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From: ant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
Subject: Re: It's That Time Again!
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candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
> Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 23:41 this Saturday (GMT):
> > candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
> >> Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 01:15 this Saturday (GMT):
> >> > Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
> >> >> Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the
> >> >> entrails of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs
> >> >> say:
> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >What time is it? Why, it's Steam Sale time! And you know what that
> >> >> >means! Time to bitch about Steam Sales again! It's tradition!
> >> >> >
> >> >> >But honestly, it doesn't even seem like they're trying anymore. I
> >> >> >swear, the sale prices look like the _retail_ prices; like all the
> >> >> >publishers just jacked up the regular cost and then put it on 'sale'
> >> >> >for what it normally goes for. The savings just aren't there. All the
> >> >> >real discounts are only on games that have already been discounted to
> >> >> >hell and back for years. 
> >> >> >
> >> >> >I really miss the 'flash sales' Valve used to offer, when you got
> >> >> >massive discounts for a very brief period. I picked up dozens of
> >> >> >triple-A games back then for a pittance; now we're lucky to see them
> >> >> >down by 10 or 15%. But that's what happens when you achieve a monopoly
> >> >> >on a market; pleasing customers (or working to attract new ones)
> >> >> >becomes a lot less important. ;-)
> >> >> >
> >> >> >That's not to say I didn't take advantage of the sale, but I'm pretty
> >> >> >sure I would have bought the games -and for pretty much the same
> >> >> >price- regardless of whether this 'massive store sale' was taking
> >> >> >place or not.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >But hey, Valve is obviously trying. Why, if you play their silly
> >> >> >games, you can get some stickers* for your bother! Doesn't that just
> >> >> >want to make you rush out and visit Steam today?
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >* no, I've no fucking idea what they are either
> >> >> >
> >> >> They send me "this game on your wishlist is on sale" mails, I check and
> >> >> they're not enough on sale to buy usually.
> >> >> But that usually constitutes my one weekly email.
> >> >> Except during holidays when the mail company tries to upsell me on cloud
> >> >> storage, mass email capability and massive attachment sizes, plus no ads
> >> >> (like there are any ads when you smtp and pop3 instead of using their
> >> >> retarded web portal.)
> >> >
> >> >> If the sale isn't 50% or more, not buying.   Especially on games with a
> >> >> base price of $80 and a real price over $90, better be 80% off.
> >> >
> >> > I just wait for 100%. ;)
> >
> >> Like HL2?
> >
> > Yes, but I already bought that game back then.

> Me too. At least I got it for like 2$ on the steam summer sale.

I bought it from a local retail store when this game just came out. Worth it. Even better was The Orange Box in a few years later. 
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