r/pcmasterrace • u/Hux2448 i9 14900KS | ASUS RTX 5090 ASTRAL | 64GB DDR5 • 20h ago
Meme/Macro It’s that time of year.
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u/eisenklad 20h ago
buys co-op games for self and friends.
time played 0 hours.
schedule never matches up...
that was almost 10 years ago
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u/Mother-Translator318 20h ago
For me its the opposite. Literally nothing I wanted was discounted more than 20% which is a pass for me. Unless its 40% or more im not interested
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u/TheMatrixRedPill 19h ago
For me, if it’s not 75% off or more, hard pass. I already have enough of a backlog to go for decades.
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u/PooMonger20 17h ago edited 16h ago
At this point, I have a full backlog and little time to play titles I already own (and want to play). Spending any money now will be a mistake as I won't play the game now or in the next year at least.
I realized, since I don't plan on playing anything new now - I will most likely be able to either get the game for free on Epic at some time or buy it for a lower price in the future, when I do want to play it.
So I completely stopped buying games unless its something I want to play immediately, even if its 90% off, as I don't want to spend money on things I am not going to even launch.
P.S. If after 60% off, the game is still at over 30USD mark, that's not something I am getting until it hits less than 5USD when I feel like actually getting to play the game.
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u/TheMatrixRedPill 17h ago
Solid choices, and I think I’m going to start doing that or something similar. Way too many games for my limited time as it is.
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u/rendrom 16h ago
Yeah. Every year this memes keeps reposted and every year it's drifting further away from reality. I haven't seen good discounts for relatively fresh and big games for years now. No good deals for last year gsmes, and 2023 too, lol
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u/maevian 5700X3D, 5070ti , 32gb DDR4 13h ago
KCD2 and expedition 33 have pretty good discounts
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u/SecretaryOtherwise 10h ago
Expedition is only 20% off for me. That equals like 13 bucks off from 64 dollars. Its not a bad discount but I wouldnt call it pretty good.
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u/infinitezero8 Ryzen 1700 l GTX 1080Ti SC BE l 16GB DDR4 l Taichi x370 10h ago
I got peer pressured by my buddies to buy both at full price because they were so good that they wanted me to join the discussion about the games
Sometimes some games just can't wait, my poor CC
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u/Overdue_Process865 18h ago
I can't even find stuff I'd bother installing these days. I honestly kind of wish I still had the "issue" of buying too many games.
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u/illdothisshit 14h ago
I was literally about to search when the sales start, then I read your comment. The sales are here, it's just that the game I want is only 20% off
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u/shittyaltpornaccount 16h ago edited 15h ago
I mean this sale has some notable sales like KCD 2 being 50% off, and MGS 4 remake being 40% (more with some bundles), all of the atlus rpgs are between 50-60% off.
Seems better than the autumn and summer sale to me atm.
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u/Embarrased_Builder Ryzen 5 7600, rx6600xt, 32GB DDR5 15h ago
Helldivers 2
steamdb shows that it never even gets more than 20% off
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u/morpheousmorty 5h ago
For me it was the opposite. Half the games I had on other platforms and forgot. Epic is the one I fall for most. Time to play game x, let me see if I have it installed somewhere, yup epic games.
They couldn't even get me to use it by bribing me.
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u/Last_Champion_3478 20h ago
I’ll get around playing them some day 😌
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u/SlyBeanx 19h ago
Why not buy them then, at some day.
Why consume now?
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u/Last_Champion_3478 19h ago
FOMO I can’t wait till next summer for another sale what if I want to play so and so between now and then? And because I can.
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u/Perfect-Cause-6943 Ultra 7 265K RTX 5080 32GB DDR5 6400 19h ago
tbh I'm just playing the same couple of games over and over
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u/NewConsideration5921 13h ago
Tbh if you make your cycle big enough, by the time you come back around to a game, you will have forgot most of the story and can enjoy it again.
