Steam Summer Sale 2016 - Speculation and Chat

Links234

Mr E wrote: »

Only 20% off Hyperlight Drifter, a miserable 10% off Salt and Sanctuary and nothing off Stephen's Sausage Roll or Hitman.

HLD and S&S are pretty recent though, so you probably wouldn't expect a huge discount on those. Shrouded in Sanity is one I'm looking at and that's only 15% off as it was just out in May.

degrassinoel

FAILSAFE 00 wrote: »

Probably because everyone has already bought it

I waited gonna grab it as soon as the store sorts itself out

Andrew76

Everything on my watch list is discounted (except for Eitr ofc).

The discounts are pretty scabby though.

Stardew Valley €11.19
Enter the Gungeon €13.49
Hyper Light Drifter €15.99
Duskers €16.99

Squad down to €27.74.

lawlolawl

Store is utterly wrecked at the moment. Not even worth the effort.

Falthyron

Has Batman Arkham Knight and Assassin's Creed Unity been fixed? Are they now playable on PC?

Sofiztikated

Wow, it's 7.30, and it's still sluggish af! Must've went for the chocolate server upgrade.

Think I'm going to have a fairly quiet sale, might pick up a couple of small titles, but that's about it. Banished, This War of Mine look good from the front page.

Maybe War for the Overworld, it really does look like Dungeon Keeper 3. Anyone have a verdict?

madcabbage

I'm on the lookout for GTAV, I assume once theres a price cut on big games like that, there won't be any further ones?

Dair76

madcabbage wrote: »

I'm on the lookout for GTAV, I assume once theres a price cut on big games like that, there won't be any further ones?

Yeah, the flash deals, community votes etc are gone, so any savings available now will be the best you get for the duration of the sale.

degrassinoel

madcabbage wrote: »

I'm on the lookout for GTAV, I assume once theres a price cut on big games like that, there won't be any further ones?

It appears to be the same model they used at christmas, so i'd say myself, the discounts are all static until the sale ends on the 4th

Sofiztikated

Dair76 wrote: »

Yeah, the flash deals, community votes etc are gone, so any savings available now will be the best you get for the duration of the sale.

What, seriously?

Its dead Jim

Bit weird, assassin's creed 4 is €5 while 3 is €10.

Links234

Vermintide is 50% off!

Retr0gamer

Would ya's all stop logging on so I can see me wishlist?

Links234

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Would ya's all stop logging on so I can see me wishlist?

That would mean taking my finger off the F5 key! :eek:

Dair76

Sofiztikated wrote: »

What, seriously?

Yup. It's as a result of them bringing in the refund system - there's no way they could handle tens of thousands of refund requests during a sale, most of which would be because someone bought a game at a discount, only to see it further reduced on a daily deal or flash sale.

flyingsnail

Finally going to pickup the witcher 3, is the Hearts of stone dlc worth 8,99€?

Links234

So I'm trying to explore my queue to get cards to sell, and it's still giving me 503s and black screens. It used to be like this for the first half hour or so, but this seems worse than previous sales.

Still haven't managed to buy anything yet either.

dunworth1

Links234 wrote: »

So I'm trying to explore my queue to get cards to sell, and it's still giving me 503s and black screens. It used to be like this for the first half hour or so, but this seems worse than previous sales.

i'm getting there abet slowly

degrassinoel

Links234 wrote: »

So I'm trying to explore my queue to get cards to sell, and it's still giving me 503s and black screens. It used to be like this for the first half hour or so, but this seems worse than previous sales.

Still haven't managed to buy anything yet either.

That's probably the reason it's so slow, everyone is refreshing the recommendations queue to get their free cards, each item on the list has to load it's own page, most of them include screenshots and at least 1 video.

I'd say it'll be like that every day at 6 til people get bored of checking the list

madcabbage

So pretty much all the prices were seeing now are it really until 4th July?

dunworth1

madcabbage wrote: »

So pretty much all the prices were seeing now are it really until 4th July?

if a game is on sale that what its going to stay at until the 4th

new games will be added daily

the_syco

What's the crappy game on the Steam site this year?

ShaneU

Underwhelming sale, don't care what anyone says, games aren't being discounted as quickly as they used to.

Divinity Original Sin came out 2 years ago and it's still €20.
Shovel Knight released 2 years ago, only 33% off.

I'll be surprised if I buy anything in this sale.

pablomakaveli

Had a few games in mind that I wanted to pick up but seeing the prices I'm feeling really underwhelmed. Think for the winter sale I must just take advantage of the sales on other sites. I 've seen better offers on a lot of games on sites like HB in recent weeks.

pablomakaveli

the_syco wrote: »

What's the crappy game on the Steam site this year?

The "how quick can I sell my sale cards before the price tanks" game.:pac:

Links234

ShaneU wrote: »

Underwhelming sale, don't care what anyone says, games aren't being discounted as quickly as they used to.

Divinity Original Sin came out 2 years ago and it's still €20.
Shovel Knight released 2 years ago, only 33% off.

I'll be surprised if I buy anything in this sale.

Valve doesn't set the prices.

