Steam Summer Sale Goes Live

[bliebblob]

And thus began the greatest experiment of our time: can boredom and deep price cuts change my mind on games I did not care about before the sale?

Tangentially related: how do we all feel about the new cards thingamagig? I read the introduction page but I'm not 'feeling it' at all because it seems it all boils down to "collect cards -> pimp profile page."
One of the first things I did on my steam account was make that page completely private and it's been that way ever since. I use steam for two things: sales, and keeping my games collection neatly organized. So if valve wants to add "gaming facebook" to that list they're gonna have to come up with a lot more incentive than some portal themed backgrounds.

I literally do not care at all about the cards. They are just there. Only reason I don't delete them like TF2 crates is because when I was about to I realized I could put them up on the market. Made a cool $3. I may not care, but apparently many do, so now they're a way for me to get a little extra pocket change.

That's pretty neat! But still, when did gaming become a form of stock broking? First there was wow and it's auction house, which is now a standard staple of mmo's. Then free to play elements started showing up in every other game. And now steam is turning in to a gaming stock exchange. I recognize the advantages of each, but as someone who really doesn't care for high level economics this new direction my hobby is taking both confuses and frightens me

 

[Ironside]

Tangentially related: how do we all feel about the new cards thingamagig? I read the introduction page but I'm not 'feeling it' at all because it seems it all boils down to "collect cards -> pimp profile page."
One of the first things I did on my steam account was make that page completely private and it's been that way ever since. I use steam for two things: sales, and keeping my games collection neatly organized. So if valve wants to add "gaming facebook" to that list they're gonna have to come up with a lot more incentive than some portal themed backgrounds.

Crafting badges/gaining levels (so collecting cards) also gets you random game discount coupons. Or at least it did until a few days before the sale started when they started dropping mysterious cards instead, which now turned into cards for the steam summer sale badge. I'm waiting for someone to complete that summer sale badge to tell me whether they drop discount coupons for games I would actually want (they didn't before), so that I can know whether or not to sell the cards on the market.

 

[The White Hunter]

Did you hear that?

It's as if thousands of wallets suddenly cried out in terror... and were suddenly silence.

Personally I kinda wish Brave New World gets hit by the sale.

10% off with a further 25% off with the advertised coupon code on Green Man Gaming and has been for a long time.

 

[Longstreet]

I literally do not care at all about the cards. They are just there. Only reason I don't delete them like TF2 crates is because when I was about to I realized I could put them up on the market. Made a cool $3. I may not care, but apparently many do, so now they're a way for me to get a little extra pocket change.

Thanks for the heads up, out of curiosity, how does one put them on the market? EDIT; after asking this i noticed the big green "SELL" button. Pressing that just might do the trick.

More OT; Already in the pocket are;

Hotline Miami,
Counter Strike pack (namely for Source and CS:GO)
Garry's mod.

 

[feauxx]

I bought DA origins a week ago for 30 euro

 

[Amir Kondori]

This is the first time I have seen Steam's servers so fucked.

 

[LordLundar]

The Steam Summer Sale is now live, and you know what that means.

Their servers go "HOLY ****!!!" And subsequently crap their pants.

 

[CriticalMiss]

At this rate I'm beginning to think I won't bother with the sale at all. I've been trying to add all of the games I want to my shopping cart, but it randomly decides to empty it just before I'm done. Then on the rare occasions it's actually let me pick the games I want it refuses to let me pay! Between vague error messages saying I should contact Steam Support and the messages saying my bank is apparently refusing to make the payment (despite my card working fine elsewhere) it's like they don't actually want to get my money :/ I've already dropped about £20 worth of stuff I was going to buy from them because I've already got loads of games to play, plus saving 80% on a game I'm only slightly interested in isn't as enticing as not getting the game at all and saving 100%.

GRRRR sale rage!

 

[Clovus]

That's not a great price on Bioshock: Infinite. I've already seen it for $25, so I was hoping for, like, $20 or less. I'm actually hoping to get Dish-onered cheap, so I need to rush home to vote ...

