Steam Summer Sale 2015

Lockheed

Calvin Leong wrote: »

Easy to make profit on it when new operations come out! Buy the pass (€6) and sell the crates that drop, which are usually €2-€4 when operations first release :P

When I get cs: go I will be new to it, what do you mean by pass?

Turtwig

Anyone able to provide a briefing on Convoy and Enforcer?

pablomakaveli

Lockheed wrote: »

When I get cs: go I will be new to it, what do you mean by pass?

They run different events, or operations, every few months. With a new operation theres new maps and weapon skins as well as ways to earn them. You have to buy a pass to take part though.

gazzamc

Links234 wrote: »

Apparently CS:GO will never go cheaper than 50% off, as supposedly if it gets too cheap there's an uptick in cheaters and smurf accounts.

Damn I was hoping it would.

FAILSAFE 00

Steam summer badge.

I have a duplicate Crusta-Sean card if anyone has a Dire Frog or Dominic card to trade.

http://steamcommunity.com/id/failsafe00

Nollog

Is there a steam group for this sale?

I tried the searching, couldn't find it.

Usually makes trading the duplicate cards a lot easier.

Calvin

Lockheed wrote: »

When I get cs: go I will be new to it, what do you mean by pass?

There's new operations that come out every so often. The latest is operation bloodhound and to have access to special features, you've to buy a pass. Sort of like added DLC, but only for a certain time before it expires.

Mr E

Looks like that's that. 48 hours of Encore Deals now....

Fakman87

Encore deals start today so no new deals.

Links234

Well, that looks like it folks, just the encore now.

jaxdasher

Time to buy the rest of the games ive been on the fence. Anyone want to start Payday 2 with?

TheDoc

Well picked up Hitman Blood money and absolution for €6. Need to start playing and clesring this games now

Dair76

48 hour encore is pretty meh. Think I got everything I wanted though.

pablomakaveli

That 50 quid paypal credit i was owed came in handy today. Bought some games i wasn't 100% on buying from my own money earlier on in the sale.

Picked up The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, The Banner Saga, Child of Light, Sunless Sea, Endless legend and the Guardians DLC and Watch Dogs Deluxe Edition.

I'll weep about my back log later.:pac:

Links234

Ok, so the (maybe) final tally is:

Valkyria Chronicles - 4.99
Wolfenstein: The New Order - 12.49
The Evil Within - Gift
The Evil Within: Season Pass - 9.99
Insurgency 4 pack - 10.49
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes - 4.99

€42.95 in total.

I've got a few euro in my Steam wallet from the refund on Valiant Hearts, so may or may not pick up something else before the end of sale, but I'm not sure if I want to leave it until next time or not. I'm pretty damn pleased with my haul this time around, and I'm really enjoying both The Evil Within and Wolfenstein.

LFC CONNAUGHTON

Any game(s) that I should buy with my remaining €11.21 steam wallet?

Turtwig

Ahh that's it?
Still within budget. I suppose it's time to look at some of the initial 'maybes.'

Btw, Legoworlds if it lives up to its potential sounds amazing!

TheDoc

La Noire
Wolfenstein New Order
City Skylines
Spec Ops the Line
Hitman Blood Money
Hitman Absolution

Think there was one or two more. Decent sale for me considering I hadn't bought anything in the last two.

Outkast_IRE

Only one purchase in this sale and that was

Grey Goo - I am a pretty big fan of RTS games, and grey goo seems like my kinda game.

Mr E

City Skylines
Borderlands Presequel Claptrap DLC
Prison Architect

Not too bad, about €30.

cherryghost

Links234 wrote: »

Ok, so the (maybe) final tally is:

Valkyria Chronicles - 4.99
Wolfenstein: The New Order - 12.49
The Evil Within - Gift
The Evil Within: Season Pass - 9.99
Insurgency 4 pack - 10.49
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes - 4.99

€42.95 in total.

I've got a few euro in my Steam wallet from the refund on Valiant Hearts, so may or may not pick up something else before the end of sale, but I'm not sure if I want to leave it until next time or not. I'm pretty damn pleased with my haul this time around, and I'm really enjoying both The Evil Within and Wolfenstein.

