**OFFICIAL** Steam Xmas sale is LIVE thread (and in progress)

[Dankk]

I wanted to get F1 2010, but not for $20. Guess I'll be hoping for a Summer sale on it.

The game just came out 3 months ago... give it some time. $20 (50% off) is an awesome deal as-is, and plus, it's a good game. Did you really expect it to be any cheaper?

The Valve deal just doubled. Was going to get it for a friend for Christmas, but it isn't worth it at $50 now. At $25 it would have been a nice gift though.

Give me a break. For less than the price of the newest shitty Call of Duty title, you're getting every single game Valve has ever made. You're already saving $130. Is an extra $25 really that important? Especially for a few titles which are considered some of the greatest PC games ever made?

I can understand if it's just a gift thing though.

Most of those indie games are just plain terrible. It's like programming students at some community college are just cranking out any 2D garbage they can think of, and people buy it on Steam.

I bought a pack last time and one of the games had a scientist with a robot attached to him. I used the robot to assemble a fridge, a propane grill, and a toaster into some kind of gadget... then I deleted the game because that was just freaking stupid.

Unfortunately this is somewhat true. However, I've found that the indie packs usually have a mix of a couple of great games, while the others are mediocre. Because of this it's still worth it. For example, if an Indie pack consists of 4 games, and costs 5$, you're still getting a great deal even though only two games are very good. This is assuming that the games in the pack are already > $5 retail price.

 

[FlasHBurN]

The game just came out 3 months ago... give it some time. $20 (50% off) is an awesome deal as-is, and plus, it's a good game. Did you really expect it to be any cheaper?

Haha, I know, I'm a cheapass, I can't help it!

 

[Dankk]

Haha, I know, I'm a cheapass, I can't help it!

Fortunately, you can expect the other Codemasters racing games (Grid, Dirt, ) to be on sale extremely cheap (I got Dirt 2 for $5 during last month's sale). They are all terrific games if you don't have them already.

 

[zinfamous]

the 2K pack looks pretty epic considering the quality of games and overall price.

not my bag, though.

 

[Texashiker]

Wow I.D.'s deals are pretty bad, lol.

For the past 2 years, the ID pack has gone on sale for something like 75% off. the whole pack cost somewhere around $19 - $21.

Just wait a few days, and I'am willing to bet that the id pack is going to go on a 24 hour sale for the same price it was last year.

Do you guys think the orange box is a good deal at $15? I already got HL2 but I've always wanted to play Portal, and TF2 with people talking about it a lot.

Portal is good, but does not have very much replay value. Its fun to play through a couple of times,,,, but it starts to get boring.

TF2 - download Fortress Forever, its a lot more fun the tf2, and Fortress Forever is free. tf2 is no longer a team fortress game, its a game about trading hats, and other nonsense.

 

[FlasHBurN]

Fortunately, you can expect the other Codemasters racing games (Grid, Dirt, ) to be on sale extremely cheap (I got Dirt 2 for $5 during last month's sale). They are all terrific games if you don't have them already.

Yep, Grid is the other game on my list. I did pick up Dirt 2 during the last sale for $5, great game that is even better at that price.

 

[skace]

Most of those indie games are just plain terrible. It's like programming students at some community college are just cranking out any 2D garbage they can think of, and people buy it on Steam.

I bought a pack last time and one of the games had a scientist with a robot attached to him. I used the robot to assemble a fridge, a propane grill, and a toaster into some kind of gadget... then I deleted the game because that was just freaking stupid.

You suck.

 

[Merad]

Picked up BFBC2... I'm debating on getting FO3 GOTY...

 

[Texashiker]

Picked up BFBC2... I'm debating on getting FO3 GOTY...

I found fallout 3 to be fun, but a little confusing. In one part your supposed to go to a grocery store and get something, but I never could find the item. I probably spent an hour looking over every part of the store.

Sometimes I wondered into areas where I was killed rather quickly. This made me wonder if I was supposed to be there at all.

FO3 is fun, it creates a great atmosphere, but its going to take some time to get everything figured out.

 

[Martimus]

Give me a break. For less than the price of the newest shitty Call of Duty title, you're getting every single game Valve has ever made. You're already saving $130. Is an extra $25 really that important? Especially for a few titles which are considered some of the greatest PC games ever made?

I can understand if it's just a gift thing though.

Yes it is. It was going to be a gift, and I don't want to spend $50 on a gift to this person, since I already got them a few smaller gifts.

Plus I don't ever buy new games that cost $60, and rarely ever spend more than $20 for a game, so $50 for a package of games still seems like a lot to me.

 

[mingsoup]

I'm going to buy Battlefield later today. Screw Activision and its 60$ rip job.

Debating on FO3 Goty. Already have Vegas and haven't finished it quite yet....plus 20$ is still a little high in my book.

Think I'm going to just do the daily deals....and avoid the bundles until Jan 3 if there are games I still want but haven't seen yet. Safe bet? Good strategy?

 

[TheFlyingSquirrel]

I was hoping Morrowind would go down under $10
yes I'm cheap but I'm trying to save money for the rest of the sales period

 

[NikolaeVarius]

I've been playing BC2 on the PS3.

Is there a way to link my PSN account so I can use unlocks on the PC

 

[lupi]

jesus, wish there was an easier was to go through the list.

 

[Phobic9]

Wondering if I should hold off on buying Bejeweled 3 since it could possibly go on sale.

Maybe?

 

[KaOTiK]

no use buying anything other then daily deals till the end. The only things I bought were both the $0.49 games so far, I have most the DD's for today.

 

[fatpat268]

Picked up

LucasArts Adventure Pack
F.E.A.R.

That's it so far. Kinda bummed out that Super Meat Boy is that cheap already. Oh well, paid $10 for and it's been worth it. Also, some of those mega packs are awesome deals, but I've purchased most of them at one point or another a while ago. Now, while I have most of those games in those packs, it'd be nice if you can do an "upgrade" to receive the remaining games at a reduced price. Oh well, I have enough games anyway. Heh.


Side note:

Once again, Ubi's deals are terrible. Is there any reason why Rainbow Six Vegas is more expensive than Vegas 2?

 

[gorcorps]

Wondering if I should hold off on buying Bejeweled 3 since it could possibly go on sale.

Maybe?

I doubt it. One of the publisher sales which goes all the way though Jan 2nd is all PopCap games are 30% *EXCLUDING BEJEWELED 3*

So if it's not on sale now, I say it won't be at all.

 

[Phobic9]

I doubt it. One of the publisher sales which goes all the way though Jan 2nd is all PopCap games are 30% *EXCLUDING BEJEWELED 3*

So if it's not on sale now, I say it won't be at all.

Well...damn.

 

[nitromullet]

Picked up BF:BC2 and FEAR 2.

You don't have to buy the FEAR pack, you can buy FEAR 2 separately for $5 http://store.steampowered.com/app/16450/

 

[Jules]

The Valve deal just doubled. Was going to get it for a friend for Christmas, but it isn't worth it at $50 now. At $25 it would have been a nice gift though.

indeed

 

[JTsyo]

Bought BF:BC2, going to hold off on ME2 and see if it's on a daily list.

 

[CrazyAznDriver]

Got the mega pack I didn't have most of them, been out of the game for awhile. A few I had on discs, but will be nice to have them on steam. Should keep me busy until spring!

 

[Tristicus]

I'm at $28.86

And with my luck they won't keep them until Thursday/Friday.

 

[KeithTalent]

Gah, to buy Fallout 3 GOTY for $20.09 now, or to wait? :hmm:

KT