.

[temps]

Steam usually has a "featured deep discounts" section on the front page of the Steam store with every seasonal sale, and it usually has amazing discounts like 90% off if you aren't very particular about what games you play. I've gotten a lot of games there for only like $2 or $3

Lots of great deals on Steam... so idk what you're talking about OP

[Zepondrax]

Originally posted by temps:

Steam usually has a "featured deep discounts" section on the front page of the Steam store with every seasonal sale, and it usually has amazing discounts like 90% off if you aren't very particular about what games you play. I've gotten a lot of games there for only like $2 or $3

Lots of great deals on Steam... so idk what you're talking about OP

I've picked up a few games for around $2 or $3 even some around $5 but most of the games were in the summer sale. I've only purchased 2 games in the winter sale, haven't seen anything fancy. I did think about getting plastic duck simulator DLC as it's only $2.60 and another was around $3.60 but it only adds 27 more ducks per DLC

[BJWyler]

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

Originally posted by Histfire:

No, the issue is, now, DLC not having deep discounts. In the past, this wasn't the case but for the last years it has become normalised. A lot games go on sale for like 75% off, or 90% off, but the DLC (and a fair amount of time there is a lot of it) is no where near in terms of discounts. End result: those *cheap* games end up becoming £25+ - I see those and I have no interest. I'll wait another year.

Then how come I see and purchase DLC at steep discounts often enough? Both off *and* on Steam.

Yeah. I'm finding DLC for my games are often 50% or more off every major sale. I've never had an issue finding great bargains on Steam. Then again, I don't keep myself narrowed by a slim selection of games, or a genre.

[Histfire]

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

Originally posted by Histfire:

Must have a magical version of Steam then. Either that or we're interested in different games and I'm noticing less of a discount on DLC compared to you. Makes sense?

So the issue isn't DLC not getting steep discounts, but "DLC you want" not getting steep discounts.

Gotcha.

You forgot to add in your previous post that you weren't talking in general.

I've used Steam long enough to witness the changes and I'm not the only one to notice DLC pricing and it's not about what I want. That is the ENTIRE point from a business perspective. It's more common and more noticeable by more and more people. Stop with the petty bias and jacket throwing, covering the muddy puddle for o' Holy Steam. I'm tired of this primitive, defensive way of thinking, as if it's forbidden to criticise anything you spend time or money on.

"Gotcha" - what a juvenile response. Then again, for a guy with over 3K games amassed in 13 years, including plenty of anime porn ones, I would expect nothing less.

Merry Christmas to all.

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