It's basically the same as it is every year.

Giveaway Time!

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I agree... Thought that a lot of indie games would be 75% off at this sale since they are not really selling well but no... most are like 40-50% maximum -_- . Otherwise, since we cannot trade anymore with other regions, I'll just buy way less games from Steam.

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Just wait for the dailies.

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+1

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just wait for gaben strting to die from starvation :)

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Always the same, I think it is pretty good since I bought Metal Gear Rising 80% off :D

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Wow, I wish I had seen that deal!

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It's still on! Go go go!!

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not available in my region -_-

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Sorry to hear that, please have a hug <('.'<)

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How about a happy finish?

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lel

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Try Amazon? Just put in a fake US address.

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It requires a US credit card ass well, they've made the international purchases harder.

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Indeed. All fun has ended with auctions and now there's only simple sale you're browsing with meh on your face.

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I just hope for more in the coming days :(

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Yeah they've been pretty mediocre, aside from a thing or two...

Also thanks :)

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its not the sale i dislike, its the lack of event :/ we've finally gone over the hill, and now we're on teh side where valve just doesnt think we're worth it any more, so they just throw up some cards, a SMALL sale (only 1 vote, small selection of daily sales, shit flash sales) and says fuck it who cares.

pretty sad... i miss the valve that used to think we were worth having fun with.

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There's also the fact that there's a few more smaller sales like teh fall one.

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We aren't worth it because we got all it takes to abuse and exploits the events.

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Too soon to tell but well... it's a bit much to expect new stuff to end up so cheap compared to older games.

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imo its not that bad

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I don't know if the sales are getting worse or if the only games I still want are made by small companies that refuse to discount.

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Well, it goes until Jan 2nd, so there's still plenty of time for more games that you enjoy.

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What really makes the sale worst is lack of cheap trades

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i saw a $10 game for 98% off for only 19 cents so that a good sale IMO

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I wouldn't even want it if it was for free ;P

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^this

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It's okay, just waiting for some games to go on sale.

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watch a movie instead a personal favorite.

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i lob u kiss mi o3o

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Seems Steam/Valve lost their inner child, and there just won't be actually fun events any more.
I'm still cool with owning all my games there when they are cheap enough, though.
Thanks for the thing in the link!

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i hear that Amazon digital sale is better than the Steam sale. im gonna pull it up to check it out now since my friend was raving about it & was also disappointed with the Steam sale. but ya, i agree, Steam Winter sale is poop this year. its like more coal in the stocking from them. region lock & shitty sale.

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Most of it is just price matches. You can keep an eye on my Amazon thread though, I update it as it gets noticible deals.

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Some real bullshit, especially following the trading lock.

I've been after Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth for a while, and was pleased to see it appearing on the sale page at 40% off. Then I saw the Aus/NZ price...

Even at 40% off, it's still more expensive than the US and UK STANDARD PRICES!

This is when I would normally hit up a Russian trader to avoid getting shafted by this sort of BS pricing policy.

Fuck off Gaben. Just fuck off.

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Can you not trade with someone from the US/UK?

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I dont know. It may be locked, since those regions might be considered "lower price" than AUS/NZ? I'll admit to not being up to speed on the details of the lock.

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Someone linked some info in another thread that showed the US and UK (and presumably Australia and NZ) were in the highest pricing tier and had no restrictions on gifting. But I don't know if it was just for that particular game or not.

Hopefully somebody knowledgeable will spot this and confirm/deny.

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I think the US is more moderate compare to AUS/NZ and EU w/ VAT

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True, although taxes are something of a red herring IMHO since many, many games are priced practically identically across all comparable "first world" regions.

There are, however, a notable rump of ballbag devs who make arbitrary overcharges with little or no justification.

AUS/NZ are amongst the most badly shafted in these cases, although the EU zones are also soft targets. Without the option of trusted Russian traders, I'm inclined simply not to spend the money. Trading is a hassle, and with a markup from US/UK traders, I'm still paying more than the "fair" price of the game.

After all, everything becomes insanely cheap over time, and I don't "need" a computer game.

RIP impulse buying?

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If you really want it, find a Canadian. We can get it for $30 CAD, which is about $26 USD :)

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If you want a Canadian to get it for you, I'll get it and for free too. I'm not sure about the region locks though, that could be a risk on your end. $30 CDN for the next 4 hours.

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Thanks very much for your kind offer!

Alas, it's back to a paltry 15% off now, but I appreciate your generosity :)

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Thanks for the reply. Would be nice to know for sure one way or the other :)

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Get a yank to help you out.

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Better yet, a Canadian. We have it for $30 CAD, which is 10-15% cheaper than $30 USD.

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Finally had a good opportunity to get my hands on Metal Gear Rising - Revengeance, so I don't care.

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nice to see someone can still appreciate a normal sale.

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Come on guys give this sale a chance. It's only the second day, good offers will be able for about fourth day or maybe later

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agree, I can buy any game, any time of the year, cheaper than steam deals. There's steamtrades, tens of third party key stores on the web... I'm not going to buy it but: Borderlands pre-sequel 25 euro on sale on steam, 19 euro in the first store I alwas check for good prices

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"There's steamtrades".

Did you look up Valve's recent announcements about trading? I sadly think Steamtrades is a full-fledged option now. :/

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I want skyrim legendary 75% off, like it was 2 weeks ago =(

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agreed, and the region lock plus the absurd trade restriction make me thinking about not buying games on steam anymore..i'm with valve from the beginning and this politics hurts me...i don't buy shit this year..and i'm thinking of not buying anymore.

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Some people just never be grateful. Heh.

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Yeah, even if you give them games for free they will bitch about it. So many games in good prices but no - yack yack yack all the time. Just bunch of spoiled kids everywhere. I'm sick of it.

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I think it's pretty obvious that this thread wasn't meant to be taken seriously.

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Good, leave.

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