Steam Sale: What did you get?

[brencat]

Unreal Pack - $13.59
Witcher Enhanced - $13.59
Day of Defeat Source - $2.49

...so far

Hoping Defense Grid drops to $2.49 again. Missed that one and the Demo is really fun!

 

[nitromullet]

Torchlight for $10 (got it before the $5 sale)
Witcher EE for $14

I was considering Dragon Age, but it's still cheaper at GoGamer than it ever was on Steam. I ended up ordering it from Amazon with my $20 voucher from MW2, so it came out to be $20 out of pocket.

 

[MStele]

Nothing. I don't pay real money for permission to access a digital copy of a game.

Though KOTOR...hmm...will it even work in Vista 64?

And you don't think that disc in the box is a digital copy of the game?

Kotor runs just fine in Vista/Win7 64-bit btw

 

[RyanPaulShaffer]

And you don't think that disc in the box is a digital copy of the game?

Kotor runs just fine in Vista/Win7 64-bit btw

If Steam goes kaput, I can still install and play the disc copy.

I can resell the disc copy if I so desire.

I can buy a used copy of the disc version for cheaper than the MSRP.

I actually have a physical good to show for my money.

Etc, etc.

And that is good to know that KOTOR works fine in Vista 64. It's pretty tough to find a copy of KOTOR (at least without paying $40+ for it), so for $5...hmm...:hmm:

 

[GullyFoyle]

Nothing. I don't pay real money for permission to access a digital copy of a game.

Hmmm...How to reconcile this post with the many posts in the WOW thread...

 

[Schadenfreude]

Torchlight (4x - for gifting)
Audiosurf

 

[Nebor]

If Steam goes kaput, I can still install and play the disc copy.

I can resell the disc copy if I so desire.

I can buy a used copy of the disc version for cheaper than the MSRP.

I actually have a physical good to show for my money.

Etc, etc.

And that is good to know that KOTOR works fine in Vista 64. It's pretty tough to find a copy of KOTOR (at least without paying $40+ for it), so for $5...hmm...:hmm:

That's like saying you only trade in goods and not in currency because currency isn't a real "physical" good. It's only as good as our faith in the government to continue supporting it.

By the same token, I have faith that if Steam were to go away, PC gaming would be entirely over anyway. So much are they now intertwined that PC gaming can't go on without Steam.

And I just threw a boxed copy of KOTOR in the garbage can after buying it on Steam. Who wants to mess with all those discs?

 

[RyanPaulShaffer]

Hmmm...How to reconcile this post with the many posts in the WOW thread...

Perhaps I worded it poorly. There is no boxed, physical, offline, stand-alone copy of WOW available. Also, WOW is constantly updated for the price you pay for that access. Big difference from a stand-alone game.

You can reconcile it with how I didn't choose very good words to portray my thoughts.

IF a physical copy of a game is available for the same or less cost as the digital copy, I will always buy the physical copy.

 

[RyanPaulShaffer]

That's like saying you only trade in goods and not in currency because currency isn't a real "physical" good. It's only as good as our faith in the government to continue supporting it.

Uh...no. It's not the same thing at all. Are you saying the dollar isn't real?

By the same token, I have faith that if Steam were to go away, PC gaming would be entirely over anyway. So much are they now intertwined that PC gaming can't go on without Steam.

lolwut? I can play every PC game (except Valve games, obviously, though I don't play any of those anyway) without ever installing Steam. The only "PC gaming intertwined with Steam" are Valve games, by design. Other PC games just show up on Steam to increase their market exposure.

And I just threw a boxed copy of KOTOR in the garbage can after buying it on Steam. Who wants to mess with all those discs?

That was foolish. You could have at least given them to me.

 

[astrosfan315]

Defense Grid
Buckets of Blood (+2 more copies gifted..fun game!)
Killing Floor (as a gift)

Holding out for some more good deals. So far everything on sale I've already got or don't want! LOL

 

[KaOTiK]

So far I've bought:

Defense Grid: The Awakening
Killing Floor
King Arthur: The Role Playing War Game
King's Bounty: Armored Princess
Stalker: Clear Sky
Torchlight
The Witcher: Enchanted Edition
Zombie Driver

Waiting till the last day to buy and hoping to see these as daily deals:

Dawn of War 2
Dawn of Discovery
Titans Quest Gold
AI War: Fleet Command
World of Conflict Gold
Spellforce 2 Gold
Indigo Prophecy
Shadowgrounds: Survivor

and probably a few other games I don't even know about yet

 

[Oceandevi]

Killing floor
Audiosurf
Defense Grid
Rome TW
World in Conflict
Stalker

spent 24 bucks

 

[TridenT]

Guess what, we already have this thread... Maybe look...