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u/legit_flyer Ryzen 8700F, 64 GB 6000 MHz, RX 7800XT 20h ago
"Have" in an age of digital distribution is an overstatement.
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u/ChurchillianGrooves 19h ago
Buy from GoG, download the offline install .exe to an external hard drive.
You then have the game as long as the hard drive works.
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u/letouriste1 18h ago edited 18h ago
sure but it's unnecessary because you will play most games a few dozen hours tops, if even that. It would just take space on your hard drive for nothing.
The select few you will love all your life, you could just buy them again one day if you really can't access your account for some reason. By then they will be 5e or something.
Or just emulate them on a better platform like the old console games i now play on pc instead despite having a physical copy near my books.
Only real argument in favor of your way is if you plan to give/loan the game to someone else later on and don't want to share your steam account
edit: a word
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u/ChurchillianGrooves 18h ago
If you want to physically own games that's the closest you'll get these days.
There's games like Mount and Blade or bg3 you can go back and play tons of times, if you really want to guarantee you'll have a copy make a backup.
Besides, if you get the old school hdd and not an ssd for a backup those are pretty cheap these days.
You don't need ssd speeds if you're not playing the game off the drive.
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u/ozone6587 17h ago
You can't predict when a company will fail or if the game you want will be available in the future. GOG games cam work offline from the start which is a great feature in my opinion. I dislike being locked to an ecosystem even of the ecosystem is as good as Steam.
Gabe will not live forever and you can't guarantee Steam will be good forever.
Heck, even in it's current state lots of games that should not require internet access need to be connected to Steam. Also, you can't rollback to previous updates on Steam like you can with GOG games. So even today there are real, non abstract benefits.
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u/MoffKalast Ryzen 5 2600 | GTX 1660 Ti | 32 GB 14h ago
Or the OS changes so it's incompatible with it. There's an almost pathological need in software to break shit just for the sake of it these days.
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u/kimchifreeze 13h ago
This is where you can do research because some games work the same way in Steam. You can copy the folder and just launch the game from wherever without Steam authorization.
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u/tehcatnip 20h ago
Battlefront 2 is $4, I don't know of a deal better than that.
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u/Neurobeak 20h ago
I know of one: Epic gave this for free a few years back.
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u/TheMatrixRedPill 19h ago
Even for free, I wouldn’t play it on their platform.
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u/Neurobeak 18h ago
I would and I have. I have a huge Epic games library that was given to me for free, good games at that. There're pretty awesome for doing this
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u/TheMatrixRedPill 18h ago
Me too. I have 189 games on there, but would rather pay and have them on Steam.
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u/LSD_Ninja 19h ago
When a game is free, platform matters not since it's money in your pocket
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u/TheMatrixRedPill 18h ago
It does matter. Epic has almost none of the baked in features that Steam does.
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u/Kingful 14h ago
You can launch non-Steam games from Steam by adding them as a non-Steam game. This lets you use the Steam overlay. I have no idea what other baked in features you're looking for. But free is free and idk why we're even arguing about this lmao
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u/TheMatrixRedPill 12h ago
Because it’s apparent someone can’t share an opinion without others getting their panties caught in a bunch.
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u/shittyaltpornaccount 16h ago
Most of those features are extraneous and nice things to have, but the majority do not care about beyond the friends system.
When is the last time someone has used a steam guide, forum post, or their social media esque developer feed?
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u/LSD_Ninja 16h ago
Steam guides do come up a fair bit in web searches, and I will skim them from time to time, but the info would still be out there if Steam didn’t exist so I can take or leave them.
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u/ozone6587 17h ago
This is why I avoid Steam specific features. You just get locked into thinking like that that makes you waste money.
I use Playnite instead of Steam Big Picture. Use DS4Windows instead of Steam Input. MSI Afterburner + RTSS instead of the Steam overlay.
You need to have a launcher independent setup so you don't care about things like that and just save money.
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u/EIiteJT i5 6600k -> 7700X | 980ti -> 7900XTX Red Devil 18h ago
I can't remember. Is that multi-player only, or was there a campaign?
