Could you tell me around when it begins? I ain't from US so it's kind of different for me the Winter :P
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I had to come up with my own system just to be able to pick a game to play! xD
It works ... at least ... when I don't cheat my own system that is.
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Halloween is usually specialized for horror games and Winter sale has a lot more titles available on discount. Winter sale will usually see the same kinds of discounts as the Summer sale tends to get. I think Steam also has sales for Black Friday.
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There may or may not be a Black Friday sale in November, depending on how they feel. They are likely to have special Steam anniversary sales on special anniversary years, as well.
But anymore, the Summer/Winter sales don't offer greater discounts than the weekly sales, there's just a lot more on sale all at once. In fact, for many titles now, the discount offered when they go on weekly is often slightly better than it will be during the Summer/Winter now. Why? Because they know everyone and their cat is shopping on Steam during the Summer/Winter, so they know they can safely eke out a few more percentages during those sales what with everyone already herded into the store ready to shop. In short, if you see it on deep discount, it's safe to buy it whenever you see it.
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Another thing I wanted to know if the money I would have in wallet would be enough for a good amount of games (not indie ones)?
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dude, R$ 800 will grant you a lot of good games. the maximum i've spent on a sale was like R$ 150.
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For non-indies, the discount range is based on release and sales history. So, depending on how strong sales have been,:
Recent releases: 10%-33%
Slightly more stale: 50%-66%
Past it: 75%
"Staleness" usually sets in at 6 month to a year after release, but this varies widely by popularity. "Past it" occurs generally around the 2 year mark, but depends heavily on the game's sales.
How much you can buy will then depend on where your interest lies within those price ranges.
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I would definitely go with the winter sale. Mostly because it's sooner and I know how bad it is to have game money and not wanting to spend it.
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Well just as a piece of advice the major sales has two levels of discount:
the general sale price (lasts until the end of the sale)
And the Daily/Flash/etc discount (higher than the other one, but for a much more limited time)
Anotehr is that when a game goes on a featured sale, other related games may get extra discounts as a result. A semi-recent example was when Ground Zeros got a featured sale, Revengence also got a pretty nice discount.
And you should try to wait for a featured sale before springing for it.
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Hello everyone, I wanted you all to help me, this is going to be my first year in steam and at the ending of it I am going to spend a huge amount of money (R$800+ / USD230) in a sale, and seems likely theres 2 sales in the ending of the year , being halloween sale and a christmas one.
I wanted you to tell me if its worth it buy in the christmas sale than the summer sale, I could easily save money and get another R$600 to spend on it next year. I've only spent a few money in the summer sale so actually I haven't got the most of these majestic sales of steam. (mostly of my games i brought full priced and i stab myself every night because of this)
If you know any other sale that go through a year I would appreciate you to say around when it starts :)
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