Shovel Knight in particular is interesting, because the developer has spoken out that he doesn't want to discount it heavily, as he feels indie games engage in a kind of a race to the bottom.

Links234

Oh wow, finally! After 2 and a half hours of try, first purchase went through.

Party Hard
Steamworld Heist: The Outsider (DLC)

A really good start

madcabbage

Bit the bullet, went for Rise of The Tomb Raider and chanced the Stick Of Truth.

Falthyron

madcabbage wrote: »

Bit the bullet, went for Rise of The Tomb Raider and chanced the Stick Of Truth.

Rest assured, you have nothing to worry about!

the_syco

FAILSAFE 00 wrote: »

Arma 3 Apex edition €29.99

€23.99

Pretty much the only game I'm thinking of getting.

Possibly also "The Last Leviathan", as it looks fun.

=-=

For the Rocksmith people; is there much bass songs on Rocksmith? I remember you used to have to get a seperate edition one year, but wondering is it all in one in the 2014 edition?

J_E

Dair76 wrote: »

Yup. It's as a result of them bringing in the refund system - there's no way they could handle tens of thousands of refund requests during a sale, most of which would be because someone bought a game at a discount, only to see it further reduced on a daily deal or flash sale.

It's stuff like that and forcing me to have the Steam app just for half-reasonable selling of cards that damages my recent experience of the platform.

DownOneTourist

I might pick up this war of mine and mount and blade warband

Links234

I can actually explore my queue now! So much anime bull****, no thanks Steam! :pac:

Dair76

J_E wrote: »

It's stuff like that and forcing me to have the Steam app just for half-reasonable selling of cards that damages my recent experience of the platform.

Personally, I'd much rather the ability to get refunds than have extra sales "excitement" twice a year.

Robert ninja

FAILSAFE 00 wrote: »

Arma 3 Apex edition €29.99

€23.99

It's actually just Arma 3 Apex DLC.

Arma 3 Apex edition is €41.99. That's the one that includes the base game.

Links234 wrote: »

I can actually explore my queue now! So much anime bull****, no thanks Steam! :pac:

All those big anime titties. Tag with trigger warnings

Speaking of which, Nekopara all 3 volumes are discounted. http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/676/

Don't forget to uncensor patch

dunworth1

madcabbage wrote:

Bit the bullet, went for Rise of The Tomb Raider and chanced the Stick Of Truth.

Is the steam version censored?

kevovek

Probably over and done with already for me, came in just under my planned budget.
MGS:V
Armello
Hard west
The Witcher 3
Soma
Darkest dungeon

madcabbage

I couldn't tell ya right this moment because the flipping game won't load!! :mad:
Just reinstalling now.

Mal-Adjusted

Sofiztikated wrote: »

Maybe War for the Overworld, it really does look like Dungeon Keeper 3. Anyone have a verdict?

I got it on sale a couple of weeks ago. It pretty much is DK3, so much so that the different names for monsters and rooms actually threw me a bit. I heard that it was pretty buggy at launch but it's been patched since.

Links234

kevovek wrote: »

Probably over and done with already for me, came in just under my planned budget.
MGS:V
Armello
Hard west
The Witcher 3
Soma
Darkest dungeon

That's an awesome haul!

Tempted to get SOMA as well myself, but I have everything else there, and yeah, you're in for a treat.

ED E

Eyeing up XCOM2

EDIT: And deserts of Kharak

Links234

OK! So, Steam are doing bundles for this sale, and they're actually pretty amazing. You can see them all here. But here's a few of interest:

Turn-based Strategy Bundle:

Banner Saga
Invisible Inc.
Thea: The Awakening
Gremlins Inc.
Hard West

Metroidvania Bundle:

Shantae and The Pirate's Curse
Strider
Axiom Verge
Salt & Sanctuary
Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight

Rather interesting.

super_furry

Not sure what to make of this sale but I've already dumped €60 in.

Got:

Subnautica
Dreamfall Chapters
The Long Dark
Killing Floor 2
Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition
Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series

CastorTroy

Is Stick of Truth on Steam the uncensored version?

ZeitgeistGlee

Can't say I'm wowed by this Sale at all, no more voted or flash sales, no browser game and the only interaction is click through lists filled with ****ty anime games for cards.

With that said the only 3 things I have on my list are discounted, though I was hoping for more than 20% on Stardew Valley.

Dair76

Ah fuck off Steam... Telling me my credit card has been declined when I'm actually using funds already in my Steam wallet! :rolleyes:

Links234

Dair76 wrote: »

Ah fuck off Steam... Telling me my credit card has been declined when I'm actually using funds already in my Steam wallet! :rolleyes:

Same thing happened to me earlier. It's buggier than usual.

Lone Stone

i got that aswell with the declined cc thing ugh !

If anyone plays warframe, they have 50% on the steam packs so you can get the 100 euro on for like 50ish which is like a **** tone of in-game cash.

Dair76

Links, did you find those bundles by accident, or are Steam advertising them somewhere on the store's home page?

Lone Stone

keeps telling me i cant make a purchase because i have one pending >_<