Re: It's That Time Again!

On Sat, 30 Nov 2024 10:14:20 -0500, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com>
wrote:

On Fri, 29 Nov 2024 17:17:04 -0500, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
>

They send me "this game on your wishlist is on sale" mails, I check and
they're not enough on sale to buy usually.

>
Yeah, same for me. A lot of the games I want are on sale right now,
but at only 30% off or so, I am going to wait. That isn't good enough.

Honestly, this sale probably isn't that much worse than any of Valve's
other recent sales. And if you look hard enough, you /can/ find some
bargains (for instance, you can get "Mad Max" for $2USD, which is well
worth it at that price. Or "Kingdom Come Deliverance" is also going
for $3USD; equally worthy). But most of the real bargains are for
games that are five or ten years old. Steam sales _used_ to give you
the NEWEST games at those prices (even if it was only for a single
hour during a flash sale). But the current '20% off our $79.99 retail
price' just isn't as compelling.

    [All the more so since it's usually only the base game which
     gets discounted, with none of the DLC on sale. Which pretty
     much tells you how these companies make the bulk of their
     revenue]

But that's okay. It gives us this yearly tradition of bitchin' 'bout
the sales, which is _almost_ as much fun. Just watch, we'll be doing
it again in February when the winter sale starts! ;-)

    [Well, _I_ will anyway.]