Steam Sale: What did you get?

[RyanPaulShaffer]

that analogy was prolly a little over your head. keep up the simpleminded steam hate

Ooh, an Internet tough guy!

No comment on his "Steam IS PC gaming" statement.

I see.

Keep up the simple-minded Steam fawning.

To get back on topic, how long does the KOTOR deal last?

 

[Rakewell]

So this is what I've bought since this infernal sale began:

Act of War Direct Action
Act of War High Treason
Alien Shooter
Alien Shooter 2 reloaded
Alien Shooter Revisited
Assassin's Creed
Batman Arkham Asylum
Braid
Call of Juarez Bound in Blood
Chronicles of Riddick Assault on Dark Athena
Company of Heroes
Company of Heroes Opposing Fronts
Company of Heroes Tales of Valor
Dead Space
Oblivion
Evil Genius
Freedom Force
Freedom Force vs the 3rd Reich
Frontlines Fule of War
Gratuitous Space Battles
Mirror's Edge
Prototype
Red Faction Guerrilla
Resident Evil 5
Serious Sam HD
Shadowgrounds
Shadowgrounds Survivor
Titan Quest
Titan Quest Immortal Throne
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
Universe at War
The Witcher
Wolfenstein
World in Conflict
World in Conflict Soviet Assault
World of Goo
Zombie Bowl-O-Rama
Zombie Shooter
Zombie Shooter 2

Maybe there will be a deal on a game today about a guy who buys too many damned games.

 

[chalmers]

that analogy was prolly a little over your head. keep up the simpleminded steam hate :thumbsup:

Don't mind him, he feels out of place when he's not incessantly posting multiple times a day about World of Warcraft in the sticky thread with those other weirdos.

 

[ahenkel]

Gta IV, Ghostbusters, and bioshock.

 

[mmntech]

$6 and some change for the Ghostbusters game.

It's definitely a good price! The game's a lot of fun. Beat it already on PS3 but I can't pass up $6 when the disc versions are still going for four or five times that. Too bad it's taking forever to download. Arghh.

And yes, Steam does kick butt. It's taken the hassle out of PC gaming IMHO.

 

[JoshGuru7]

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"

This is a tricky proposition because if consumers expect a price reduction in the future they will be less likely to purchase today, and money today is worth more than money tomorrow (time value of money). At the same time, Valve wants to avoid giving a price break to somebody who was going to purchase at a higher price anyway (marginal cost of "sale" prices). As a result you have two fairly strong reasons not to advertise specific deals too far in the future. That's why you have all the attempts at secrecy around even supposedly obvious sales like Black Friday where everybody expects certain items to be on sale.

Fundamentally, this Steam sale is about impulse buys and I think it's a pretty good idea overall. Torchlight at $5 was probably a mistake (pure conjecture on my part) but if you look at most of the titles people are posting they are most likely not anything that the person would have purchased ever at the current non-sale prices.

On a side note, events like this sale are an excellent illustration of just how great the potential for digital distribution is for consumers. Max Payne 1 & 2 were pretty great action games and they are available together for $3 something - much less than it would cost to a company to simply give them to you for free once you factor in burning to CDs and shipping. Whatever you think about Steam or DRM there are huge benefits to innovations that allow costs to be lowered and as digital distribution matures in the future there is every reason to be optimistic as a consumer.

 

[Evadman]

You now own Jewel Quest 3
You now own S T A L K E R : Clear Sky
You now own Sniper Elite
You now own Boggle
You now own Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
You now own Outrun2006 Coast 2 Coast
You now own hearts_of_iron_3_de_infantry_sprite_pack
You now own Jewel Quest Mysteries
You now own GRID
You now own FUEL
You now own Death Track
You now own Family Feud 3
You now own Ghost Recon: Island Thunder
You now own Cryostasis
You now own Family Feud 2
You now own Hearts of Iron III
You now own Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
You now own Not in Use
You now own Burnout Paradise
You now own Alien Shooter
You now own Build-A-Lot 2
You now own hearts_of_iron_3_us_sprite_pack
You now own Death to Spies: Moment of Truth
You now own Family Feud 4
You now own XIII Century
You now own Hospital Tycoon
You now own Jewel Quest 2
You now own Atari 80 Classic Games in One
You now own Family Feud
You now own hearts_of_iron_3_jp_infantry_sprite_pack
You now own Defense Grid: The Awakening
You now own Zombie Driver
You now own Ben There Dan That!
You now own Source SDK Base 2007
You now own Build-A-Lot 3
You now own Judge Dredd: Dredd vs Death
You now own Overlord
You now own Toca Race Driver 3
You now own Jade Empire
You now own Universe at War: Earth Assault
You now own Metal Drift
You now own Foreign Legion: Buckets of Blood
You now own hearts_of_iron_3_de_sprite_pack
You now own Mahjong Quest 3
You now own Maelstrom
You now own Project Freedom
You now own Day of Defeat: Source
You now own Damnation
You now own Mahjong Quest 2
You now own DiRT
You now own Build-A-Lot
You now own Hearts of Iron III
You now own The Witcher: Enhanced Edition
You now own Stubbs the Zombie
You now own Ghost Recon
You now own Second Sight
You now own Ashes Cricket 2009
You now own DiRT 2
You now own NecroVisioN
You now own The Witcher: Director's Cut DLC
You now own Killing Floor Mod: Defence Alliance 2
You now own Overlord II
You now own Source SDK
You now own Battleship
You now own King's Bounty: Armored Princess
You now own Soldiers Heroes of World War 2
You now own Risk II
You now own Rise of the Argonauts
You now own Indigo Prophecy
You now own Alien Shooter - Revisited
You now own Ghostbusters: The Video Game
You now own Battlefield 2
You now own Brian Lara International Cricket 2007
You now own Time Gentlemen Please!
You now own Jo Jo's Fashion Show
You now own Jo Jo's Fashion Show 2
You now own Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter
You now own Men of War
You now own Risk
You now own Lumines Lumines Advanced Pack
You now own Build-A-Lot 4
You now own Killing Floor SDK
You now own Killing Floor
You now own Alien Shooter 2 - Reloaded
You now own Ghost Recon: Desert Siege
You now own 1701 AD
You now own Zombie Shooter
You now own Mahjong Quest
You now own Top Spin 2
You now own Clive Barker's Jericho
You now own Cogs
You now own Overlord: Raising Hell
You now own Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Mission Editor
You now own Zombie Bowl-O-Rama
You now own hearts_of_iron_3_soviet_sprite_pack
You now own Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
You now own Jewel Quest
You now own Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
You now own Bad Rats
You now own Driver: Parallel Lines
You now own Grand Theft Auto IV
You now own Source SDK Base
You now own Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
You now own Dreamkiller

