It's time for another steam sale! It's time for who cares!
There are three things of worth to mention re: this steam sale. This is all text, and it's not even very funny, so feel free to not read this discussion of "the moar thangs change~"
The Death of Steam Sales
No, they're not going away, but I'm going to be honest in that no flash deals and no dailies all but instantly killed the sale for me and everyone I know in terms of enthusiasm. I just immediately bought Axiom Verge, a couple friends immediately bought this or that, and we all collectively moved on. I originally made a Steam account during a Steam sale quite a many years back, and in a lot of ways it shaped my perceptions of Steam as well as how I interact with friends regarding Steam. The big sales used to be an influx of discussion within my peers, with each of chattering about what we hope goes on sale, wondering if a game is worth it and mocking poor sales that over-estimate a game's remaining value.
There's no rush to f5 at 10 PST and there's no real excitement. No one really cares. It lacks the proverbial punch that previous sale models did, and it all seems to come down to one thing. Or two things. Well, a couple things.
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Monday, December 28, 2015
Friday, October 11, 2013
Steam Sales: An attempt at a comprehensive End User's Guide
It's October now and that means the biggest crunch of Steam Sales is rapidly approaching us. This is a handy-dandy guide to understanding how the Steam Sale structure works for you, the end user, and to buying a giant pile of games you will fundamentally never play but as inexpensively as possible. Ahem.
For reference, I'm going into my fourth year of having a Steam Account. I got an account to get into a sale and that's basically how I frame my entire experience with buying off Steam. In these three years I have accumulated about ~300 Steam games at an average cost of 'give or take' $2. Steam Enhanced gives a figure of $415 spent, but that number is a bit complicated, since I've gotten Steam keys from all over. Anyway, let's begin!
For reference, I'm going into my fourth year of having a Steam Account. I got an account to get into a sale and that's basically how I frame my entire experience with buying off Steam. In these three years I have accumulated about ~300 Steam games at an average cost of 'give or take' $2. Steam Enhanced gives a figure of $415 spent, but that number is a bit complicated, since I've gotten Steam keys from all over. Anyway, let's begin!
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