 

[fatpat268]

If Steam goes kaput, I can still install and play the disc copy.

I can resell the disc copy if I so desire.

I can buy a used copy of the disc version for cheaper than the MSRP.

I actually have a physical good to show for my money.

Etc, etc.

And that is good to know that KOTOR works fine in Vista 64. It's pretty tough to find a copy of KOTOR (at least without paying $40+ for it), so for $5...hmm...:hmm:

NO ONE CARES.

now.... move on please. Do we need to argue the merits of online digital distribution and regular boxed copies every time the word steam comes up? No, so please, for the love of god, shut up.

 

[pontifex]

The Witcher Enhanced Edition
Mirror's Edge
Quantum of Solace
Combat Wings: Battles Over Europe
Ghost Recon: Desert Siege

 

[idiotekniQues]

Fallout 3 - Game of the Year Edition $37

 

[minmaster]

nada

 

[mmntech]

I picked up Bioshock, Trine, and Ghostbusters. Damn I'm going to have to upgrade to the 100gb cap before long as all these cheap games are so tempting.

 

[Liet]

Waiting till the last day to buy and hoping to see these as daily deals:

Dawn of War 2
Dawn of Discovery
Titans Quest Gold
AI War: Fleet Command
World of Conflict Gold
Spellforce 2 Gold
Indigo Prophecy
Shadowgrounds: Survivor

and probably a few other games I don't even know about yet

I believe WiC was already on the One-Day sale list... I picked up the Gold package.

 

[Elcs]

I believe WiC was already on the One-Day sale list... I picked up the Gold package.

I paid £9.99 ($15) for WiC Gold (WiC + SA) about 1 hour ago so I think it's just on general sale.

Don't think they'd be selling it any cheaper.

 

[zerocool84]

Company of Heroes
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor
Frontlines: Fuel of War
Full Spectrum Warrior
Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers
Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights
Red Faction
Red Faction Guerrilla
Red Faction II
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
Saints Row 2
Titan Quest
Titan Quest - Immortal Throne
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Gold Edition
Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War - Soulstorm
Warhammer® 40,000™: Dawn of War® II
NBA 2K10
Left 4 Dead 2

I already had Company of Heroes, Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts, and STALKER but wanted almost all of the other games in the THQ pack.

 

[JD50]

Nothing. I don't pay real money for permission to access a digital copy of a game.

Though KOTOR...hmm...will it even work in Vista 64?

Looks like you'll live the rest of your life stuck in 2002 then. The rest of us will enjoy this new digital world, I'm loving it.

 

[Zenoth]

Nothing, unfortunately, simply because my PayPal funds will be available two days after the sale is over. It always happens anyway, since we never know in advance that there will be specific deals I can never make sure to have funds for that specifically, so I bought other things (components) and games at GoG which happened to be exactly two days before the sale occurred, when I saw the sale I immediately sent new funds to my PayPal but due to the holidays work schedules it won't be ready until January 5th.

Had I been able to buy something I would have bought three games, at least. There's one positive thing in all that however, I just have more time for myself instead, and there's always deals on Steam, I just never know when. I don't know much about business, but if they announced that "special sales" and "deals" would happen about one or two weeks in advance without necessarily telling exactly what will be on sale then at least consumers could prepare their finances accordingly "just in case", alas I think that Valve themselves don't know about such details of sales for the games that do not concern their own business (by that I am referring to the games that they themselves published or developed).

 

[marmasatt]

How'd I miss Killing Floor for $4.99 and why isn't it that anymore? Bioshock and the Stalkers are incredible deals....

 

[pontifex]

There are some more games I wouldn't mind having but they aren't at the right price to buy them. Mostly games that I have a slight interest in but none that I must have, so they aren't cheap enough.