Crap. I bought way too much.

 

[chalmers]

Just bought Left 4 Dead original. Never played it, looking forward to it.

I love Steam, I don't know how anyone couldn't.

 

[chalmers]

Off topic but I didn't want to make a new thread.

What is the official site that shows how many people are playing Steam games at any one time, is it gametracker?

Thanks

 

[AllWhacked]

Off topic but I didn't want to make a new thread.

What is the official site that shows how many people are playing Steam games at any one time, is it gametracker?

Thanks

http://store.steampowered.com/stats/

 

[shortylickens]

I bought tons of crap, all on sale.
Have been having lots of fun with Kings Bounty and the sequel.

They're like a 3D Heroes of Might and Magic, but not the crappy Heroes 4 or 5. They have the fun of Heroes 3, with graphics much better than 5. You cant have too many units at one time, but the dragon pet MORE than makes up for it.

Theres a demo if you arent sure you'll like it. But I think any fan of TBS will enjoy themselves.

 

[zerogear]

So far:

You now own Jade Empire.
You now own Zombie Driver.
You now own Dead Space.
You now own Lumines, Lumines Advanced Pack.
You now own Nikopol.
You now own Indigo Prophecy.
You now own Sniper Elite.
You now own Prince of Persia: The Warrior Within.
You now own Prince of Persia: Two Thrones.
You now own Prince of Persia: Sands of Time.
You now own Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter.
You now own Quake 3 Arena, Wolfenstein 3D, Ultimate Doom, Final Doom, Doom 2, Quake, Quake II, Quake II: The Reckoning, Quake II: Ground Zero, Quake 3 Team Arena, Hexen, Hexen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel, Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders, Spear of Destiny, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Quake Mission Pack 2: Dissolution of Eternity, Quake Mission Pack 1: Scourge of Armagon, Doom 3, Hexen 2, Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil, Master Levels of Doom II, Commander Keen Complete Pack.
You now own Grand Theft Auto IV.
You now own STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl.

This sale needs to be over. My wallet needs to recoop.

 

[shortylickens]

HOLY CRAP!
I was playing Kings Bounty for over 5 hours!!
I need a life.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

wow @ evadman!

 

[fatpat268]

Wow, evadman. Looks like you bought just about every game on sale.

I thought my list was large... I'll post my list when the sale is done.

 

[Lamont Burns]

This sale is the devil. I think my SO is going to murderize me.

Also, my FPS skillz are weak I guess, b/c Farcry is kicking my ass on Medium.

 

[Elcs]

HOLY CRAP!
I was playing Kings Bounty for over 5 hours!!
I need a life.

In my opinion this game is better than HoMM3/5 and has got almost 0 recognition.

Armoured Princess, the expansion is evilly hard even on easy mode. I am seriously struggling there.

 

[Aikouka]

Heh, I love how the sales today were god awful... then I look back and the sales got super awesome. In fact, Crysis+Warhead wasn't even on sale at first and now it's 66% off.

 

[SunnyD]

Just added Crysis Ultimate (mostly for modding, likely the only "game" over $10 that I'll buy) and Half-life: Source.

 

[SpunkyJones]

The Witcher
Serious Sam HD
STALKER
Jade Empire

Add Crysis Max to the list for me. Wife is going to kill me when she see's how many games I bought myself.

 

[Skott]

Just tell her you are doing your part to fight the recession. /chuckle

 

[zerocool84]

Just added Crysis Ultimate (mostly for modding, likely the only "game" over $10 that I'll buy) and Half-life: Source.

Add Crysis Max to the list for me. Wife is going to kill me when she see's how many games I bought myself.

Yep I just hopped on Crysis since I haven't played it yet. Too much damn money spent. I think I spent more than last year.

 

[minmaster]

i nearly got civ4 complete last night but that would've destroyed all my new years resolutions. i'm still at 0, but i still want to come out of the holiday sale with at least 1 game.

 

[shortylickens]

In my opinion this game is better than HoMM3/5 and has got almost 0 recognition.

Armoured Princess, the expansion is evilly hard even on easy mode. I am seriously struggling there.

Oh shit!
Armored Princess is the expansion? I thought it was the core game. Was wondering why I kept getting my ass handed to me.
I have tons of money, but cant seem to keep my armies up. When they get killed off its always a long trek back to the handful of places I know I can replenish them at.
Maybe I should just use small groups of the more powerful monsters, like Dragons, Cyclops and such. If I protect them properly they wont die.

 

[Adrenaline]

I have been using Steam for a little bit and am pleased with how smoothe it is now that I got help with the only issue I was having.

I like my battle.net account as I am downloading all my games from them on to my hard drive right now. They come downloaded and fully patched ready to install. I hope I don't need to use the cd with them.