Just wanted to add that I'm glad that Steam Wallet is around for these sales. My credit card used to get frozen during almost every sale since I'd end up picking something up for like $1. My bank always decided that this was the type of charge a criminal would use to verify that a stolen card is useable. It didn't matter that this happened like twice a year, every year, and that the company involved was always Valve. Anywho, now I just throw $20 into the wallet to cover smaller purchases and I haven't had any trouble.

 

[Ohlookit'sMatty]

I will point out that Steam is currently down, I'm blaming you people!

-M

 

[Nowhere Man]

At this rate I'm beginning to think I won't bother with the sale at all. I've been trying to add all of the games I want to my shopping cart, but it randomly decides to empty it just before I'm done. Then on the rare occasions it's actually let me pick the games I want it refuses to let me pay! Between vague error messages saying I should contact Steam Support and the messages saying my bank is apparently refusing to make the payment (despite my card working fine elsewhere) it's like they don't actually want to get my money :/ I've already dropped about £20 worth of stuff I was going to buy from them because I've already got loads of games to play, plus saving 80% on a game I'm only slightly interested in isn't as enticing as not getting the game at all and saving 100%.

GRRRR sale rage!

I'm throwing money at my screen as well but Steams to refuse to care :/ Lots of server issues. If anyone is having issues with purchasing an item and your card gets refused by the system for some odd reason (this even applies to Steam wallet) you may already have a pending transaction. At least that's what happened to me. Just go up to top right of the screen where its says you're "user name's account" choose account details, then store transactions. Take note of the error and cancel out the transaction if its gumming up the works for you. Then try your purchase again. Maybe it'll help. Who knows.

 

[Chessrook44]

Did you hear that?

It's as if thousands of wallets suddenly cried out in terror... and were suddenly silence.

Personally I kinda wish Brave New World gets hit by the sale.

10% off with a further 25% off with the advertised coupon code on Green Man Gaming and has been for a long time.

....what advertised coupon code on Green Man Gaming? I know not of this thing.

 

[NightHawk21]

I'm pretty excited. The last sale was kind of a bust (most of the games were similarly or ever more discounted on other sites), so I'm hoping they redeem it a bit with this sale.

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If you don't want them can I please have them I like to collect and hoard things lol

Which also stands for everyone else: If you get any mystery cards and don't want them can I please have them

Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/nighthawk21/home

 

[Laughing Man]

Lol and the store servers have been down since I logged in around 4 hours ago. I've said it once and I'll say it again Steam and Valve are a total joke.

 

[Voulan]

No! I only want Dragon Age Origins, but the servers are down! If anyone has access, can they tell me how much longer it's on sale for? Hopefully I won't miss out just because other people are getting all the deals!

 

[FrozenCones]

I dont know how much i'll purchase this year. I still have uninstalled games from the last summer sale. If The Walking Dead comes up I will make an exception.

That said i'll probably have a moment of madness and buy ALL THE THINGS!

Captcha: a wild captcha appears. Thats right. I MUST HAVE THEM ALL!

 

[shiajun]

I dont know how much i'll purchase this year. I still have uninstalled games from the last summer sale. If The Walking Dead comes up I will make an exception.

That said i'll probably have a moment of madness and buy ALL THE THINGS!

Captcha: a wild captcha appears. Thats right. I MUST HAVE THEM ALL!

The Walking Dead is up. It's at 12.99 for the full season, it's 50% off. I'm seriously considering that one.

 

[FrozenCones]

I dont know how much i'll purchase this year. I still have uninstalled games from the last summer sale. If The Walking Dead comes up I will make an exception.

That said i'll probably have a moment of madness and buy ALL THE THINGS!

Captcha: a wild captcha appears. Thats right. I MUST HAVE THEM ALL!

The Walking Dead is up. It's at 12.99 for the full season, it's 50% off. I'm seriously considering that one.

Oh God! Do you know how long its going to be up there for? I'm currently at work and wont be home for another 5 hours.

EDIT: Scratch that. I snuck onto the Steam Store on my work comp and picked it up!

12.99....I'm happy with that purchase! Thanks for the info!