Pretty good!

I bought
Tomb Raider
Far Cry 2
Far Cry
Hatoful Boyfriend
Life Is Strange Episode 1
100% Orange Juice - 4 Pack

Already had both FC games on disc, just completes my FC collection on Steam. I have a tenner still in my wallet so I'm just going to mull over what to get. Payday 2 maybe

Tar.Aldarion

hatoful boyfriend ^_^

dreamers75

Wolf The Old Blood
Payday dlc
dishonoured which im returning cos GOTY is same price on g2play

Links234

Kinda tempted by The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

Turtwig

Game(s) | Price (€)
Presale.
Insurgency | 14.99
GTA V| 59.99
Splinter Cell: Blacklist Deluxe Edition | 29.99
Sub Total | 104.97
|
Sale.
Papers, Please| 2.69
XCOM: Enemy Within | 6.24
Pacman Championship Edition DX: All You Can Eat Bundle | 3.74
Metro Redux Bundle | 7.99
Tomb Raider | 3.99
Cities Skylines | 24.78
Wolfenstein: New Order | 12.49
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood | 9.99
Prison Architect | 4.19
Dishonored GOTY Edition | 8.49
Arma III: Extended Edition | 23.99
Euro Truck 2: East and North Expansions | 13.49
Payday 2: GOTY Edition | 11.49
Mircosoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition | 4.99
Metal Gear Solid: V Ground Zeroes | 4.99
Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition | 7.49
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier | 13.71
[REFUND] Splinter Cell: Blacklist | (-22.5)
The Walking Dead: Season 2 | 5.74
Killing Floor | 4.49
Sub Total | 152.47
|

TOTAL | 257.44

The only purchase I'm hesitant on is Future Soldier. I loved the original GR games. Hence why I bought it, but I'm a little pessimistic about this. Still I'm going to try it anyway.

FAILSAFE 00

Just bought City Skylines [Steam key] for €15 at http://www.gamesrocket.com

The game is almost €19 in the Steam sale, I also spotted Dying Light for €27 but I already own it on XB1.

Just note there is an automated phone verification after the order that takes a few seconds then the code is emailed. Code worked.

Links234

By the way guys! If you've not got it already, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is well worth getting and is an absolute steal at €4.99

Nollog

I bought nothing, the clicker game is great though, i'm just spamming my badge things at level 304,000-something.

Sarn

Same here, I'm actually up a few cent! Saying that I did pre-order Fallout 4 (elsewhere).

cherryghost

Links234 wrote: »

Kinda tempted by The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

Get it, you won't regret it. Seriously good game and it looks beautiful.

Nollog

On the whole cards/badge thing, I need a bob, have serveral of others.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/Nollog/gamecards/368020/

plz2fix

TetraxShard

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
Chroma Squad: Inspired by Saban's Power Rangers
Cities Skylines
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars & Kane's Wrath
Dirt 3 Complete
Doorkickers
Dragon Ball XenoVerse
Grow Home
Homeworld Remastered Collection
Invisible, Inc.
Jurassic Park (the Telltale one)
LEGO The Hobbit
Legend of Grimrock 2
Lichdom Battlemage
Life is Strange
Magic the Gathering 2015: Garruk's Revenge DLC
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Payday 2 DLC (all the ones I didn't have, everything up to The Alesso Heist)
Pillars of Eternity: Heroic Edition
Pro Evolution Soccer 2015
Sunless Sea
Valkyria Chronicles
WWE 2K15 (got a refund on this one)
Wolfenstein: The New Order & The Old Blood

Like I said, it got ugly. I got Witcher 3 and Arkham Knight free with my 970 so that freed up a lot of funds. Still, should do me until Sword Coast Legends and another Hearthstone expansion drop.

iamanengine

Bioshock
Bioshock 2
Bioshock Infinite
Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin
GTA IV w/ DLC + Liberty City Stories
Gunpoint
Hitman Absolution
Mark of the Ninja
Max Payne 3
One Finger Death Punch
Shadow Warrior

Far more than intended Still, happy with that haul! Probably won't pick up anything else.

flyingsnail

I had set myself a limit of €60 but I only spent 12.33. Not that it was a bad sale, just that I had already bought most things I was interested in.

