Which steam sale method did you like better?

[dmdport]

Did you like the old one with flash sales and daily deals or the new one where games keep the same discount throughout the week?
I personally prefered the old way because it seemed like the sales were better but that could just be me. Your thoughts?

[John Hadley]

Nguyên văn bởi Amsterdam Breakfast:

Nguyên văn bởi dmdport:

On the low, people that didn't wait to buy on a flash sale were fools. Now we barely get any good sales it seems. Plus, I heard one of the reasons for the higher prices was to make up for the amount of people that refund their games during the holidays.

Hence why I buy most of my games at other sites who started their Winter Sales way ahead of Steams. Lots of good deals elsewhere if you look for them:br_smile:

I too usually end up buying at other sites rather than Steam more often now because the sales at Steam are never any better than the sales at the other sites like Humble Bundle, Green Man Gaming, WinGameStore, GamersGate, etc.

I think this is intentional on the part of Steam. They are trying to make Steam itself less the focal point so that they can get other sites to drive sales and become partners in commerce with them. Steam is at the top of a multi level marketing empire for PC games. They can get more commisions and attract a wider customer base if they get tens or hundreds of other vendors to do the leg work to sell their gameswhile they just sit back and collect the money and focus on the distribution infrastructure. If they have a massive sale that is better than everybody else that sells Steam keys for them then they are in direct competition with those vendors and some of those vendors won't make the money they need to keep participating in this multi level marketing enterprise. I think that happened with Amazon. They used to have great deals on Steam games, but I guess they decided it wasn't profitable enough because of Steam undercutting them and forcing the prices so low so they stopped. They have very few competitive deals at all on Steam downloads anymore. They seem to have decided that it is more profitable to sell Electronics Arts games and console titles.

[If My🅿🅾cketH🅰dMoney🐸]

so far this is worst winter sale in my life it really boring long length discount is great for everyone but it really poor discount
I feel like back to the day when We still has daily deals, Any AAA game that not appear on daily deals yet there still discount it just like 20-50 per just like what we had here, but when it up to daily deals it getting more discount it really great

I want it back, I miss it.

[Swarmfly]

My perfectly honest thoughts on this matter.

I wasn't around when these 'flash sales' were the norm, and thus I know nothing about them, but I assume they are sales for individual games that last a particularly short time, which is something I wouldn't fancy. I like to think everything over. I don't like being rushed at the sight of a ticking timer. I like having well over a week to decide what games I should grab.

Yeah. I have a strong preference towards the sales method we have now. An ample time to think is what I crave.

[John Hadley]

You had an ample time to think about what you crave when their were flash sales if you were willing to pay the prices you have to pay now. Games that were not on flash sale were still reduced similar to now for the duration of the sale, its just that when there was flash sale you would have a chance to buy them for even less for a period of a few hours. If you wanted a reason to hang around and click on Steam every few hours to see what kind of new goodies might be on super-sale then flash sales provided that. If you wanted to just check the price and buy a game without waiting for a flash sale you would get the same kind of "regular" sale prices as now during a seasonal sale.

[Vulpes_Inculta]

Now, to think about it, this new method of sales is saving me a decent amount of money, because now I pick up games less often on steam, and more often on torrents.

[dmdport]

Nguyên văn bởi Vulpes_Inculta:

Now, to think about it, this new method of sales is saving me a decent amount of money, because now I pick up games less often on steam, and more often on torrents.

XD, I don't pirate games at all anymore. I just pick them up from 3rd parties now.

[secuda]

Meh Flash sale was not that important to me. every one just waited either to the wery last day or that flash deal if it ever turned upp. i like it when the prices is fixed during the sale period then having to check every new moon if there is something new, and posibly having another server overload.

[Black Blade]

Nguyên văn bởi John Hadley:

I too usually end up buying at other sites rather than Steam more often now because the sales at Steam are never any better than the sales at the other sites like Humble Bundle, Green Man Gaming, WinGameStore, GamersGate, etc.

I think this is intentional on the part of Steam. They are trying to make Steam itself less the focal point so that they can get other sites to drive sales and become partners in commerce with them. Steam is at the top of a multi level marketing empire for PC games. They can get more commisions and attract a wider customer base if they get tens or hundreds of other vendors to do the leg work to sell their gameswhile they just sit back and collect the money and focus on the distribution infrastructure. If they have a massive sale that is better than everybody else that sells Steam keys for them then they are in direct competition with those vendors and some of those vendors won't make the money they need to keep participating in this multi level marketing enterprise. I think that happened with Amazon. They used to have great deals on Steam games, but I guess they decided it wasn't profitable enough because of Steam undercutting them and forcing the prices so low so they stopped. They have very few competitive deals at all on Steam downloads anymore. They seem to have decided that it is more profitable to sell Electronics Arts games and console titles.

That a nice theory over there how ever a small problem with it is that Valve dose not take a cut from sales on other sites, if you buy from Humble Bundle and the like Valve dose not take a cut of it, there for they do not profit from it beyond pulling new users to the Steam store

[JumperTheGod]

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[Spieler]

Die neuen Sales sind viel besser und halten länger. Dieses ständige schnell kaufen der Produkte war echt nervig

[Spieler]

Und ja die flash/daily sales waren echt mist und brachten einen nur in Zeitdruck... soviel dazu

[Aliquis Freedom & Ethnopluralism]

Nguyên văn bởi dmdport:

Did you like the old one with flash sales and daily deals or the new one where games keep the same discount throughout the week?
I personally prefered the old way because it seemed like the sales were better but that could just be me. Your thoughts?

The old one since these ones are nothing special at all.

There's no great deals on the sale now, just "decent" discounted prices but .. they could had kept these prices year around and do no sales whatsoever then I guess because now it's either expensive or decent on steam rather than expensive, decent and cheap.

[TheStoryteller01]

Honestly I don't care anymore. I get my information about Steam sales from sites that list ALL sales on games.

I just log in until 31st to grab my TCs and gift some friends on Steam.

[Spidey]

Nguyên văn bởi dmdport:

Did you like the old one with flash sales and daily deals

Yes.

[=UME=]

Why are flash sales and refunds not compatible?