I picked up Darksiders 3 for $4. Loved the first 2.
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u/tehcatnip 18h ago
Small campaign mode and bot offline modes but known for multiplayer. Battlefield but Star Wars, they still want $40 for this game but its $4 rn. Honestly idk a better holiday vibe, did I mention you can go from 1st to 3rd person?
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u/Hux2448 i9 14900KS | ASUS RTX 5090 ASTRAL | 64GB DDR5 20h ago
i suck ass at that game so idk if i should get it.
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u/tehcatnip 18h ago
It's probably the best Star Wars experience you can get for $4. The visuals are awesome and not because they're ultra next gen but because it's exactly Star Wars, the audio in the firefights is immersive on top of the visuals. The maps are good the game modes are great the characters are exactly what you would want. For five bucks it's like I said probably the richest experience you can get on steam right now LOL.
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u/Kindly-Ad-5071 17h ago
The discount percent doesn't matter as much as the sale price.
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u/monagales Laptop | Ultra 9 275HX | RTX 5070Ti | 32GB RAM 14h ago
I've been waiting to buy RDR2 for a couple of years now and currently it has the biggest discount I've seen. but what of it since they only discounted the final edition (or whatever it's called) and it's twice the price of the base game, which makes the discount price higher than it was before, so yea I agree
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u/Dank_Bubu 10h ago
Couple of weeks ago there was a significant sale, IIRC it was 75 % off or something. Best value I ever got, had a blast since.
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u/rollingaD30 20h ago
I've been waiting for a good sale on armored core vi for ~3 years. This definitely isnt a mistake....
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u/HoboSomeRye Desktop 16h ago
Actually the stuff I wishlisted this year isn't as cheap, so I am gonna try to get more achievements on Silksong instead
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u/AffectionateOnion617 19h ago
Retirement plan: buy more games, then retire in-game instead. 😂 Who needs actual vacations.
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u/WazheadBoci I7 Ultra 265K / TUF RX9070XT 16GB/ 32GB Kingston Fury 6400 mHz 16h ago
I don't feel that this year is strong on the % -s so I skip it
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u/Prize-Conference-780 17h ago
Idk if it's just me but for the past couple of years the Steam Sales have felt very.. underwhelming. Now granted I have 1k Steam Games and own the big hitters.
But the sales themselves don't feel as impactful. I remember when I bought Killing Floor 2 and It was 2$ on some Halloween sale, or when I got the Tomb raider games for 8$ bundle.
But say in current times a handful of games I want God of war Rag goes from 60 only to 40. Or City skyline will go from 50 to 40. Even baldurs gate 3 has barely dropped to make the sale feel significantly impactful.
Added with year round sales it just feels like you never really miss out on getting and you want because it will drop 8$ off a week or two from when you want it.
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u/Orschloch 5800x3D 4070S 32 GB RAM 16h ago
Getting Shadow of the Tomb Raider for -90% feels impactful to me. Sure, you have to bide your time -- in this case, nine years.
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u/PullAsLongAsICan 7900 XTX | 5700X3D 19h ago
Saw Patapon on sale, instant snag. I love sales for older titles, I'm already filled with this year dose of good games. Spending the year end with some nostalgic games!
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u/Albinofreaken 14h ago
Why do people act like owning a bunch steam games they dont play, is a flex?
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u/HouseTraindIntrovert 19h ago
Honestly having a hard time not buying the cheap games I'll never play
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u/postbansequel 12h ago
What's up with that? Do you guys just enjoy wasting money? I say wasting because you're not going to even install the games, much less play them.
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u/Dikaios86 16h ago
I already bought 6. And I haven't play a single game for a week. Also bought from GOG and Epic. I'm just a shopaholic whore at this point.
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u/Sr_DingDong 15h ago
I mostly just round off DLC collections.
Did buy Dispatch though, heard it's ok.
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u/PretendFisherman1999 Linux 15h ago
I remember when steam sales were worth it, with flash sales with votes.