This war of mine 7.59
Banished 4.74

chrislad

Having being away from PC gaming for a good while, I was quite bold.

Metal Gear Solid: Revengenance
Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes
Goat Simulator (may refund)
Portal 2
Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead 2
Castlevania: Lord of Shadows 2
Castlevania: Mirror of Fate
Dishonored: GOTY
Don't Starve
Final Fantasy XIII
Final Fantasy XIII-2
Halo: Spartan Strike
Halo: Spartan Assault
Strider
Alice: Madness Returns
Child of Light
Valiant Hearts
Wolf Among Us
Battleblock Theater
Fallout: New Vegas (Ultimate Edition)

I did sell a ton of cards (about 15e worth) plus sold two Wii U games, so I didn't really go outside that budget! Hell of a backlog now!

Turtwig

I don't actually consider it as a backlog. More a collection of games akin to a library like Netflix. Depending on what mood I'm in I'll play a certain game. If I don't ever play any particular game I don't really care. As long as I'm having fun I don't really care. To me it's not about finishing a game, or playing a game because you own it. It's simply about being able to relax, unwind, escape and have fun.:)

Patser

Valkyra Chronicles
Ultimate General Gettysburg

I've spent €8

How do developers make money.

Turtwig

Patser wrote: »

Valkyra Chronicles
Ultimate General Gettysburg

I've spent €8

How do developers make money.

Online distribution, less indirect costs. The games' proportional discount generally depends on the age and day to day sales popularity. You'll never see the latest Call of Duty @ 75% off. But you might see a game released the exact same week as it at 75% off. Generally speaking the greater the discount the more likely there is to be a influx of purchasing. Even more so if it's a "limited" time offer. Simply put humans are more prone to making a purchase if they believe they cannot avail of that purchase value again. If a dev/publisher get's a high enough increase in sales numbers then the discount allowed is offset by that increase. (Imagine selling 3 copies of a game at €30 very selling €3,000 at €7.49.) Most of the time in these kind of sales that's exactly what happens. Devs/publishers, practically indie ones often stand to gain a great deal from these type of sales. (If their game is recommended by the community at large.)

pablomakaveli

My haul for the sale

Sniper Elite 3
Enslaved
Witcher 3
Cities:Skylines
Besiege
I Am Bread
Five Nights at Freddies
Burnout Paradise
Rise Of Nations
Black Sea Colonies and Wrath of Sparta DLC for Rome 2
Grow Home
Irish paint jobs DLC for Euro Truck Simulator 2
The Banner Saga
Child of Light
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Watch Dogs
Sunless Sea
Endless Legends plus Guardians DLC

Happy enough with all that. Most of it was on my wishlist and i should be playing most of them in the coming months. Already got stuck into Witcher 3 and those rare moments i can pull myself away from it i've been playing Cities Skylines as well.

Patser

Turtwig wrote: »

Online distribution, less indirect costs. The games' proportional discount generally depends on the age and day to day sales popularity. You'll never see the latest Call of Duty @ 75% off. But you might see a game released the exact same week as it at 75% off. Generally speaking the greater the discount the more likely there is to be a influx of purchasing. Even more so if it's a "limited" time offer. Simply put humans are more prone to making a purchase if they believe they cannot avail of that purchase value again. If a dev/publisher get's a high enough increase in sales numbers then the discount allowed is offset by that increase. (Imagine selling 3 copies of a game at €30 very selling €3,000 at €7.49.) Most of the time in these kind of sales that's exactly what happens. Devs/publishers, practically indie ones often stand to gain a great deal from these type of sales. (If their game is recommended by the community at large.)

