this summer sale is ruined by terrible steam servers

[IntoTheShekels [Mantrid]]

especially after the new flash sale hits, cant access market, inventory, and sometimes, the store. Cant list items on the market, cant trade.

I thought with unlimited money you could maybe afford decent servers to deal with this "overload"?

[Wolfx10]

Keep in mind that you aren't the only one trying to get onto the store and possibly atleast 250k+ people are and anyway, its only for 5 minutes tops after the sales go on

[Arthur]

It isn't ruined by something an hour's wait can fix. It's ruined by terrible sales.

[Snoopy]

I guess I'd have to say that considering the sheer volume their servers are handling we're probably lucky the system is usable at all. I'm sure they've been doing this long enough that they know how to handle things. All in all we should be happy and actually grateful that they have provided a FREE interface to all these games.
I for one am (even with the issues that pop up) pleased with the service they offer.

This is coming from someone that's been locked out of the Market for a week. Two more hours to go before i get my Market capabilities back.

[Jolly Buccaneer]

Postat inițial de Arthur:

It isn't ruined by something an hour's wait can fix. It's ruined by terrible sales.

More of this!

I would like to know why they would put skyrim on sale but not discount any other TES title more than base discounts? All other TES titles have been as low as $5 prior to the steam sales but they didn't dip that low at all during this sale.

[AgentSmith]

Valve DOES NOT set the prices. The publishers do. Blame them as much as you want but you're placing the blame on the wrong people. Without Valve these sales wouldn't even be possible..so maybe a little thanks to the people saving you money rather than being spoiled pricks about it.

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[Jolly Buccaneer]

Postat inițial de SoulChaserJ:

Valve DOES NOT set the prices. The publishers do. Blame them as much as you want but you're placing the blame on the wrong people. Without Valve these sales wouldn't even be possible..so maybe a little thanks to the people saving you money rather than being spoiled pricks about it.

I think you misunderstood. No one said valve set the prices. But what I don't understand is how they only got the few titles they got.

[Irregular Seconds]

I think people are kidding themselves a bit. Yes, Valve does not set prices; however, to say that they don't have a say in them...

It's a bit silly. Valve does have a vested interest in making sure that they are selling copies on their platform. Apparently Skyrim's pricing is a bit of a sticky wicket to a lot of people, who knew.

[Arthur]

Postat inițial de SoulChaserJ:

Valve DOES NOT set the prices. The publishers do. Blame them as much as you want but you're placing the blame on the wrong people. Without Valve these sales wouldn't even be possible..so maybe a little thanks to the people saving you money rather than being spoiled pricks about it.

GMG saved me a lot more money this summer. They had some incredible discounts on the same games. Saying that Valve have no say in prices is asinine.

[Jolly Buccaneer]

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Postat inițial de SoulChaserJ:

Valve DOES NOT set the prices. The publishers do. Blame them as much as you want but you're placing the blame on the wrong people. Without Valve these sales wouldn't even be possible..so maybe a little thanks to the people saving you money rather than being spoiled pricks about it.

GMG saved me a lot more money this summer. They had some incredible discounts on the same games. Saying that Valve have no say in prices is asinine.

This is true, I got BL2+Season Pass from GMG for just $13. The same thing here on steam would have ran a little over $20.

[Arthur]

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Postat inițial de Arthur:

GMG saved me a lot more money this summer. They had some incredible discounts on the same games. Saying that Valve have no say in prices is asinine.

This is true, I got BL2+Season Pass from GMG for just $13. The same thing here on steam would have ran a little over $20.

That was ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous.

[AgentSmith]

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Postat inițial de SoulChaserJ:

Valve DOES NOT set the prices. The publishers do. Blame them as much as you want but you're placing the blame on the wrong people. Without Valve these sales wouldn't even be possible..so maybe a little thanks to the people saving you money rather than being spoiled pricks about it.

GMG saved me a lot more money this summer. They had some incredible discounts on the same games. Saying that Valve have no say in prices is asinine.

GMG and a lot of the discount sites go out of their way to cheat the system. PlaySC uses Korean prices and passes us the discount. Don't be naive. Why would Valve give a damn what other people's games sell for? Don't you think they would have dropped the price of say Black Ops 2 to match the physical disc by now? Same exact product...it's even a steamworks game...the disc version is 29.99, the Steam only version is 49.99 or worse.

[Arthur]

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Postat inițial de Arthur:

GMG saved me a lot more money this summer. They had some incredible discounts on the same games. Saying that Valve have no say in prices is asinine.

GMG and a lot of the discount sites go out of their way to cheat the system. PlaySC uses Korean prices and passes us the discount. Don't be naive. Why would Valve give a damn what other people's games sell for? Don't you think they would have dropped the price of say Black Ops 2 to match the physical disc by now? Same exact product...it's even a steamworks game...the disc version is 29.99, the Steam only version is 49.99 or worse.

Oh dear... Comparing GMG to a dodgy CD-key site.

Valve give a damn because it's how they earn money.

[Pawsed]

It's annoying that the servers take time to recognize things - I've spent money and had it take hours before it decides I've done so and gives me the cards. And I'll complete a Pillar of the Community criteria and not have it recognized ever...

[AgentSmith]

Postat inițial de Arthur:

Postat inițial de SoulChaserJ:

GMG and a lot of the discount sites go out of their way to cheat the system. PlaySC uses Korean prices and passes us the discount. Don't be naive. Why would Valve give a damn what other people's games sell for? Don't you think they would have dropped the price of say Black Ops 2 to match the physical disc by now? Same exact product...it's even a steamworks game...the disc version is 29.99, the Steam only version is 49.99 or worse.

Oh dear... Comparing GMG to a dodgy CD-key site.

Valve give a damn because it's how they earn money.

I'd wager that they earn more money from hosting the game than they do from selling 100 copies of said game.