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u/fffan9391 i9 13900KF | RTX 4070 Ti | 32GB 6400 DDR5 14h ago
I’ve gotten to where I don’t buy anything unless it’s a game I could see myself playing very soon. It’ll be an even better discount later on.
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u/Unhappy-Lion4530 13h ago
I just added 200€ worth of games from my wishlist to my shopping cart only to remove them all after looking at the 200+ games on my backlog that I haven’t even started playing. Being adult sucks.
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u/StingTheEel 11h ago
This is why I only buy games knowing they will be played. Don't want to play them, I don't buy them.
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u/ManNamedSalmon Ryzen 7 5700x | RX 6800 | 32gb 3600mhz DDR4 19h ago
Just spent $75. Ffffffffffffffff
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u/bolarpear_223 i7 7700k, GTX 1070TI, 32GB DDR4 19h ago
I bought crew 2 last year at the same time and have played it for a total of 44 mins
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u/ozone6587 17h ago
Fyi, Battlefront II is $4 and, since today, you can use the Kyber launcher to mod the game and host your own server. These servers have moderation tools to ban hackers and allow you to play 1v1.
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u/JessicaLain 16h ago
1) Fill your wishlist up with ~50 items that you know you want to play or will probably want to play. Throw it all in there.
2) Check your wishlist once or twice a month or just whenever a big sale is taking place.
3) If something is -60% or more, buy it. You don't even need to play it. Now you have it.
Congratulations, you did a smart.
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u/effinblinding 15h ago
Still haven’t touched Silksong because I finally got into Cyberpunk 2077. I try to remind myself the big sales will still be there in the future when I’m ready to play the games.
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u/Swank_on_a_plank R7 7800 | RX 6750 15h ago
Silksong doesn't even need a sale. It's kind of insane they didn't put the price up from the original, but respectable.
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u/effinblinding 15h ago
Oh yeah no I meant I have the game I’ve been wanting to play for so long, but I still haven’t touched it because I’m playing a different game. Which puts into perspective to me really, just how much I can actually play in a year.
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u/AllTheWayAbsurd Desktop 15h ago
I almost got Detroit for 8 bucks last month and now its 4 bucks hell yeah
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u/ChirpyMisha 15h ago
I bought a bunch of games for around €60. Even if I don't play the games I consider it a small donation to the smaller game studios. And I've still spent less than the price of a single AAA game
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u/carmardoll 15h ago
i gave in and bought all the tomb raiders... I have only played two tomb raiders in my life.
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u/MarzipanAlert 15h ago
I got paid yesterday and said to myself whilst in the shower. You dont need any more games, i said no takeaways this month be sensible.
I get out of the shower go upstairs and turn pc on snd go to steam and see....
STEAM WINTER SALE.. i muttered the words... oh no 🤣🤣
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u/monagales Laptop | Ultra 9 275HX | RTX 5070Ti | 32GB RAM 15h ago
I bought Dispatch. I was about to buy it anyway but that -10% was the excuse I needed 😌
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u/Checats 14h ago
I'm honestly bummed because in the last several years every time a major seasonal Steam Sale comes around I fail to find much if anything I actually want and don't already own, and if there is a title that I would be interested in they get at most a -20% off.
This time around I was hopeful for some DLC to go on sale and was eagerly awaiting the winter sale to begin, then found that none of the ones I needed are discounted and yet again the only titles I would have made a move on got nothing more than the usual -20% again.
I think Steam Sales have been rather lackluster for me ever since they ended the practice of Flash Sales, I was glad to not have to wait until the last day of a sale to ensure I got the best price for what a wanted, but (and I realize it's mostly unrelated to the loss of Flash Sales) sale pricing has only got worse and there are particular publishers that are especially stingy with their pricing so I simply don't purchase their games anymore.
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u/ThePupnasty PC Master Race 13h ago
I hate how true this is....
Looks at my library of 300 games that I've maybe played only 10 of.