Thank you Professor.

dreamers75

Turtwig wrote: »

Online distribution, less indirect costs. The games' proportional discount generally depends on the age and day to day sales popularity. You'll never see the latest Call of Duty @ 75% off. But you might see a game released the exact same week as it at 75% off. Generally speaking the greater the discount the more likely there is to be a influx of purchasing. Even more so if it's a "limited" time offer. Simply put humans are more prone to making a purchase if they believe they cannot avail of that purchase value again. If a dev/publisher get's a high enough increase in sales numbers then the discount allowed is offset by that increase. (Imagine selling 3 copies of a game at €30 very selling €3,000 at €7.49.) Most of the time in these kind of sales that's exactly what happens. Devs/publishers, practically indie ones often stand to gain a great deal from these type of sales. (If their game is recommended by the community at large.)

Other side of that is that it puts PC Gamers into a mentality of "what they would pay".

If a game is on our radar we somehow rate them as "how much would we pay" for it ie I bought GTA at almost full price knowing I would get my monies worth.

I waited for Wolf Old Blood to drop to the tenner price point i would pay for it.

other games fall into the yeah maybe if its a fiver I will get it.

Its great for anti piracy, i honesly cant remember the last game I pirated and it was at least 3 to 4 years ago. I couldnt be arsed when I know it will be a fiver at some point.

EoinHef

Turtwig wrote: »

I don't actually consider it as a backlog. More a collection of games akin to a library like Netflix. Depending on what mood I'm in I'll play a certain game. If I don't ever play any particular game I don't really care. As long as I'm having fun I don't really care. To me it's not about finishing a game, or playing a game because you own it. It's simply about being able to relax, unwind, escape and have fun.:)

Spot on for me aswell,i used to think i shouldnt add to backlog unless i finish a few games but soon realised whats the point. Especially if some are games i dont like.

I want to have fun when i turn PC on not slog through hours of a game i dont like just cause i bought it and feel burdened to finish it.

If i ever have kids they will get my steam account as part of their inheritence anyway,maybe they can play the ones i havent played:)

marko93

Got a refund on Jurassic Park, so the games I got were

Valkyria Chronicles
The Ship (gift )
Bioshock Triple Pack
Metro Redux Bundle

annnnd I took a gamble on ARK

jaxdasher

FAILSAFE 00 wrote: »

Steam summer badge.

I have a duplicate Crusta-Sean card if anyone has a Dire Frog or Dominic card to trade.

http://steamcommunity.com/id/failsafe00

I got a spare Dominic Card

CastorTroy

Turtwig wrote: »

Game(s) | Price (€)
Presale.
Splinter Cell: Blacklist Deluxe Edition | 29.99
|

Sale.
[REFUND] Splinter Cell: Blacklist | (-22.5)
|

As a matter of interest, how come you didn't get a full refund? Or you saying you got the refund but bought it again at the sale price?

Turtwig

CastorTroy wrote: »

As a matter of interest, how come you didn't get a full refund? Or you saying you got the refund but bought it again at the sale price?

Purchased again at sale price, €7.49.

_Godot_

Mass Effect at 1.75 is so tempting, if I don't buy it at that price, when would I buy it? So, bought!

erkifino

/\/ollog wrote: »

On the whole cards/badge thing, I need a bob, have serveral of others.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/Nollog/gamecards/368020/

plz2fix

I have bob if you want him. No need for it myself. How do I get it to ya?

Canis Lupus

marko93 wrote: »

Got a refund on Jurassic Park, so the games I got were

Valkyria Chronicles
The Ship (gift )
Bioshock Triple Pack
Metro Redux Bundle

annnnd I took a gamble on ARK

Played any ARK yet? I'm always dubious about early access games after being bitten by the crap that is Dayz standalone.

racersedge

Finger is hovering over the cart containing Cities: Skyline and the Metro bundle.

Done pretty well thus far and 'made' money thus far by flogging those cards for six cent a piece when I grab them. Have spent 11 though, getting the Arkham bundle of three over at GMG due to it being cheaper than at Steam.

Just trying to do a bit of time management to make sure I can play them anytime in the near future! At least the encore sales goes on long enough to let myself contest an internal battle of wills of the will I/won't I :P