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Steam Winter Sale 2024 Has Begun!
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The prices aren't impressing me, then again, they really hadn't impressed me for 5 years in a row now. They're exactly the same as I've seen them in other sales, except the other sales mark them down slightly lower.
Granted, I've acquired nearly every game I've personally been scouting for so the thrill is mostly gone. I'd only be spending just to spend on things I don't quite need and not want.
Steam sales 10 years ago were a thing of myth and majesty.
They really were. Like, in 2015, I paid a total of $153 for like 34 games. It doesn't sound like a lot, but for the games I wanted that were there? Totally worth it. Like Wolfenstein the Old Blood, Transformers War For/Fall Of Cybertron, Oblivion and Morrowind to mention a few.
I disagree.
I've been though the Steam Sales for well over 10 years now, and I remember when they switched up how they did it.
Yeah you no longer have a 90% discount for a single day on a game so there isn't anywhere near as much chatter, which I miss, but there are plently of big names with 90% off. I think that is either what you miss, or you are now 5 years older and just don't get as excited, or there hasn't been much released that interest you.
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/only-15-percent-of-all-steam-users-time-was-spent-playing-games-released-in-2024/
Games with good reviews and 90% off:
https://steamdb.info/sales/?min_discount=90&min_rating=80&min_reviews=500
Is it the sales, or are there just less games coming out at the moment that interest you at any price?
My argument is that, the purpose of the Autumn and Winter Sales is we're expected to see staggeringly great deals. That is why so many people have looked forward towards every year with Steam. When you see a game that's been consistently 20% all year, it's been released 6 years ago for example and it's active on the Winter Sale with the same exact price as it had been? It defeats the purpose of being involved in the sale in the first place.
It's a matter of to each their own as to what game they think is currently having a great deal and that's factored in whether or not that they have it. I'm seeing deals of games where I admit, are at extremely better price points than when I originally got them for. But I also can say that there are games that are on sale right now, where I remembered getting them at better deals way back when.
I've already pointed out that it's also likely that I've been acquiring a majority of the games that I want and that if I partake into this sale, I'd only be spending for the sake of spending which may likely not be worth my expenses.
In a way, I accept that. I think too many super discounts were starting to poison the industry such that indie devs with a limited audience couldn’t even make their costs back, and couldn’t raise their price because they’d compete with so much $4 slop.
(By the way, my other post highlights some great $4 slop)
I've noticed this too with Steam. Sales aren't nearly as good (also, didn't we just have one?!?) and "release dates" on decade-old games can be listed as say, two years if there was an update or a slight change
Dunno if it's Steam themselves or others 'gaming' the system, apologies for the pun