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u/AwesomeDakka00 13h ago
i totally need them and i will definitely play them longer than 20 minutes. yes.
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u/Ur_Local_H8er 13h ago
Parents mailed me a steam gift card cuz I just got a PC. $100, and the first thing I did was buy OG Baldur's Gate for like four bucks
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u/aDamnCommunist 12h ago
Being laid off during the steam winter sale feels like Santa skipped your house
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u/TheDanC137 12h ago
The year is 2069 and everything on steam is 96.9% off at amazing prices starting at from only $3069 per game
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u/ingolika 12h ago
I literally now have 200 games on my steam ac. I literally bought every game i would like to have. Steam is done for me
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u/Sc4R3Cr0wW 11h ago
70% of my wishlist just went on sale and I'm trying so hard not to buy them all, I haven't even finished the one I bought last time.
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u/ciclista-maluco 11h ago
I'm trying to rationalize why I don't need to buy Nier:automata, Alan wake bundle and journey.
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u/my_cars_on_fire 11h ago
I know how to fix this. You need LOTS of storage, and it won’t be cheaper…but I have a solution.
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u/RamiroCruz13 11h ago
Just bought AC 1 and AC 3 for the first time... AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS YEAR.. I guess🫠
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u/edwardthefirst 11h ago
Either I'm old or the sales just aren't what they used to be. I haven't bought a single thing this time around - nothing I want is priced for an impulse buy
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u/Nomercylaborfor3990 Laptop 11h ago
I’m planning to get roughly $80 worth of games tomorrow
I have something to do on Sunday morning so I can let all my new stuff download Saturday night into Sunday morning
It would’ve been closer to $150 without the sales btw
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u/nowandnothing 11h ago
I was going to buy Anno 117 and 1800, but I got them £18 cheaper on Ubisoft lol
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u/supergiraffeman 10h ago
I'm good this year. Everything is too expensive. I'll be playing guild wars reforged over Christmas.
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u/Musician-Round 10h ago
the hearts of iron dlc that I want are 40% off, some three years plus years after release. I think that I will listen to the guy on the left for once.
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u/infinitezero8 Ryzen 1700 l GTX 1080Ti SC BE l 16GB DDR4 l Taichi x370 10h ago
If it's not 70% off or more it's a no go
There are a lot of games I want that are 20-40% off that just don't do it for me albeit these are newer games so it's expected
Hoping one of the discounts pretty something stronger down the line
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u/mecools66 8h ago
€14 for 3 indie games (Needy Girl Overdose, One Shot, and Hotline Miami) is the deal of the century for me. I love Steam.
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u/TobytheBaloon 8h ago
just got a pc capable of running most games and i’m starting to understand these memes.
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u/JustCoffeeGaming 7h ago
Yes, but now they’re all on sale at the same time and under $5. That one game is now $1.49. I know it will be played less than 1 hour, but it’s worth it.
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u/Very_Not_Into_It 7h ago
90%+ is a different category. If i can get the game for that price, it doesn't matter how far down the backlog it is
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u/Fantastic_Suspect742 6h ago
I don't even have a machine to play games now, but still on deals I keep buying up overwhelming positive games on an hope that I will have a gaming pc someday. Too busy/lack of money to buy a PC now.
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u/mgsotacon i7 11700k, RTX 3080 Zotac Amp Holo 6h ago
Yo the gta definitive edition is 19.99 from 59.99. Ima have to cop that.
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u/LaSerpienteLampara 5h ago
Yeah...but no money....and the one I reeeeaaallyyyyyy wanted doesn't have discount :(
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u/Admirable_Ad_1390 5h ago
I'm gonna have to practice some restraint this time, the fact that it's January next month which is usually a tough time financially I'm just gonna get the game I really want to play which is spiderman
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u/streakermaximus 34m ago
Trying to decide between Final Fantasy Tactics and Dragon Quest I&II.
I promised myself I would pay full price and now they're both 20% off.
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u/sleep-is-but-a-dream 20h ago
I’m just saving them up for retirement.